Snowy plateau highland barley piaoxiang

Friend, have you ever eaten highland barley rice and highland barley noodles in snowy plateau?

As the saying goes, character determines fate. People's living habits are the soul of this secret. What is the body clock in medicine? Life rules! Failure to obey the rules of life: staying up late, drinking too much, eager for a full meal, partial eclipse, moody ... it is an indisputable fact that destroying the rules of life and ecological balance will be short-lived.

No diet structure: partial eclipse, overeating, no nutrition, no understanding of diet structure and no healthy eating habits are undoubtedly chronic suicides. This is not alarmism, but advice. As we all know, eating more coarse grains is good for health. Rough tea and light rice make the heart clear and strong. I understand everything, but it's hard to do. This is what people often say "the power of habit". The same is true of eating habits. Tibetan compatriots and people of all ethnic groups living in snowy plateau all like to eat highland barley, which has become an indispensable living habit. In that harsh environment, highland barley gave birth to the miracle of life. As we all know, only the Qinghai-Tibet region is suitable for the growth of highland barley.

Practice has proved that highland barley has rich nutritional value and outstanding medical and health care functions. Why are there so many centenarians on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau? This is closely related to the frequent consumption of highland barley and its outstanding medical and health care functions. According to "Supplement to Materia Medica", highland barley, with lower qi, is broad-minded, healthy and thin, dehumidifies and perspires, and stops diarrhea. Zhu Jing Materia Medica, a classic of Tibetan medicine, regards highland barley as an important medicine for treating many diseases.

Qi Huang famous doctor: Chen Zangqi's Compendium of Materia Medica

Barley flour contains a variety of vitamins and trace elements, which has important physiological functions such as clearing intestine, regulating blood lipid, lowering cholesterol, resisting tumor and improving immunity. It is the most nutritious grain in the world. The highland barley noodles made from highland barley are not only the traditional food of Tibetan people, but also appear as Tibetan food in hotels in Lhasa and become an important food for entertaining foreign guests.

Magic highland barley

1, origin and planting history of highland barley;

Highland barley is the main food of Tibetan people, also known as highland barley, highland barley and highland barley. Mainly produced in China, Tibet, Qinghai, Sichuan and Yunnan, namely Qinghai, Tibet, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces. Highland barley has been planted in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau for about 3500 years. There are five famous highland barley producing areas in Tibet: Lianxiang, Nimu, Pulan, Zedang and Gamba. The carbonized seeds of ancient highland barley in Changguogou are the first batch of prehistoric highland barley remains found in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. This discovery advanced the legendary highland barley farming history by about 1.5 century, and traced the highland barley farming in Tibet back to the Neolithic Age for the first time.

2. The scarcity of highland barley:

Through the study of biological history, it is found that when the altitude reaches more than 4,200 meters, all the existing cultivated varieties can not survive, but highland barley can grow tenaciously, heading and flowering, providing valuable food for people in Xizang. The growth environment of highland barley is harsh, and the unique growth environment is far from the pollution of urban exhaust and harmful substances in factories. Irrigation water comes from the melting snow water in the snowy plateau, which perfectly bears the unique quality of green, organic and natural. People have tried to leave the snowy plateau and try to plant in the plains with lower altitude, but the results all ended in failure, and the planting environment cannot be copied.

3. Tribute of Panchen Lama in past dynasties:

Because of its unique growth environment, climate and soil and water conditions, highland barley contains crude protein 10. 15, starch 62.9, saccharifying power 30.4 and dry malt extract 88%. After processing, it is white and light yellow, with unique advantages such as fragrance, crispness and crispness, and it is a famous first-class food in Tibetan areas. Every year after the Fruit Festival, the first batch of new green rye will be graded many times, then carefully screened and ground by designated farmers, and then sent to Tashilhunpo by designated officials for the exclusive use of the Panchen Lama.

Second, the main nutritional components of highland barley:

① β -glucan

The β -glucan content of highland barley is the highest among all wheat crops in the world, and the β -glucan content of highland barley remains between 6.57% and 8.6%, which is more than 50 times of the average content of wheat. β -glucan is the core component of reducing blood fat, cholesterol and blood sugar, and has preventive effect on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and diabetes. β -glucan is helpful to reduce the contact between intestinal mucosa and carcinogens, indirectly inhibit the metastasis of carcinogens and reduce the incidence of colon cancer. In addition, it has been confirmed by international research institutions that oats also contain a biological factor that inhibits cholesterol, and the average content is about 0/00-150 per kilogram of highland barley.

② Dietary fiber

The total dietary fiber content in highland barley is 16%, of which the insoluble dietary fiber content is 9.68%, which is more than 8 times that of wheat. The content of soluble dietary fiber is 6.37%, which is more than 15 times that of wheat. Dietary fiber helps to stimulate intestinal peristalsis, clear the bowels and relieve constipation, commonly known as "scavenger" of the intestine, and promote the metabolism of human garbage toxins.

③ amylopectin

The composition of highland barley starch is unique, which contains a large amount of amylopectin, the content is about 74%-78%. Amylopectin is weakly alkaline after heating, which can inhibit hyperacidity. It can relieve and protect the focus, so it has the function of strengthening the spleen and nourishing the stomach, and is suitable for patients with spleen and stomach weakness, listlessness and diarrhea in loose stool.

④ Trace elements

The edible part of highland barley contains the following trace elements per100g:

Selenium (microgram): 4, potassium (mg): 664, phosphorus (mg): 405, calcium (mg): 1 13, sodium (mg): 77, magnesium (mg): 65, and iron (mg): 40. B 1 thiamine (mg): 34, B2 riboflavin (mg):1,b5nicotinic acid (mg): 6.7, retinol equivalent (μ g): 12.4, and carotene (μ g): 3. Selenium is an essential trace element for human body determined by the United Nations Health Organization, and it is the only anti-cancer element determined by the organization.

Above: The United Nations determines essential trace elements for human body.

Does the rich nutrients and important health care effects of highland barley give you a new understanding of highland barley? Thousands of lights, snowy plateau, fragrant highland barley, another harvest list!

About the author:

Once a soldier's feelings, once a plateau emotion, I poured my blood into guarding the frontier and praised the snowy highland barley with a pure heart.