What are the effects and functions of "king of dried fruit" Chinese chestnut? Can you still eat when it sprouts? What happens if you eat too much?

Every year, around October in autumn, Chinese chestnut is ripe and listed on the market. No matter it is eaten raw or fried, it tastes good. It is known as the "king of dried fruit" and is rich in protein and starch. What are the effects and effects of Chinese chestnut? Can you still eat when it sprouts? What happens if you eat too much?

1. Introduction of Chinese chestnut

Chinese chestnut, also known as Chestnut, Chinese Chestnut, is native to China. It is distributed in Vietnam, Taiwan and Chinese mainland in Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Xizang and other places. It grows in an area of 370m above sea level, 2800 meters above sea level, mostly in mountainous areas, and has been widely cultivated by artificial cultivation.

Second, the efficacy and function of Castanea mollissima

1. The nutritional value of Chinese chestnut.

(1) Chinese chestnut contains riboflavin, and eating chestnuts often is good for sores in children's tongue and oral ulcers in adults.

(2) Castanea mollissima is a dried fruit variety with high carbohydrate content, which can supply more heat energy to the human body and help fat metabolism. To ensure the supply of basic nutrients in the body, it is known as "iron crops" and "woody grain". It has the function of invigorating qi and invigorating spleen and thick stomach and intestines.

(3) Chestnut is rich in unsaturated fatty acids, vitamins and minerals, which can effectively prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, coronary heart disease and arteriosclerosis, which is beneficial to human health.

(4) Chestnut is rich in vitamin C, which can maintain the normal function of teeth, bones, blood vessels and muscles, prevent and treat osteoporosis, sore waist and legs, pain and fatigue of muscles and bones, and delay human aging. it is an ideal health fruit for the elderly.

2. The effect and function of Chinese chestnut.

Efficacy one: invigorate the spleen and stomach

Chinese chestnut is mainly used for nourishing stomach and spleen, tonifying kidney and strengthening tendons, which can be comparable with ginseng, astragalus, angelica and so on. Can treat nausea, hematemesis, waist and foot weakness, hematochezia and other diseases, is a rare "good medicine".

Efficacy 2: stop bleeding and reduce swelling

Chinese chestnut raw food has hemostatic effect, can relieve hematemesis, bleeding, hematochezia and other blood syndrome; raw chestnut tamping and coating, can assist the treatment of pain and detoxification, swelling and pain of muscles and bones and knife wounds.

Efficacy 3: treatment of oral ulcer

Chinese chestnut contains riboflavin and vitamin B2. Eating chestnut often has a significant effect on mouth and tongue sores in children and oral ulcers in adults. It can promote the normal growth of skin, nails and hair, improve eyesight and reduce eye fatigue.

Effect 4: strengthen muscles and bones

Chinese chestnut is rich in vitamin C, which can maintain the normal function of teeth, bones, blood vessels and muscles, prevent and treat osteoporosis, sore waist and legs, muscle and bone pain and fatigue, delay human aging, and is an ideal health fruit for the elderly.

Efficacy 5: prolong life

Chestnut is rich in unsaturated fatty acids, vitamins and minerals, which can prevent and cure coronary heart disease, hypertension, arteriosclerosis, osteoporosis and other diseases. It can enhance the body's immunity, tonify the brain and reduce the symptoms of arthritis. it is a good nutritional product for anti-aging and prolonging life.

3. Edible taboos of Chinese chestnut

(1) the calorie of 6 chestnuts is equivalent to 22 taels of rice, which has a strong sense of fullness, a long time to bear hunger, and should not eat more, otherwise it will cause indigestion.

(2) infants, weak spleen and stomach, poor digestion or people with rheumatism are not suitable to eat, and Chinese chestnut is difficult to digest.

(3) Diabetes patients should not eat more because they contain more carbohydrates.

(4) people with weak spleen and stomach should not eat Chinese chestnut raw. Chinese chestnut is difficult to digest raw, cooked food is easy to stagnate qi, eating too much at a time will hurt the spleen and stomach.

(5) Chinese chestnut should not be eaten cold, because the content of chestnut starch is high, and some of the chestnut starch will regenerate and flatten the intestines.

(6) stir-fried Chinese chestnut with sugar is unhygienic and should be eaten less.

Third, can chestnut still be eaten after it has sprouted?

It is best not to eat sprouted chestnuts. Although chestnut germination itself is harmless, it is very easy to mildew after germination, which contains Aspergillus flavus, which can produce a toxin-aflatoxin, which can cause cancer in human, animal and poultry. And after the chestnut sprouts, it will consume a lot of nutrients in the chestnut, resulting in sugar transformation, sweetness decline and taste deterioration.

Aflatoxin is the most common when moldy, walnut is the most common nut, and the high incidence areas are tropical and subtropical regions. Chinese chestnut is different from walnut, peanut and other crops (plant families and genera), and germinated chestnut is not the same as moldy chestnut, moldy chestnut is very difficult to sprout. In order to find out whether there is aflatoxin in the sprouts of Castanea mollissima, the editor checked all the information that could be found, and there was no experiment or expert proof that the budding chestnuts contained aflatoxin. Of course, this situation may involve two reasons, one may be that there is no toxin, and the other may be that it has yet to be proved by research. Either way, it shows that the idea that budding chestnut contains aflatoxin is not scientific enough.

Fourth, what happens if you eat too much chestnut?

1. Eating too much chestnuts will lead to constipation

Normal adults retain a small amount of gas in the gastrointestinal tract every day, while excessive consumption of Chinese chestnut will increase the amount of gas produced by bacterial glycolysis, resulting in gastrointestinal flatulence, indigestion and, in serious cases, constipation.

Suggestion: Chinese chestnut contains high protein and high sugar, which can stimulate gastric acid secretion, and moderate consumption can play a role in invigorating the stomach. But patients with gastric ulcers and indigestion should eat less.

2. Chinese chestnut is prone to abdominal distension if you eat too much.

Chinese chestnut is a high starch food, which contains a large number of indigestible carbohydrates, which is different from the fiber structure of rice noodles and vegetables. The stomach cannot digest, but it is easy to be "digested" by intestinal bacteria and produce gas by fermentation in the intestinal tract, so eating more can easily lead to abdominal distension.

Suggestion: raw chestnut is difficult to digest, cooked chestnut is easy to stagnate qi, especially people with poor gastrointestinal function and digestive system diseases should not eat more, otherwise it will aggravate the disease.

3. Chinese chestnut is easy to get fat if you eat too much

The starch content of Chinese chestnut is very high, and the glycemic index (GI) is higher. The calorie of 100g Chinese chestnut reaches 212 calories, which is higher than that of rice. Therefore, Chinese chestnut is easy to get fat when eating too much, which is not conducive to maintaining weight.

Suggestion: it is best to treat Chinese chestnut as a snack between meals, or cook it in meals, rather than eating a lot after meals. Eating after a meal is easy to eat too many calories, which will lead to weight gain.

Reminder: although Chinese chestnut is good, you can't be gluttonous. It is appropriate to eat about 10 chestnuts a day for good health and health.

Fifth, chestnut collocation

1. What can't Chinese chestnut eat with?

(1) Chestnut cannot be eaten with beef.

The vitamins in chestnuts are easy to react with trace elements in beef, which weakens the nutritional value of chestnuts and is not easy to digest. Beef is warm, which has the effect of tonifying spleen and stomach, strengthening waist and feet, tonifying middle and replenishing qi, while Chinese chestnut is salty and warm, which has the effect of tonifying kidney qi, tonifying qi and thickening intestines and stomach.

(2) Chestnut cannot be eaten with mutton.

Chestnut can not be eaten with mutton, because chestnut and mutton are both hot foods, which can easily cause anger if eaten at the same time. In addition, both are not easy to digest, are not suitable for stew and stir-fry, and may even cause vomiting.

(3) Chestnut can't be eaten with tofu.

Tofu contains magnesium chloride and calcium sulfate, while chestnuts contain oxalic acid. Two kinds of food can produce magnesium oxalate and calcium oxalate together. These two white deposits not only affect the absorption of calcium by the human body, but also easily lead to lithiasis. Similarly, tofu cannot be eaten in the same way as bamboo shoots, Zizania caduciflora and spinach.

(4) Chestnut cannot be eaten with almonds.

Chinese chestnut can not be eaten with almonds, it will cause stomachache.

2. What should Chinese chestnut eat with?

(1) Chinese chestnut + red jujube

Chestnut is rich in a variety of vitamins and minerals, so it has the functions of nourishing stomach, tonifying qi, tonifying kidney, detumescence and so on. On the other hand, red jujube has the functions of tonifying blood, nourishing spirit and tonifying qi, promoting fluid and so on. The combination of chestnut and red jujube has obvious therapeutic effect on those with kidney deficiency, backache and frequent urination.

(2) Chinese chestnut + barley rice

Chestnut and barley rice are both edible and medicinal, and they are high in carbohydrates, proteins and vitamins. It also contains a variety of amino acids. The fatty substance in Coix rice can effectively inhibit the growth of cancer cells, so it has anti-cancer effect. The combination of chestnut and barley can have the effect of tonifying kidney and diuresis.

(3) Chestnut + chicken

The nutritional value of chestnut is very high, and muscle is no exception, and it is very delicious. Cooking chicken with chestnuts can tonify the kidney and benefit the spleen, and the delicacies they make are delicious and delicious, which can increase people's appetite. So roast chicken with chestnuts is a nutritious recipe for tonifying the body.

Through the introduction of this article, I believe that you can still eat Chinese chestnut after sprouting, as well as the efficacy and eating methods of Chinese chestnut have a certain understanding and understanding, but remind you that although Chinese chestnut is good, but do not eat more, about 10 a day is the best.