fermented bean curd, also known as fermented bean curd, there are three types: red, white, and green curd. It was quite famous and well-known in the Song Dynasty. The main raw materials for preparing fermented bean curd are soybeans, rice wine, salt and sugar. The raw materials are simple and rich in nutrition. The key is that its production method is not difficult, so it is deeply loved by everyone.
However, in recent years, the reputation of fermented bean curd has been questioned, and various condemnations have been heard, such as "fermented bean curd causes cancer", "fermented bean curd is made of broken tofu", "fermented bean curd is full of bacteria".
Why is the flavored meal ingredients that have been passed down for thousands of years pushed to the forefront? Is it because there is a problem with the production process of fermented bean curd itself, or is it because someone is spreading right and wrong, confusing the public, deliberately corrupting the reputation of fermented bean curd? Let's explore the truth together.
What are the benefits of eating fermented tofu frequently?
, Appetizing, enhancing appetite,
Tofu fermented tofu is also called rice food. It has its special flavor. Eating it in moderation can stimulate appetite and promote meals. In addition, it will also play an appetizing role.
fermented tofu is a pickled food and contains relatively high salt content. For people with hypertension and , they need to control their intake to avoid causing blood pressure to soar.
, prevent Alzheimer's disease
middle-aged and elderly people eat some fermented bean curd in moderation, which can also prevent Alzheimer's disease. Fermented bean curd is rich in vitamin B12. Vitamin B12 can promote human hematopoiesis, prevent pernicious anemia, and affect nutritional nerves.
Vitamin B12 has another main function, which is to inhibit the speed of brain aging, so fermented bean curd has a certain effect on improving and preventing Alzheimer's disease.
. It can reduce cholesterol
fermented bean curd contains a high protein . These proteins can bind to the human body's cholic acid , thereby reducing the body's absorption of cholesterol, and to some extent, it reduces the body's reabsorption of cholesterol, and ultimately it reduces the body's cholesterol content.
4. Increase the protein utilization rate.
The protein contained in soybeans is not easy to digest and absorb. After the enzyme hydrolysis of microorganism , a low-molecular polypeptide mixture is formed, which is easy to be digested and absorbed, causing the digestibility of protein in fermented bean curd to increase from 65.3% of soybeans to 96%.
A large number of studies have shown that the amount and performance of protein contained in fermented bean curd is completely comparable to that of animal food , and does not contain cholesterol. Therefore, fermented bean curd is a healthy food with high protein.
fermented tofu, is it a "delicious thing on earth" or a "health killer"? Research results released
According to the detection data provided by authoritative institutions, due to the action of microorganisms, the content of riboflavin produced in fermented bean curd is 6 to 7 times higher than that of tofu, and is second only to dairy in general foods.
fermented tofu is actually mainly composed of mucor bacteria, and there are also a small number of yeast bacteria Aspergillus Penicillium, etc., which are strictly screened and beneficial edible fungi, and will not produce toxins, so there is no need to worry too much.
Many people think that fermented bean curd is a high-salt substance. At this time, we only need to look at the label of fermented bean curd to know that every 100 grams of fermented bean curd contains 3342 grams of sodium (3342 grams of sodium equals about 10 grams of salt), while 100 grams of fermented bean curd is generally divided into 15 small pieces. For every piece of fermented bean curd, we only eat 0.67 grams of salt.
Although WHO recommends that adults control the amount of salt consumed at 5 grams per day, but if we eat 1-2 pieces of fermented bean curd every day, the amount of salt will not exceed the standard. Therefore, although fermented bean curd is a high-salt food, as long as we control the amount of consumption, it is harmless to the body.
Then how should we properly consume fermented bean curd?
① To ensure the safety of fermented bean curd, the fermented bean curd products consumed by must comply with the conditions of formal channels, regular production, formal material selection, and formal storage and transportation. In this way, the quality of fermented bean curd products has been greatly guaranteed, and the specifications of channels, material selection and production process also ensure the quality of fermented bean curd products to a certain extent.
② Fermented bean curd should be placed in a glass bottle, sealed and placed in a cool and dry place, or placed in the fresh-keeping room of the refrigerator to avoid the formation of nitrite after opening.
③ Because fermented bean curd contains high salt and purine , it is best not to take it for patients with hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, gout and gastrointestinal ulcers.
④ Fermented bean curd can be used as a condiment instead of some salt for daily cooking; it can also be directly applied to steamed bun slices and pancakes; in addition, people with strong taste can change the pickles with porridge to half a piece of fermented bean curd, which is relatively healthier.
fermented tofu should not be eaten with the following foods, please pass it to your family for a look!
, fermented tofu and onion: easy to form calcium oxalate , causing difficulties in absorbing calcium and leading to a lack of calcium in the human body.
. Fermented tofu and honey: it is easy to cause diarrhea.
. Fermented tofu and spinach: The oxalic acid in spinach forms calcium oxalate with calcium in tofu, making the human body's calcium in absorption.
4, fermented tofu and flounder : Increase protein absorption rate.
5. Tofu and bamboo shoots: easy to form stones.
6. Fermented tofu and bitter melon: prone to stones and lowers blood pressure.
7, fermented tofu and fungus: it will destroy nutrients.
