What is the nutritional value of taro? What are the edible benefits of taro?

Taro, also known as taro, has a soft texture, is sweet and sticky, and has a nutritional value similar to that of potatoes. It does not contain solanine, is easy to digest and does not cause poisoning, and is a good alkaline food. It can be eaten as a staple food, steamed and dipped in sugar, or used to make dishes and snacks. Therefore, it is a favorite root food. In Guangdong and other places, eating taro during the Mid-Autumn Festival is a long-standing custom.

What is the nutritional value of taro

1. Taro is rich in protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium, magnesium, sodium, carotene, niacin, vitamin C, B vitamins, saponin and other ingredients. Among the minerals it contains, the fluorine content is relatively high, which has the effect of cleaning teeth, preventing caries and protecting teeth;

2. Its rich nutritional value can enhance the body's immune function and can be used as a common medicinal food staple for the prevention and treatment of cancer. It plays an auxiliary therapeutic role in cancer surgery or postoperative radiotherapy, chemotherapy and its recovery process;

3. Taro contains a kind of mucus protein, which can produce immunoglobulin, or antibody globulin, after being absorbed by the human body, which can improve the body's resistance. Therefore, Chinese medicine believes that taro can detoxify, and has an inhibitory and dissolving effect on carbuncle, swelling, pain, including cancer toxins in the human body, and can be used to prevent and treat tumors and lymph tuberculosis and other diseases;

4. Taro is an alkaline food, which can neutralize the acidic substances accumulated in the body, adjust the body's acid-base balance, produce the effect of beautifying the skin and blackening the hair, and can also be used to prevent and treat hyperacidity;

5. Taro is rich in mucus saponins and a variety of trace elements, which can help the body correct physiological abnormalities caused by trace element deficiency. It can also increase appetite and help digestion. Therefore, Chinese medicine believes that taro can replenish the middle and benefit qi.

Target Group

It is edible for the general public

1. Especially suitable for people with weak body;

2. People with phlegm, sensitive constitution (urticaria, eczema, asthma, allergic rhinitis), children with food stagnation, poor appetite, and diabetic patients should eat less; at the same time, those with food stagnation, stomach pain, and damp-heat in the stomach and intestines should avoid eating it.

Precautions for eating taro

Taro should not be eaten with bananas.

Taro Usage and Dosage

1. Taro can be eaten as a staple food by steaming and dipping in sugar, and can also be used to make dishes and snacks, so it is a favorite root food;

2. Taro must be cooked thoroughly, otherwise the mucus in it will irritate the throat;

3. The mucus of taro contains a complex compound that can be decomposed when exposed to heat. This substance has a therapeutic effect on the body, but it is highly irritating to the skin and mucous membranes. Therefore, when peeling taro, the skin of the hands will become itchy. Roasting it over the fire can relieve the itch, so it is best to wear gloves when peeling taro.

Edible effects of taro

Taro is sweet and spicy, neutral in nature, slightly toxic, and enters the intestine and stomach meridians;

It has the effects of nourishing the stomach, widening the intestines, relieving constipation, detoxifying, nourishing the liver and kidneys, reducing swelling and relieving pain, nourishing the stomach and spleen, dispersing knots, regulating the middle qi, resolving phlegm, and replenishing essence and marrow.

It is mainly used to treat lumps, phlegm nodules, scrofula, constipation and other diseases.

Quick Facts

1. How to peel taro: Put the taro with skin into a small bag (fill only half of the bag), hold the bag with your hand, and drop the bag on the cement floor a few times, then pour out the taro, and you will find that the taro skin is completely peeled off. Taro contains a lot of starch, and eating too much at one time will cause bloating;

2. Raw taro is slightly poisonous and must be cooked thoroughly before eating; raw taro juice can easily cause local skin allergies, which can be resolved by wiping with ginger juice.