The efficacy of mixed bean and black rice porridge

The efficacy of mixed bean and black rice porridge

Nowadays, many people like to add some grains such as brown rice, black rice, and coix seeds to their diet. However, do you know their nutritional characteristics and health benefits? And who is not suitable to eat these foods?

1. Japonica rice - the most nutritious

——Features: Ordinary rice used for cooking rice is also called polished rice or polished rice. It is translucent oval or elliptical, has a high yield, and has low rice grain expansion but high stickiness. Gu Wanli introduced that using polished rice to cook porridge for health and longevity has a history of 2,000 years in my country.

——Ingredients: Japonica rice contains essential nutrients such as starch, protein, fat, vitamin B1, niacin, vitamin C, calcium, iron, etc., which can provide the nutrients and calories needed by the human body.

——Effects: 1. The top layer of porridge oil in rice porridge can replenish fluids and essence, which is beneficial for nourishing the body's yin fluid and kidney essence.

2. Japonica rice has the effects of strengthening the spleen and stomach, replenishing the middle qi, nourishing yin and producing body fluid, relieving restlessness and quenching thirst, and strengthening the intestines and stopping diarrhea.

——Suitable for people: People with weak spleen and stomach, thirst, malnutrition, weakness after illness, as well as postpartum women and the elderly.

——Not suitable for people: Diabetic patients

2. Brown rice – the best digestion aid

——Characteristics: “Light yellow rice” is made by removing the bran outer shell of husked rice during the milling process, while retaining the germ and inner skin.

——Ingredients: Brown rice contains more protein, fat and vitamins than white rice.

——Efficacy: 1. The crude fiber molecules in the rice bran layer help gastrointestinal motility and are effective for digestive tract diseases such as stomach problems, constipation, and hemorrhoids.

2. Brown rice is more nutritious than white rice. It can lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke.

——Suitable crowd: Brown rice is suitable for the general population, especially diabetics and obese people (because the starch in it is wrapped in crude fiber tissue, the human body digests and absorbs it slowly, and thus can control blood sugar well; at the same time, trace elements such as zinc, chromium, manganese, and vanadium in brown rice are beneficial to improving insulin sensitivity, which is very helpful for people with impaired glucose tolerance. Studies have shown that the glycemic index of brown rice is much lower than that of white rice, and eating the same amount of brown rice gives a better sense of fullness, which is beneficial to control food intake, thereby helping obese people lose weight).

——Method: Since brown rice has a coarse taste and a compact texture, it takes a long time to cook. You can wash it and soak it in cold water overnight before cooking. Then put it into a pressure cooker together with the soaking water and cook it for more than half an hour.

3. Black rice: the best kidney tonifier

——Ingredients: Black rice is rich in nutrients, containing protein, fat, B vitamins, calcium, phosphorus, iron, zinc and other substances. Its nutritional value is higher than that of ordinary rice.

——Effects: 1. It has the effects of nourishing yin and kidney, replenishing qi and strengthening the body, strengthening the spleen and appetite, nourishing the liver and improving eyesight, and nourishing essence and consolidating the body.

2. It is an excellent tonic product for anti-aging, beauty, disease prevention and health strengthening.

3. It can significantly increase the content of hemoglobin and hemoglobin in the human body, which is beneficial to the health of the cardiovascular system.

4. It is beneficial to the development of children's bones and brain.

——Suitable for: It has a good tonic effect on postpartum women, chronic patients, patients in recovery, those who are weak after illness and young children.

——Not suitable for people: Infants with weak digestive function and the elderly and sick should not eat it.

——Method: Since black rice is not easy to cook, it should be soaked overnight before cooking.

4. Glutinous rice - the best detoxification

——Features: Glutinous rice is also called Jiangmi. Because of its fragrant, sticky and smooth texture, it is often used to make delicious snacks and is deeply loved by everyone.

——Ingredients: Contains protein, fat, carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin B2, a large amount of starch and other nutrients.

——Effects: 1. It has the effects of tonifying the middle and replenishing qi, nourishing the stomach and spleen, consolidating the exterior and stopping sweating, stopping diarrhea, calming the fetus, detoxifying and curing sores;

2. Eating glutinous rice in winter can improve your ability to resist the cold

——Suitable for people: Used for patients with cold-induced stomachache, gastric and duodenal ulcers, polydipsia and polyuria, spontaneous sweating due to qi deficiency, acne, carbuncle, etc.

——Not suitable for people: Glutinous rice is difficult to digest and should not be eaten in excess. The elderly, children, and people with weak spleen and stomach should pay special attention.

5. Barley - the best for beauty

——Features: Job's tears is also called coix seed rice and Job's tears. The nutritional value of Job's tears is very high and it is known as the "king of grasses in the world".

——Ingredients: Contains coix seed oil, coix seed fat, sterols, amino acids, arginine and other amino acid components and nutrients such as vitamin B1 and carbohydrates.

——Effects: 1. Job's tears tastes sweet and light, is slightly cold in nature, and enters the spleen, stomach, and lung meridians. It has therapeutic and preventive effects on spleen deficiency diarrhea, muscle soreness, joint pain and other symptoms.

2. It has the effects of promoting diuresis and eliminating dampness, strengthening the spleen and stopping diarrhea, clearing away heat and detoxifying.