Vegetables are essential for nutrition! Choose the source carefully to ensure your health

Eat more vegetables when it's hot, and you'll be healthier. The professor of nutrition emphasized that vegetables are not only high in nutritional value and low in calories, but also rich in phytochemicals, which can increase immunity and avoid disease threats. At present, there are domestic biotechnology companies that use fully environmentally controlled clean room-level plant factories and the latest planting technology to effectively lock in the nutritional essence of vegetables, and have a variety of noble varieties, which not only increases the selectivity of vegetables but also makes them healthier. (Video/Photographer Jiang Minjun)

Xie Mingzhe, vice president of the National Taiwan University of Health Science and Dean of the School of Public Health and Nutrition, who has 30 years of teaching experience and is currently a professor at the Department of Health Nutrition at the National Taiwan University of Health Science, pointed out that although there are many kinds of vegetables in summer, the hot weather will make the vegetables unable to be preserved for a long time. In addition, there are factors such as food safety, pollution, etc. Therefore, it is very important to know how to choose fresh and safe vegetables.

Professor Xie Mingzhe (pictured) stressed that vegetables are high in nutritional value and low in calories, and are rich in phytochemicals. (Photo/Photographer Jiang Minjun)

Choose fresh vegetables to retain nutritional activity

Basically, vegetables can be divided into leafy vegetables, root vegetables, melons and tomatoes, and wild vegetables. In addition to being rich in water, it also contains vitamins, minerals, dietary fiber, and is rich in phytochemicals. It not only has good antioxidant properties, but can also increase immunity. It has a good effect on nutrition and health care for both adults and children.

However, when choosing fresh vegetables, you should pay attention to the fact that during storage or transportation, some vitamins and minerals will be easily lost due to the high temperature, and many phytochemicals will also lose their activity. Therefore, when choosing vegetables, you must pay attention to the freshness, which can not only ensure that the nutrients of the vegetables are not lost, but also ensure the hygiene and safety of the vegetables.

Currently, a special variety called "Ice Flower" is popular in China. In addition to the nutritional value of ordinary vegetables, it also contains unique "inositol" and "pinetol". (Photo/Photographer Jiang Minjun)

Fully controlled clean room-grade cultivation takes both safety and nutrition into consideration

Professor Xie Mingzhe emphasized that in addition to imported vegetables, there are many ways to grow vegetables in China, generally in the soil. Now there is a biochemical technology cultivation method that does not require soil and can provide pesticide-free, heavy metal-free, low nitrate, and low bacterial count vegetables that are ready to pick and eat, safe and non-toxic. This technology has successfully cultivated special and precious varieties, such as oyster leaves, sesame leaves, and golden thread vines, etc.

There is even a special variety called "Ice Flower" that is currently popular in China. In addition to the nutritional value of ordinary vegetables, it also contains unique "inositol" and "pinetol", which can promote human metabolism and regulate physiological functions. Manufacturers also use professional freeze-drying technology to develop related product series to make the products more diversified.

Domestic biotechnology companies use new technologies such as hydroponic cultivation and freeze-drying to make fresh vegetables more nutritionally diverse. (Photo provided by Tingmao Agricultural Biotechnology Co., Ltd.)

Natural zero-pollution vegetables, safe and healthy to eat

Because this type of vegetable cultivation can avoid the pollution concerns of pesticide residues, heavy metals, etc. in traditional vegetables, it can achieve the goal of "natural zero pollution", allowing consumers to eat with peace of mind and safety.

There are many ways to eat this safe and non-toxic vegetable. In addition to the general traditional cooking methods, it is more suitable to be eaten raw. Because it is cultivated in a zero-pollution environment, the sanitary conditions are good. It does not even need to be washed and can be eaten raw, made into cold dishes, or made into salads. These are all good choices, not only in hot summers, but all year round.