Vinegar is the seasoning in our daily life. It can not only seasoning but also has many health functions. Let's take a look at it with Xiaobian~
◆ function and efficacy of vinegar
It's sour, sweet and smooth. It can relieve the appetite, blood stasis, constringency, diarrhea and detoxification. It is used for greasy food accumulation, dyspepsia, acidophilic substances, or diarrhea; bleeding, vomiting, blood in stool; sore throat; gastrointestinal discomfort caused by fish, meat and mushroom; viral hepatitis.
1. Eliminate fatigue
Appropriate amount of vinegar can eliminate fatigue, especially health vinegar.
2. Regulate the acid-base balance of blood
Vinegar can regulate the acid-base balance of blood.
3. promote digestion
Vinegar can help digestion and absorption. It can help people to eat calcium effectively.
4. Prevention of aging
Vinegar can prevent aging, beauty and skin care. (this is because the main component of vinegar is acetic acid, which has a strong bactericidal effect and can play a good role in protecting skin and hair. Washing skin with vinegar water can make the skin absorb some nutrients which are very needed, so as to soften the skin and enhance the skin vitality. )
5. sterilization
Vinegar can enhance the bactericidal ability of gastrointestinal tract.
6. Protect liver and kidney
Vinegar can enhance liver and kidney function.
7. activating blood
Vinegar can dilate blood vessels and prevent cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
What are the benefits of vinegar
Vinegar itself contains nutrients beneficial to human body, such as 18 kinds of amino acids, glucose, fructose, maltose and rich inorganic elements (such as calcium, iron, phosphorus, etc.), which are essential components in the process of human metabolism. Vinegar is preferred among all condiments. In a word, vinegar has four advantages:
1. Vinegar can improve taste and appetite
Vinegar has a certain role in regulating appetite. The simplest way to taste is to use vinegar, soy sauce, garlic and other cold dishes. Eat some vinegar mixed vegetables before meals, which has a better appetizing effect on people with poor appetite. Especially for the patients with chronic diseases and the elderly with taste degradation, vinegar can change their poor appetite, the effect is more obvious.
In addition, vinegar can stimulate the secretion of gastric acid, so as to promote digestion. Vinegar is very helpful for people with less gastric acid secretion, but people with normal gastrointestinal function do not need to drink vinegar to improve their digestive function.
2. Vinegar can reduce salt
Using vinegar to improve the taste of food is much healthier than using salt. In cooking, less salt and more vinegar is a healthy diet.
Eating too much salt is not only harmful to your health, but also the more salty your taste will be. Other foods will also be eaten too much. The more water you drink, the more weight you will gain. For those who like salty food, it's better to add a little vinegar to the dish, a little more vinegar and a little less salt. Not only will they not feel that the salt is not enough, but the dish will become more delicious and healthy.
3. Vinegar can inhibit bacteria
Vinegar contains 0.4% ～ 0.6% acetic acid, which can inhibit the growth and reproduction of various pathogens to a certain extent. Therefore, when the local bacterial and viral diseases are prevalent, people can add a proper amount of vinegar when cooking and mixing cold dishes, which can not only appetizer and increase food, but also inhibit bacteria. It can be said that "one stone, two birds".
4. Vinegar can remove fishy smell and relieve greasiness
Vinegar is a good food material for deodorizing and greasy. For example, when cooking aquatic products or animal viscera such as stomach, intestines and heart, vinegar can eliminate the fetid smell and peculiar smell of food. For some raw materials with heavy fetid smell, it can also be soaked with vinegar in advance, and at the same time, it can remove some oil and grease attached to the surface.
◆ our misunderstanding of vinegar
After eating vinegar for so many years, I didn't know that vinegar was so magical that even bacteria could be killed. Vinegar has a certain bacteriostatic effect, but it can't bear the sterilization. If it were true, there would not have been so many influenza. In fact, the main function of vinegar is to taste and appetizer. As for other 'functions' & hellip; & hellip; let vinegar rest well.
1. Vinegar does not soften blood vessels
"Vinegar can soften blood vessels and reduce blood pressure" has been widely used in the middle-aged and old people for a long time, but this is a wrong understanding.
Vinegar can dissolve calcium, but atherosclerosis is not just a calcification problem. Arteriosclerosis refers to the formation of atheromatous plaques in blood vessels, and the decrease of elasticity of blood vessels. There is no scientific basis for softening blood vessels only by vinegar. Acetic acid itself is weak and can not play the above-mentioned 'role' in vivo. At present, there is no research at home and abroad to prove or suggest that 'vinegar' has the above-mentioned 'role'.
There are many ways to maintain the health of blood vessels, such as light diet, less greasy food, more exercise, smoking cessation and alcohol restriction, etc., to maintain the elasticity of blood vessels by reducing blood lipids.
2. Vinegar can't reduce fat
Vinegar has been a popular way to lose weight. Soak soybeans or black beans in vinegar and marinate them into vinegar beans. Claim to eat 10 to 20 in the morning and evening every day, you can lose weight. The argument that vinegar can improve the metabolism of the body and prevent fat accumulation is not supported by scientific experiments. If we really want to say that vinegar can reduce weight, unless we drink a lot of vinegar, drink enough, can't eat anything else, or eat vinegar beans instead of the usual high calorie snacks, in contrast, the calorie intake will be reduced.
However, this kind of weight-loss method can not last long. In the long run, it is easy to cause nutrient imbalance and even damage the stomach and intestines, which is harmful to health. On the contrary, if you drink vinegar, you may gain weight. Some vinegar drinks will be added with a lot of sugar to enhance the taste. The calories are not low. When purchasing, pay attention to whether sugar is listed in the ingredient list, as well as the carbohydrate content and the calories marked on the product.