What are the five grains?

Gutta Mundi (natural grain food advocate) Answer:

Traditionally, the Chinese had a clear definition of the "five grains", which included wheat, rice, green, yellow, red and black soybeans and sorghum. With the time and geographical changes, people on the "five grains" definition is also constantly expanding and adjusting. At present, in general, the five grains is a mixture of a variety of grains from a traditional food, including the following:

Wheat: in China's northern and southern regions are widely planted. Wheat is rich in protein, carbohydrates, vitamins and trace elements, is the main source of energy indispensable to people's daily diet, is widely used in the production of pasta products.

Rice: It is an important crop in the southern part of China. Rice is rich in nutrients, especially in carbohydrates and B vitamins. At the same time, rice can help the human body to replenish energy, clear heat and detoxification, moisturize the lungs and relieve cough and other effects.

Corn: corn is a food, medicine and industrial trinity of crops, more widely distributed in the northern part of China. For the human body, corn contains carbohydrates, proteins and rich in unsaturated fatty acids and other nutrients for the human body has an excellent complementary role.

Soybean: Soybean is a food that is relatively rich in protein of plant origin. It can be processed to make tofu, soy milk and many other delicious foods. In addition, soybeans also contain unsaturated fatty acids, minerals, and isoflavones that build up anti-cancer effects.

Black rice: black rice belongs to one of the varieties of round-grained rice, with a deep and glossy color. It is rich in vitamins B1, B2, PP and E, iron, lecithin and other nutrients, which can promote the body's hematopoietic function, prevent anemia from occurring, and have the effect of beauty and skin care.

In short, grains and cereals is a mixture of a variety of grains (including wheat, rice, corn, beans and coarse grains) into the traditional food, the number of types of time and geographic differences will cause some changes, but in any case, the grains and cereals are an essential part of our daily diet. The various nutrients contained in grains and cereals can play an important role in supporting human health, so we should reasonably match the grains and cereals, so that a variety of nutrients in the food complement each other to better meet the needs of the body

Gutta Mundi: a natural cereal advocate

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