Introduction: Black fungus is a nutritious and delicious food product with excellent medical and pharmaceutical properties.
1. A great product for beauty and skin care
Black fungus is rich in protein, with a protein content comparable to animal foods, earning it the reputation of "the meat among vegetables"; in addition, it has a very high content of Vitamin E, making it an excellent product for skin whitening; most importantly, it has the highest iron content. When it comes to iron supplementation, people generally think of spinach, lean meat, and animal liver as being rich in it. In fact, among all foods, black fungus has the highest iron content, more than 20 times that of spinach and over 7 times that of pork liver. Therefore, it is an excellent food source for nourishing beauty and blood, and preventing iron-deficiency anemia.
2. Weight loss, detoxification, and preventing stones
Black fungus is rich in cellulose and a special plant collagen. These two substances can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, prevent constipation, help the timely removal and excretion of toxic substances from the stool, and also help to dissolve certain endogenous foreign bodies such as gallstones and kidney stones. For those with initial cholecystitis and initial stones, eating 1-2 servings of black fungus daily can relieve symptoms such as pain and nausea within 2-5 days.
Mixed Bean Curd Skin with Black Fungus
3. Preventing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases
Black fungus contains Vitamin K and abundant minerals such as calcium and magnesium, which can reduce blood clots and prevent conditions like thrombosis, and has the effect of preventing and treating atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease.
Black fungus has the effect of promoting blood circulation and anti-coagulation, so people with bleeding disorders should not eat it. Pregnant women should not eat too much of it.
Normal people can consume 10-15g daily.
4. Eat more black fungus for white hair
It is well-known that hair turning white is related to mental stress and excessive worry. Bai Yaping, director of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine at the First Affiliated Hospital of Hebei Medical University, introduced that to prevent and treat white hair, in addition to regulating emotions, one should also pay attention to increasing the intake of trace elements and nutrients that promote black hair in the diet to promote normal hair growth.
Trace elements iron and copper are important for promoting the synthesis of melanin in hair. People with white hair should eat more foods rich in these two elements, such as oysters, fresh scallops and other shellfish, almonds, sunflower seeds, walnuts, peanuts, pine nuts and other nuts, and animal liver and kidney tissues. Some other foods also have the effect of blackening hair, such as black fungus, black sesame, black rice, seaweed, etc.
Eating more foods rich in B vitamins, such as whole grains, legumes, vegetables, and fruits, is also helpful.
Cold-dressed Black Fungus
5. Black Fungus + Red Dates to absorb body fat
Black Fungus Powder and Red Date Powder Weight Loss Method:
Ingredients: 5g black fungus powder, 20g red date powder.
Method: Use an appropriate amount of boiling water to mix the black fungus powder and red date powder.
Effect: The gelatin in black fungus can absorb impurities and waste left in the digestive tract and excrete them from the body. In addition, the nucleic acid-like substances in black fungus can reduce the levels of cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood. Continuous consumption for 1 week can have a slimming and breast-enhancing effect.
Cold-dressed Black Fungus with Bean Curd Skin