Carrot is a very precious vegetable, rich in sugar, vitamins and mineral salts, especially vitamin C and carotene (which is a precursor to vitamin A, when it enters the body, it will convert to vitamin A). In 100g of carrots, there are 88g of water, 8g of sugar, 1.5g of protid, 1.2g of cellulose, 43mg of calcium, 39mg of phosphorus, 0.8mg of iron, 0.06mg of vitamin B1, 0.06mg of vitamin B2, 0.4mg of vitamin PP, 0 ,8mg vitamin C and from 1 to 9mg–carotene…
In addition to nutritional value, carrots are also a good medicine to cure many diseases. The iron and vitamin A in carrots have the effect of preventing and curing anemia, enhancing growth in children. For patients with liver pain, carrots are a good medicine for the liver and bile. For women, carrots also work to make the skin rosy and smooth.
Should choose carrots that are healthy and feel heavy in the hand. Illustration
In addition, doctors often advise car racers and truck drivers to eat carrots before driving, especially on night trips. Researchers who have to work late in the sun also need to eat carrots, because vitamin A has an effect on the retina of the eye and helps to increase vision.
Although carrots are a delicious and nutritious food, it is not recommended to eat them regularly, because beta-carotene will not be fully metabolized, this substance will stagnate in the body, causing yellow eyes, yellow skin, and boredom. eat (many people are easily mistaken for liver disease), just stop eating carrots, the above symptoms will go away.
Therefore, you should only eat or drink carrot juice 2-3 times a week. Adults eat about 100g carrots/time, children eat about 30-50g carrots/time.
In addition, experts recommend not eating carrots in the following cases:
Do not eat when constipated
According to experts, carrots have an effective effect when having diarrhea, especially for children with diarrhea, if eating carrot porridge, drinking carrot juice will have an effective effect. Fiber is very abundant but in insoluble form, if you eat too much without drinking enough water, it will clog the intestines and cause constipation.
Do not eat raw, do not stew too well
According to scientific studies, cooked carrots, the amount of carotenoids absorbed into the body when eaten is better than raw carrots. Besides, because of the hard cell wall, carrots, if not cooked, will be difficult to release all the nutrients inside, especially vitamin A precursors.
Besides, many grandmothers have the habit of stewing carrots with other dishes. This is absolutely not recommended because inherently in carrots there are a lot of nitrates, when cooking carrots for too long and too carefully this substance will accelerate the process of turning into nitrite, a toxic active ingredient.
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Do not eat often
Long-term consumption of a large number of carrots not only causes carrot poisoning due to increased methemoglobine in the blood, but the high amount of carotene stored in the body that is not fully metabolized will also cause stagnation in the liver, causing jaundice (symptoms of jaundice). most evident in the tip of the nose, palms, soles …), indigestion, fatigue…
This condition is only cosmetic, not dangerous and easy to control (just stop or reduce eating carrots for a while, the jaundice will go away) but it is also easy to make the patient worry.
Do not peel off the skin, grate it when eating
Many people have the habit of peeling carrots or grated them when cooking. However, most of the nutrients in carrots are located in the outer skin, so only the outer skin should be thinly shaved, not all peeled to keep the vitamins and mineral salts in the carrot maximum.
In addition, do not grate before cooking, because if you cut carrots, 50% of the proteins and soluble carbohydrates will disappear.
Leave no leaves after purchase
Many housewives, when choosing to buy, often take tubers with leaves, then bring them home to preserve for a while before using them. This will cause vitamins, minerals and water to gradually withdraw from the tubers to the leaves, causing a large loss of nutrients, making the carrots soft and shortening the shelf life.
3 types of carrots should not be bought to eat
– Cracked carrots
Cracked carrots often have a bad taste and are difficult to store. Even if you put carrots in the fridge, cracked ones won’t last long.
Carrots with a scratched, cracked skin are basically not fresh. Therefore, when buying carrots, you should choose healthy ones, do not take cracked ones even if they are cheap.
– Carrots feel light in hand
One of the tips for buying carrots is to pick them up to feel their weight and firmness. If you find carrots light, do not buy them because these are often left for a long time without being dehumidified. Moreover, carrots that are kept for a long time, lightly handled are often not delicious, even if you use some method to rehydrate them.
– Big carrots
Many people may think that the bigger the carrot, the tastier it is. In fact, this idea is wrong, because under normal conditions, carrots do not grow particularly large. The larger the tubers, the older and less delicious they are.
It is best to choose medium sized bulbs. Such a carrot is mature and it is especially tender and juicy, with a lot of water.