What are the effects and functions of potato juicing?

Potatoes are the potatoes we eat every day. Potatoes have many benefits to the human body. Many people like to eat potatoes. Potatoes can be made into dishes, eaten cold, or made into mashed potatoes. Potatoes not only have a unique taste, but are also easier to digest. Potatoes can also be squeezed into juice. Many people don’t know what the effects and functions of potato juicing are. What are the effects and functions of potato juicing? Let's pick you up and take a look.

1. Nutritional value of raw potato juice

Nutritionists call potatoes "underground apples, the king of plants, and the second bread." Potatoes are rich in vitamins C, B, iron, phosphorus, calcium, protein, fat, carotene, thiamine, leucine, niacin, ascorbic acid and many other elements. If each person eats 200-300 grams of potatoes a day, it is enough to compensate for the body's 24-hour consumption of vitamins C, B, E and hematopoietic raw materials such as iron and folic acid. It can provide 1.5 times the daily requirement of iron, 3-4 times the vitamin B1, sufficient amount of vitamin E, folic acid, and trace elements such as zinc, magnesium, and copper. Every 100 grams of fresh potato also contains 502 mg of potassium. It is a physiological alkaline food that can maintain physiological acid-base balance. Potato juice or raw food can be eaten as both food and medicine; it has high nutritional value and is easy to absorb.

2. Potato Benefits

1. Fresh potato juice can also lower blood pressure and maintain blood vessel elasticity. Potatoes also contain a lot of starch, B vitamins and trace elements. Potatoes in particular contain a lot of potassium, which can dissolve sodium ions in the blood and excrete sodium from the body, which is effective in lowering blood pressure.

2. Drinking potato juice can also lower blood sugar. Potatoes are resistant starch, which is slowly broken down in the body and will not cause high blood sugar. It can be used to relieve diabetes treatment.

3. Honey potato juice can also treat constipation. You just need to peel the potatoes, cut them into pieces, squeeze out the juice, then add honey, put it in the refrigerator, and take it with warm water on an empty stomach every morning, two spoons each time. After a period of time, it will be cured.

4. Fresh potato juice used for diet therapy generally does not need to be heated or cooked, but it must be drunk immediately after squeezing and cannot be stored. It should also be used with caution in children with gastrointestinal impairment.

3. Notes

Although potato juice therapy is good, it is not a cure-all. If there is no obvious effect, please see a doctor.