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What is Kimchi

Kimchi is a very common food in our lives, mainly in order to make the vegetables can be stored for a longer period of time in a pickled way, generally speaking, as long as it is more fiber-rich vegetables and fruits can be pickled into kimchi, and more and more people like to eat some kimchi every day, not only refreshing and rice, so kimchi is good for the body? Eat pickles on the human body have harmful effects? Follow this article to take a look.

Benefits of eating kimchi

1, prevention of hypertension, diabetes: According to research, some of the fermented kimchi will produce some polypeptides, oligopeptides lactobacilli, can be very good inhibition of some of the vascular nervousness of the transforming enzyme, which can be very high resistance to the production of hypertension. In addition, kimchi can also reduce the concentration of serum cholesterol and blood lipids, which can also achieve the role of preventing atherosclerosis and cancer.

2, conducive to intestinal health: kimchi in the fermentation process can produce a large number of probiotics, which can inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria in the human intestinal tract, which can be well regulated intestinal bacteria, help promote the balance of the human flora.

3, promote digestion, prevent constipation: kimchi is fermented from vegetables, vegetables contain a lot of dietary fiber, can well stimulate gastrointestinal peristalsis, which can well help the intestinal tract will be harmful substances discharged, which can play a role in the prevention of constipation and the effect of colitis. In addition, the vitamins contained in kimchi have a good antacid effect, can promote the body's metabolism, which can promote blood circulation, help improve skin color, beauty and so on.

4, delayed aging: kimchi contains more antacid activity factor, can be very good inhibition of skin aging, thereby delaying the effect of aging.