Sweet potato leaves are also called sweet potato leaves. However, there are not many people who know the efficacy of sweet potato leaves in their lives, especially in rural areas. They basically use it to feed pigs and think they cannot be used for food.

The effect and function of sweet potato leaf

1, detoxification: rich in chlorophyll, can "purify the blood" to help detoxification.

2, to improve immunity: contains 5 to 10 times higher than the average vegetable antioxidants, can improve immunity, "prevention of colds."

3, to prevent anemia: daily intake of 300g of sweet potato leaves, you can supplement the body's day of iron and vitamins A, C, E.

4, to prevent high blood pressure: rich in potassium, help control blood pressure, prevent high blood pressure.

5, to improve constipation:: Rich dietary fiber, can promote gastrointestinal motility, prevent "constipation and acne."

6, anti-cancer:: rich in polyphenols, can prevent cell cancer.

7, to improve the symptoms of menopause: rich in phytosterols, can achieve hormone-like regulation of body function.

8, to promote milk secretion:: contains flavonoids and other substances that can promote milk secretion.

9, strengthen vision: There are rich in vitamin A, can enhance vision.

How to eat sweet potato leaves

1. Select the fresh tips of the leaves, bake them with boiling water, and mix them with sesame oil, soy sauce, vinegar, chili oil, and ginger juice to make cold dishes. The appearance is bright green, and people's appetites are wide open.

2, like oil, wheaten vegetables, water spinach and other vegetables, like fried with food, sweet fragrance, but also do not have a flavor.

How to eat sweet potato leaves

1, sweet potato sweet potato leaves: The tender sweet potato leaf stem wash, into the boiling water in the pot, remove and rinse with cold water, cut into sections. The garlic peeled and bred. Put the wok on the fire, put the oil on it till it is hot, add the scent of the garlic and add the tender stems of the sweet potato and stir fry. Add the soup, salt, and rice wine to taste. Add the monosodium glutamate and sesame oil and sprinkle the remaining garlic. Mix well and serve.

2. Sweet potato sweet potato leaves: Sweet potato leaves should be removed from the old stems and rinsed with water. Red peppers should be cut into silk. Garlic should be squashed. Put 1/2 tablespoon of cornstarch and 3 tablespoons of pure water into powdered water. Water, add 1 tablespoon salt and 2 tablespoons oil, add sweet potato leaves hot until the leaves become soft, pick up and drain the water; Heat 3 tablespoons of oil in a hot pot, with small hot garlic and red pepper, pour 1 Cup of water; add 3 tablespoons of oyster sauce, 1 tablespoon of rice wine, 1/3 tablespoon of sugar and 1/5 tablespoons of salt, mix well and boil, pour into the powdered water hook thin 芡; into the 氽 hot sweet potato leaves stir fry evenly, you can On the dish.

3, sweet potato leaves stewed melon: fresh sweet potato leaves 60 grams, 100 grams of melon, stew served. The main treatment of diabetes lung-heat-dry type, polydipsia thirst, dry mouth, dry thin, hunger, tongue red tip, dry yellow coating, pulse number.

Tips: not everyone is suitable for eating sweet potato leaves, oh, poor digestion of the stomach, kidney patients, should not be excessive consumption.

Consumption of sweet potato leaves taboo

For sweet potato leaves, the general population can eat. However, people with poor digestion and those with kidney disease should not consume too much.

The nutritional value of sweet potato leaves

Sweet potato leaves are the leaves of sweet potato vines, also known as sweet potato leaves. They are the sweet potato plants of the family Convolvulaceae. It is a variety of sweet stalks that have been artificially selected to produce sweet potato shoots for human consumption. In Hong Kong, it is still known as “vegetables” in the world. "Queen", "Longevity Vegetable" and "Anticancer Vegetable", Asian Vegetable Research Center have listed sweet potato leaf as a highly nutritious vegetable variety.

Sweet potato leaves are rich in nutrition, fresh green leaves, refreshing, most of its nutrient content is much higher than spinach, celery and other high nutrients, especially carotenoids 3 times higher than ordinary carrots, fresh corn, taro 600 times more contour.

Sweet potato sprouts are rich in nutrients, with 10 to 15 centimeters per 100 grams of sweet potato vine vines, and young leaves and petioles collectively called stems. Sweet potato tips are rich in protein, carotene, vitamins, iron and calcium.

According to the laboratory analysis, the crude protein content of stem tip was 21.1%-15.1% of dry weight, which was comparable to that of pork beef. Proteins of 2.7% stem and leaf tip, carotene 5580 IU/100 g, vitamin C 41.07 mg/kg, calcium 74 mg/kg, iron 4 mg/kg, vitamin B1 3 mg/kg Niacin 6-10 mg/kg, B6 2.1 mg/kg. According to the Chinese Preventive Medical College's inspection, compared with 13 kinds of vegetables such as celery, cabbage, spinach, cabbage, rapeseed, leeks, cucumber, eggplant, carrot, and tomato, the sweet potato leaf tip has protein, fat, and 14 nutrients. There were 13 items such as calories, cellulose carbohydrates, calcium, iron, phosphorus, carotene, vitamin C, B1, B2, and niacin, and sweet potato leaves ranked first.

Anthocyanin

Anthocyanins widely exist in flowering plants (angiosperms), and their content in plants varies greatly with varieties, seasons, climate and maturity[ 5] According to preliminary statistics, anthocyanins are contained in 27 families and 73 genera, such as purple sweet potato, grape, blood orange, red ball cabbage, blueberry, eggplant, cherry, red berry, strawberry, mulberry, hawthorn, morning glory and other plant tissues. Anthocyanins are mainly used in food coloring, dyes, medicine, cosmetics and so on.


Application


Antioxidant and free radical scavenging function

Anthocyanins belong to bioflavonoids, and the main physiological functions of flavonoids are free radical scavenging ability and antioxidant ability. Studies have proved that anthocyanins are the most effective antioxidants and the most powerful free radical scavengers found by human beings. The antioxidant performance of anthocyanins is 50 times higher than that of VE and 20 times higher than that of VC. Purple Sweet Potato Anthocyanin products can scavenge and inhibit - Oh, H2O2 and other reactive oxygen species, especially - Oh is stronger than ascorbic acid, and the scavenging effect is dose-dependent with concentration.

Anti mutation function

The function of anthocyanins not only makes plants present colorful colors, but also active molecules with health functions such as reducing enzyme activity and anti mutation. Studies have shown that the extract with a certain concentration of anthocyanin can effectively prevent carcinogenesis at different stages, but the individual role of anthocyanin is uncertain, partly because anthocyanin is easy to degrade after bioassay after separation from other stable components such as phenols.

Application in food

With the development of science and technology, people pay more and more attention to the safety of Food Additives. The development and utilization of natural additives has become the general trend of the development and use of additives. Anthocyanins can not only be used as nutritional enhancers in food, but also as food preservatives instead of synthetic preservatives such as benzoic acid, and can be used as food colorants in ordinary drinks and food, which meets people's general requirements for natural, safe and healthy food additives.

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