As a food, water chestnut does not have special effects. Analyzed from the perspective of nutritional value, water chestnut has the function of supplementing nutrients for the human body as well as maintaining normal physiological functions.
Water chestnut is both a vegetable and a fruit, and the inside of the fruit is white, containing high water and starch. 80% of water chestnut is water, and 100g of water chestnut is water. About 80% of water chestnut is water, while 100g of water chestnut has about 60 calories and 14g of starch.
But water chestnut as a food, does not have special effects, such as treatment of disease, or prevention of disease efficacy, if daily consumption of water chestnut, due to high content of starch, phosphorus and other trace elements, can promote human nutrition as well as to maintain the role of normal physiological functions.
Water chestnut contains water chestnut Ying. Water chestnut Ying has a certain inhibitory effect on Escherichia coli, Clostridium perfringens and Staphylococcus aureus, and it can also reduce blood pressure. However, the above effects cannot be achieved by consuming water chestnut.
Water chestnut is an aquatic plant and may have parasites such as gingerbread worms attached to it. It should be cleaned carefully before consumption and preferably consumed after cooking to avoid infection.