The nutritional value of carrots

The carrot (Daucus carrot), also known as ganzi, is a biennial carrot of the genus Umbelliferae. Serve with fleshy roots for vegetables. Originating in southwestern Asia, Afghanistan was the earliest evolutionary center, with a cultivation history of more than 2000 years.

Each 100 grams of carrot contains approximately 0.6 grams of protein, 0.3 grams of fat, 7.6 to 8.3 grams of carbohydrates, 0.6 milligrams of iron, 1.35 to 17.25 milligrams of pro-vitamin A (carotene), 0.02 to 0.04 milligrams of vitamin B1, and 0.02 to vitamin B2. 0.05 milligrams, vitamin C12 milligrams, calories of 150.7 kilojoules, plus pectin, starch, inorganic salts, and various amino acids. The highest content of carotene was found in all types of dark orange, and the energy contained in various carrots ranged from 79.5 to 1339.8 kJ. Carrot is a crisp, delicious and nutritious home-grown vegetable known as "small ginseng." Carrots are rich in sugar, fat, volatile oil, carotene, vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, anthocyanin, calcium, iron and other nutrients.

American scientists have confirmed that eating two carrots a day can reduce blood cholesterol by 10% to 20%; eating three carrots a day can help prevent heart disease and cancer. Chinese medicine believes that carrots are sweet, flat, with spleen and stomach, liver and eyesight, clearing heat and detoxifying, impotence, nourishing kidney, removing rash, reducing gas, and relieving cough. It can be used for gastrointestinal discomfort, constipation, and night blindness (the role of vitamin A). Low sexual function, measles, whooping cough, malnutrition in children and other symptoms. Carrots are rich in vitamins, and have a slight and persistent sweating effect, which can stimulate the skin's metabolism and promote blood circulation, so that the skin is delicate and smooth, ruddy complexion, a unique role in beauty and skin health. At the same time, carrots are also suitable for dry, rough skin, or suffering from hair moss, blackheads, keratotic eczema.