How to choose vegetables in the vegetable market

1, potato

Look at the shape, try to choose a round one without broken skin, because it is easier to cut. The epidermis must be dry and waterless, otherwise the storage time will be short and the taste will be bad. Don't eat potatoes if their skins turn green or sprout.

Efficacy: Potatoes can detoxify and diminish inflammation, promote blood circulation and reduce swelling, benefit qi and strengthen the body, and solve the problem of indigestion.

2. Eggplant

By hand feeling, the tenderness of eggplant has a great influence on quality. Tender eggplant feels sticky in your hand, and hard eggplant is old eggplant; Look at the size of the band, where the sepals of eggplant are connected with the fruit, there is a white band with a slight green color. The bigger the ring, the tender the eggplant.

Efficacy: it has antioxidant function and can prevent cell canceration; It contains vitamin E, and has hemostatic and anti-aging effects.

3. Pepper

Look at the shape, the pepper is much hotter, and the thinner the pulp, the hotter it is. Persimmon-shaped round peppers are mostly sweet peppers, and the thicker the pulp, the sweeter and more brittle it is.

Efficacy: invigorating the stomach and helping digestion. It can reduce blood lipid and thrombosis, and has a certain preventive effect on cardiovascular diseases.

4. Small green vegetables

Judging the length, buying green vegetables depends on the height of vegetable seedlings, that is, the length of leaves, and the short quality is better; Look at the petiole, the petiole is light green in color and rich in flavor; The petiole is almost white and has a light taste.

Efficacy: promote skin cell metabolism, prevent skin roughness and pigmentation, make skin bright and white, and delay aging.

5, leeks

Looking at the leaves, the leeks with wide leaves, narrow leaves and wide leaves sell well, but the fragrance is light, and the leeks with narrow leaves have a strong fragrance. People who like to eat leeks, leeks with narrow leaves are the first choice.

Efficacy: It has the effects of stimulating appetite, reducing blood fat and dilating blood vessels, and has certain curative effect on hypertension and coronary heart disease. It can also warm the kidney and strengthen yang.

6. energy

Look at the color, choose light yellow ginger, normal ginger looks rough and dry; Pinch by hand, the normal ginger meat is tight and not tender. After breaking, the silk inside is white and bright; The nose smells that normal ginger is spicy. If it has a faint sulfur smell or other peculiar smell, don't buy it.

Efficacy: Not only can it be used to stimulate the appetite and strengthen the spleen, but it can also help to resist bacteria, refresh and relieve nausea and vomiting.

7.cucumber

Cucumber should be tender, flowering, hard and shiny.

Efficacy: it is suitable for people with obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, edema and alcoholism to eat more; It is one of the first choice foods for diabetic patients.

8. Chinese yam

Look at the epidermis, the epidermis is bright and clean without abnormal spots, so you can buy it with confidence. Abnormal spots appear on the epidermis, indicating that the disease has been infected and the edible value has decreased.

Efficacy: invigorating spleen and stomach, promoting fluid production and benefiting lung, and delaying aging.

9. tomatoes

Look at the color, buy pink tomatoes if you want to eat them raw, which have a light sour taste and a good taste; If you want to eat it cooked, buy red tomatoes, which are very strong.

Efficacy: delay aging, prolong life, whiten skin and prevent sun.

10, bean sprouts

Look at the roots, whether the bean sprouts with roots are healthy or not, and then smell ammonia after judging. If it smells of ammonia and has no roots, don't buy it.

Efficacy: Low in calories, but high in water and cellulose. Eating regularly can achieve the goal of losing weight.

1 1, radish

Judging from the body shape, no matter what kind of radish, the root type is round and the epidermis is smooth. Don't be greedy when buying radish, it should be medium in size and close in meat quality; Measure the weight, hold it in your hand, choose a heavier one, and avoid buying hollow radish.

Efficacy: B vitamins and minerals such as potassium and magnesium in radish can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis and help eliminate waste in the body.

12, celery

Look at the leaves, celery is fresh, mainly look at the leaves, the leaves are straight and fresh, and the tips are soft and not fresh; Viewing the leaf color, it is not suitable to buy dark green leaves, indicating that celery is short of water, rich in crude fiber and old in taste.

Efficacy: celery contains acidic antihypertensive ingredients, which can relieve hypertension; It can also clear away heat and toxic materials, and is effective for excessive liver fire and rough skin.

13, cauliflower

Judging the color of the flower ball, the flower ball is white, yellow, colorless and hairless, and it is best not to scatter around the flower ball.

Efficacy: cauliflower is one of the foods with the most flavonoids, which can prevent cholesterol oxidation and effectively supplement vitamin K.