Is mustard tuber nutritious to the body?

Many people have a special liking for mustard tuber, a unique food, and regard mustard tuber as an appetizer on the table. Mustard mustard tuber is delicious, crisp and refreshing, and is most famous in Sichuan and Zhejiang. However, many people are not clear about the nutritional value of mustard tuber. So, is mustard tuber nutritious to human body? How to eat is healthy?

Nutritional value of pickled mustard tuber

Pickled mustard tuber is one of the most famous pickles in China, which is made from several kinds of pickled mustard tuber (cabbage head) by pickling and fermentation.

Mustard mustard tuber contains protein, carbohydrates, carotene, riboflavin, dietary fiber, minerals, vitamin A, calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, sodium, selenium, phosphorus and other nutrients. The nutritional components of mustard tuber are rich in salt, potassium and dietary fiber.

Therefore, the nutritional value of pickled mustard tuber lies in that it can replace salt for cooking and potassium supplementation. Proper consumption can stimulate appetite, relax bowels, and prevent constipation, especially suitable for habitual constipation of the elderly after strenuous exercise and sweating.

Is eating mustard tuber harmful to human health?

Mustard tuber is really an appetizer. Many people even open the refrigerator in the middle of the night to steal mustard tuber, but the total amount of mustard tuber must be controlled. The main reason is that they are afraid of the potential danger of hypertension, kidney damage and stroke caused by excessive salt intake.

Some people worry that eating mustard tuber and eating too much nitrite will cause cancer. Actually, there is no need to worry. The nitrite content of legal mustard tuber products purchased through regular channels and bagged mustard tuber purchased in regular large supermarkets is within the specified range, which is extremely unlikely to cause cancer to individuals. Moreover, the nitrite content of mustard tuber will decrease with the passage of time, and the nitrite content has been greatly reduced one month after the mustard tuber is produced and packaged.

Similarly, mustard tuber contains chemicals that produce umami flavor, including aspartic acid and glutamic acid. These chemicals will become sodium pyroglutamate after being cooked at high temperature. Sodium pyroglutamate is a toxic substance, which will damage health, especially the nervous system. However, mustard tuber purchased through formal and legal channels will generally not exceed the standard, and people who do not eat mustard tuber in large quantities for a long time do not have to worry about this problem.

In a word, mustard tuber is essentially just a condiment. Although it is good for people, it is also harmful to people. So there is no harm in eating mustard tuber less and occasionally.