PEELED WATER CHESTNUT
Considered a useful food for muscles, when used a lot to prepare delicious dishes in daily life, Water Chestnut gradually becomes extremely familiar to all Vietnamese families. So did you know that this very simple tuber has great effects for our body? Lets follow the article below!
Nutritional value of Water Chestnut
➽ This tuber contains a variety of minerals necessary for the body such as vitamins, magnesium, copper, iron, phosphorus, potassium, etc.
➽ It is a nutritious food capable of supporting therapy for cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, reducing the risk of kidney stones, restoring health.
➽ Water chestnut contains 68.52% water, 18.75% starch, 2.25% protein, 0.19% lipid, pectin sugar, salts of calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamins A, B1, B2, C, etc and an active substance called puchin can help antibacterial, lower blood pressure and prevent cancer, especially lung cancer.
Effect of Water Chestnut
✔ Clear heat, detoxify the body, cook with green bean powder to make sweet soup or stew with pigs stomach to clear heat, nourish, dissipate, detoxify and use powder form with a cooling effect on the liver, stomach and intestines.
✔ Ability to detox: Just squeeze it to get water, add a little lemon and a little salt to help to limit the toxicity of alcohol into the body and fight heat in the body.
✔ Prevent cardiovascular disease: It contains many essential fatty acids such as linoleic acid, which is good for heart health and nerve development in young children.
✔ Good for the gut: The fiber and starch of water chestnut are slow-digesting, helping to promote intestinal health, improving digestive problems.
✔ Antibacterial: It contains elements called flavonoids and polyphenolic, which have the ability to prevent as well as inhibit the activity of viruses and cancer, improve the function of the stomach, treat dysmenorrhea sleep and discomfort in the body.
✔ Increase appetite: Eating raw tuber or squeezing it to drink water will help to solve problems of poor appetite in the elderly.
✔ Muscle and nerve health: In the tuber, there is potassium - A mineral that plays an extremely important role in the body as well as the nervous system. Besides, the iodine and manganese content of the tapioca also helps to promote thyroid health.
Notes when using Water Chestnut
☞ Should choose tubers that are firm and not soft.
☞ When removing the outer skin, proceed to use a sharp knife to start cutting off the top and bottom of the tuber, then cut around until all the skin is removed.
☞ This type of tuber can be kept for 2-3 weeks when put in water and left with the skin on, stored in the refrigerator, but when the skin is removed, it can only be stored for 2-3 days.
☞ Raw or cooked tubers, with or without the skin, can be kept frozen for several months.
Thinh Phat Production and Business Co., Ltd with the motto "Put quality first", we carry out a strict processing process, with modern machinery lines and a team of fully equipped engineers and staff. Here, we specialize in providing high quality Peeled Water Chestnut, without soaking in chemicals as well as using preservatives, becoming the first choice of many businesses and households.
