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Asparagus can anticancer


The mushrooms, tomatoes, garlic, anti-cancer foods such as buckwheat family, cancer patients can not forget the anti-cancer effects of asparagus. The General Hospital of PLA Second Artillery Corps, in charge of nutrition technician Song Liqun cancer patients recommended daily consumption of asparagus, in particular, bladder cancer, lung cancer, skin cancer patients may be appropriate to eat more, but the amount should not exceed 50 grams.

Song Liqun doctors said, asparagus, rich in anti-cancer element — Selenium may prevent carcinogenic substances peroxides and free radicals formed by inhibiting DNA synthesis cancer cells, preventing cell division and growth and stimulate immune function, improve resistance to cancer. In addition, asparagus also rich in folic acid, about 5 asparagus containing 100 micrograms daily demand has reached that will enable the normalization of cell growth, preventing the proliferation of cancer cells effectiveness.

Song doctors recommend eating asparagus is to take advantage of the “fresh” to eat, buy fresh, yet keep fresh, cooking be fresh for the more fresh asparagus, its anti-cancer effects of the more obvious.

Buy fresh : fresh asparagus standard is solid and heavy throughout the spring shoot, not long bud, not weakening epidermal bright, tender, thick.

Yet keeping fresh : If not immediately consumption, the newspaper has available asparagus wrapped and put in refrigerator cold room, but most can be maintained for 2 to 3 days. Put asparagus or 5% concentration on the temperature salt water boiling water about a minute later to remove or in cold water to cool it down, so after 10 minutes or in refrigerator to prolong their freshness.

Cooking be fresh : asparagus, the key ingredient in sophisticated scion, in cooking should pay more attention to preserving asparagus sharp. Especially the use of asparagus soup, the better anti-cancer effect, the specific practice of the asparagus before cooking, the first cut of the water immersion 20 to 30 minutes in addition to bitterness. So boiled open, then a good cut asparagus, for a small bowl, 15 minutes.

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