Can I eat taro to lose weight?

Can I eat taro to lose weight?

The calories of taro are 81 calories/100 grams. It is a kind of food with lower calories than sweet potatoes. The main ingredient is carbohydrates (starch), so it can be classified as staple foods.

If you eat taro during weight loss, deduct the corresponding portions of rice, steamed buns and noodles in the corresponding meal. You can also cut the taro into slices and steam it with rice.

Because taro starch is a relatively fine particle, only 1/9 of the size of corn starch or wheat flour starch, taro starch is digested and absorbed in the human body relatively fast, that is, the glycemic index is relatively high. Therefore, if you use taro as a staple food, you will starve quickly, which is not conducive to weight loss.

Moreover, it should be noted that in various dishes such as steamed duck and steamed pork with taro, taro absorbs a large amount of oil and becomes a fattening combination of high fat + high-carbon water, so it is not suitable for weight loss.

Taro contains a large amount of high-quality water-soluble dietary fiber, which can help defecation and help solve constipation problems during weight loss.

Raw taro will feel sticky after peeling. This is a sticky protein that is rarely found in other foods. Studies have shown that the viscous protein contained in taro can activate the vitality of immune cells such as macrophages and lymphocytes in the human body after being absorbed by the digestive tract, thereby enhancing the body's anti-cancer and disease resistance.

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