Yam has the saying “the medicine in the mountain and the medicine in the foodâ€. It can be seen that the nutrition of the yam is rich and even has certain medicinal properties. There are many effects of the yam, and the yam can nourish the body and make up the qi and qi. Promote digestion, diarrhea, for the spleen and lung weakness, cough diarrhea, spermatorrhea, indigestion, etc. have a good therapeutic effect, so the yam is a dual-use medicine.
There are many aliases for yam, such as yam medicine, yam yam, white goat, yam yam, yam potato, yam yam, yam also divided into iron stick yam, yam yam, yam yam, yam yam, water yam, ganoderma yam and so on.
The nutritional content of 100 grams of yam is as follows:
Protein: 1.9 g
Carbohydrate: 12.4g
Dietary fiber: 0.8g
Fat: 0.2g
Vitamin C: 5 mg
Vitamin A: 3 micrograms
Carotene: 20 micrograms
Vitamin E: 0.24 mg
Vitamin B1: 0.05 mg
Vitamin B2: 0.02 mg
Niacin: 0.3 mg
Potassium: 213 mg
Phosphorus: 34 mg
Sodium: 18.6 mg
Magnesium: 20 mg
Calcium: 16 mg
Iron: 0.3 mg
Selenium: 0.55 μg
Zinc: 0.27 mg
Copper: 0.24 mg
Manganese: 0.12 mg
Heat: 56 kcal
The efficacy of yam
1. Nourishing the body and delaying aging
Yam is rich in many kinds of vitamins, and among the 18 kinds of amino acids the human body needs, Yam contains 16 kinds. At the same time, yams are also rich in trace elements. Edible yam can nourish cells, enhance the body's hematopoietic function, and can also improve the body's immunity. Functional, so eating yam can nourish the body. Yam can also cause the brain to secrete a substance called dehydroepiandrosterone. Dehydroepiandrosterone can improve sleep and delay aging.
2. Anti-diarrhea
Yam is a nourishing food. It has good curative effect on diarrhea caused by poor spleen and gastrointestinal function. Because eating yam can help the spleen and stomach, it is easy for the spleen and stomach, so it will have diarrhea formed due to bad spleen and stomach. Efficacy.
3. Prevention of arteriosclerosis in coronary heart disease
Yam is rich in nutrients such as mucin, amylase, dietary fiber, dopamine, etc. Mucin and dietary fiber can prevent the deposition of fat in blood vessels and reduce the absorption of cholesterol, thereby reducing the cholesterol and fat in blood vessels. Deposition, and dopamine can dilate blood vessels, promote blood circulation, so eating yam can prevent coronary artery disease of arteriosclerosis.
4 hypoglycemic
The glycoprotein in yams is hydrolyzed into proteins and sugars in the human body, which can reduce blood sugar, and yam contains amylase, which can promote the digestion of food. Therefore, yam is one of the foods suitable for diabetics. Because it helps lower blood sugar.
5. Weight loss, beauty
Yam contains a substance called yam soap, which is a precursor to estrogen and can nourish yin and make skin beautiful. It has also been mentioned before that many substances in yam can promote digestion, and yam's calorie and fat content are very low, and it is rich in dietary fiber, so yam is a good weight-loss food, and yam is easy to eat after You have a feeling of fullness without eating too much calories, so eating yams can help you lose weight.
6. Gushen filling essence
For some men with nocturnal emission and premature ejaculation, yam is a good food for Gushen filling, because yam can make kidney and make up nourishing yin.
7. Promote digestion
Yam is rich in dietary fiber, can promote gastrointestinal motility, also contains amylases, and promote the digestion of food, so eating yam can help digestion.
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