Nutrient content in asparagus is very good (excellent). These vegetables help the growth of children, counteracting a variety of degenerative diseases, and can be pleasing.Asparagus name drawn directly from Latin, namely Asparagus officinalis belonging to the family and genus Asparagus Asparagaceae. In Greek, called aspharagos asparagus, is in Persian language, known as asparag which means grow.
Is a kind of vegetable Asparagus is a plant reside in two. This means that plants have a male and a female there. Asparagus originated and widely grown in the United States, particularly North America, including the Valley of California, Sacramento, New Jersey, South Carolina, and Illinois. Asparagus bamboo shoots taken as a vegetable is a large white bamboo shoots, soft, and fat.
Land needed by the vegetable is asparagus plateau with an altitude of 600-900 m above sea level. Asparagus can grow optimally at temperatures between 15-25 degrees Celsius with plenty of rainfall and evenly throughout the year, ranging from 2500-3000 mm / year.
Therefore, the main requirement should plateau land, air cool, and near water sources to supply adequate water in dry season. Areas such as the above conditions are rarely found in Indonesia.
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Asparagus is usually served boiled and steamed. In the Netherlands, asparagus is usually presented in the form of a paste. In addition, asparagus is usually oiled with olive oil and eaten with cheese. Asparagus is the preferred form was not too long. In Indonesia, the asparagus is usually presented in the form of crab soup.
Asparagus is one vegetable that has a very good nutritional value. Nutritional content of asparagus can be seen in the table. Asparagus is a source of vitamin K, folic acid, vitamin C, and vitamin A which is very unusual (excellent).
Consumption of 1 cup of asparagus can meet the 114.8 percent of the body's need for vitamin K each day. Vitamin K is useful for protrombin expenditure needed for blood clotting.
In addition, vitamin K is also necessary for bone formation and repair. Vitamin K can help the synthesis of osteocalcin which can help prevent osteoporosis.
Vitamin K plays an important role in the intestinal tract and helps convert glucose into glycogen for storage in the liver. Vitamin K deficiency can cause bleeding gums, nose, intestines, and urinary tract.
Folic acid levels in asparagus reached 262.8 mg per cup. According to The George Mateljan Foundation, the consumption of 1 cup of asparagus has been able to meet 65.7 percent of the body's need for folic acid daily.
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Asparagus can be served hot or cold. However, the process should avoid using iron cookware because it will react with the tannin content of iron and cause discoloration of asparagus.
Asparagus is good to have a circular shape. White asparagus has a more delicate flavor than green asparagus. On the market today there are also purple asparagus which felt more like fruit than white or green asparagus.
To produce the best flavor, asparagus consumption should be made a day or two days after purchase. Asparagus should be stored in refrigerator (refrigerators). Avoid lighting a lamp or sunlight during storage because it will damage the structure of folic acid in asparagus.
Asparagus has a very good diuretic properties. That's because asparagin amino acid content in it. Diuretic properties can be used to drain the toxic component (poisons) that exist in the body, through urine.
However, excessive consumption of asparagus can cause the urine (urine) to smell unpleasant. That is because the combination of methyl mercaptan with S-methyl-thioacrylate and S-methyl-3-(methylthio) thiopropionate.
Patients with gout or uric acid are advised not to consume excessive asapargus. That is because the content is quite high purinnya.
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Asparagus was also nominated as a food rich in tryptophan, vitamin B1, B2, B3, B6, manganese, dietary fiber, copper, phosphorus, potassium, and protein (very good category). Other nutritional content is the potential of iron, zinc, magnesium, selenium, and calcium (good category).
Asparagus is rich in tryptophan are usually widely available in animal products like meat and eggs. Tryptophan an amino acid-producing serotonin, a hormone that is to relax the nerves in the brain centers. That is why, serotonin is also often referred to as hormone sleeper.
Tryptophan also serves to change the mood, the food that enters the body has a chemical reaction that can affect the feelings produced by the brain. When feeling positive, life was much happier.
In addition, asparagus is also rich in vitamin B complex and a number of minerals that are beneficial for the body. Fiber content also falls within the category of very good.
Fiber has benefits for lowering cholesterol levels in the blood by inhibiting the absorption of fat or cholesterol in the large intestine, so the levels of cholesterol in the blood did not increase.
