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Can Five Elements Vegetable Soup Really Prevent Cancer?

Health literacy 2014-05-28

In the past year or two, reporters often hear friends around them mention "Five Elements Vegetable Soup". Some people go to the market every day to buy fresh materials and cook a big pot, and those who are afraid of trouble buy spot and cook it every day. All the friends who are drinking are like finding a treasure, like finding a secret recipe for health. According to the information on the Internet, as long as you drink the Wuxing vegetable soup for half a year, high blood pressure, heart disease, hepatitis, etc. can all be cured, and the most important thing is that it has the effect of curing cancer. Does the Five Elements Vegetable Soup really have such a miraculous effect? To this end, the reporter interviewed Professor Lin Lizhu of the Department of Large Oncology of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine with a question mark.

Can Five Elements Vegetable Soup Really Prevent Cancer?

Experts say: There are many foods to prevent cancer, and there is no need to be superstitious about these five vegetables.

The reporter searched on the Internet, I don't know if I don't search, I scare you when I search, several health websites and TV stations have praised the five elements of vegetable soup, and even Baidu Encyclopedia basically quoted the content of this booklet.

The so-called Five Elements Vegetable Soup refers to a soup invented by a Japanese professor that boils white radish leaves, carrots, burdock, white radish, and shiitake mushrooms with water. According to reports, these five materials were screened by him from more than 1,500 anti-cancer and anti-cancer drugs found in his research, and these five materials are each green, red, yellow, white, and black five colors, representing the five elements of wood, fire, earth, metal, and water, which can nourish the five internal organs respectively, so it is claimed that the five elements of vegetable soup can treat cancer and other diseases.

From the perspective of a single food, the ingredients used in the Five Elements Vegetable Soup do have very high nutritional value and are very beneficial to the body. For example, white radish can smooth qi, help digestion, promote lung and reduce qi; Shiitake mushrooms can straighten and enhance immunity; Carrots contain a large amount of carotene, which can brighten the eyes, enhance immunity, and anti-aging; Burdock has the effects of clearing heat, relieving pharynx, and dissolving phlegm.

She believes that there are many foods that can prevent cancer, such as cabbage, which contains more trace element molybdenum, which can inhibit the synthesis of nitrite gum and have a certain anti-cancer effect; Mushrooms are low in calories, high in protein, and high in fiber, and have a good effect on preventing high cholesterol, constipation, and cancer. People don't need to be superstitious about these five vegetables, they can try to cook other vegetables, such as onions and tomatoes, which also have anti-cancer effects. After seeing the "Five Elements Vegetable Soup", expert Lin Lizhu believes that although it is rich in vitamins and minerals, long-term consumption has a certain effect on enhancing immunity and increasing appetite, but the ingredients in it are limited in the treatment of diseases, basically have no medicinal value, can only be regarded as ordinary health soup, and it is nonsense to say that it can cure cancer.

Is it OK to drink Five Elements Vegetable Soup every day?

Experts say: People with spleen deficiency should not drink regularly.

Since Brother Cheng obtained the booklet of the Five Elements Vegetable Soup, he has used 1/4 white radish, 1/4 white radish leaves, 1/2 carrot, 1/4 burdock, 1 to 2 dried shiitake mushrooms, adding 3 times the amount of water in the dish, boiling over high heat, and simmering for 1 to 2 hours every day to cook his health soup. Miss Liu is also a big fan of the Five Elements Vegetable Soup, in addition to drinking it every day, she also enthusiastically introduces it to her relatives and friends, and says that "the effect is really good after drinking".

Does drinking this vegetable soup every day have any effect on the body?" If there is no other discomfort after drinking, there is no problem. However, it is not advisable to drink too much, cooking three or four times a week is enough, and drinking too much is not beneficial (if you consume too much carotene, you will be allergic). Lin Lizhu explained, "The reason why some people feel that the whole body is smooth and the physical fitness is significantly improved after drinking this soup is because people mainly eat a high-protein and high-fat diet, and the nutrition is unbalanced, and many people are prone to dry mouth and stool, causing various health problems, and drinking this soup can ensure that people consume enough vegetables." Because plant fiber can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, plus white radish can promote digestion, burdock can clear heat and facilitate stool, so it can keep people's stool smooth and expel human waste in time. ”

However, people with spleen deficiency should not drink the Five Elements Vegetable Soup. Professor Lim Lizhu pointed out that people with spleen deficiency often have a thick tongue coating, pale face, obesity, poor appetite, fatigue and loose stools. Due to the deficiency of their spleen, they often have loose stools, diarrhea, especially after eating greasy food, the frequency of stool increases significantly, and drinking the Five Elements Vegetable Soup at this time will further aggravate the symptoms of loose stools, and it is more likely to be tired and drowsy.

2024-02-05 18:10
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