Carrots are a common vegetable, also known as carrots, which are native to southwestern Asia. The "ancestor" of carrot is the purple carrot of Afghanistan. It has a cultivation history of more than 2,000 years. It was introduced to China from Iran at the end of the 13th century and gradually evolved into the common Chinese carrot. Carrots are eaten by their fleshy roots and are one of the main vegetables in spring and winter. They enjoy the reputation of “small ginseng” and “golden bamboo shoots”. Widely distributed in China's Sichuan, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other provinces.

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The edible nutrients per 100 grams of orange carrots are: calories 43 (kcal), calcium 32 (mg), protein 1 (g), magnesium 7 (mg), carbohydrate 9 (g), vitamin C 16 (mg ), dietary fiber 1 (g), vitamin A 668 (microgram), carotene 1 (microgram), potassium 193 (mg), phosphorus 16 (mg), retinol equivalent 87 (microgram), sodium 25 (mg ), selenium 3 (micrograms).

Chinese traditional medicine believes that carrots are sweet, flat, and enter the lungs and spleen. There are spleen, stagnation, treatment of indigestion, long-term phlegm, cough.

Carrots have the functions of protecting eyesight, anti-aging, preventing cardiovascular diseases and preventing cancer. It can be said that carrots are rich in nutrients, but why are carrots orange? This is to be said in two ways.

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1, orange carrot is the result of breeding

In fact, the earliest carrots come in a variety of colors, white, purple, yellow, red, etc., while the Dutch chose orange carrots from yellow carrots. At that time, the Netherlands, both good at maritime trade and good at gardening, played a pivotal role in the world stage. The orange carrots were spread through the hands of the Dutch. Then the original color of carrots is so rich, why do the Dutch people make a lot of orange carrots? This is precisely because the Dutch like orange, the orange variety of the carrot is greatly welcomed by the Dutch, so the orange variety of carrots is the best choice.

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2, the orange of carrots is derived from beta-carotene

Beta-carotene (C40H56) is one of the carotenoids and an orange-soluble fat-soluble compound. It is the most common and stable natural pigment in nature. Compared to the 1970s, the bright orange carrots now contain 50% more carotene. It is under the influence of the natural pigment of β-carotene that the carrots have a beautiful orange color.

It is precisely because of the influence of natural pigments and human intervention that we are now common on the market, and the carrots that are often eaten are beautiful and beautiful orange. Eat more carrots to protect vision, clear the liver and clear the role, it is worth noting that carotene is a fat-soluble vitamin, if you want better absorption, you should eat with foods containing oil, the utilization rate is high.

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