Cassava / Cassava ( tapioca )

Cassava / Cassava is a herbaceous plant with a taproot and a number of branch roots that grow to the root. Cassava is eaten inside the tuber white or yellowish brass. Cassava is often used as a substitute staple food for many carbs , but its protein content slightly. Nutritional content of cassava 100 grams as follows :

Cassava : Calories 121.0 kcal , 1,20g Protein , Fat 0.30 g , Carbohydrates 34.00 g , Ca 33.0 mg , 40.0 mg Phosphorus , Fe 0.70 mg , 0.01 mg Fit B1 , Fit C 30.0 mg.

While the leaves are a good source of iron for the formation of red blood cells , the young cassava leaves eaten as a salad or made into a cassava leaf vegetable. Cassava leaves contain 6.8 grams protein , 165 mg calcium , phosphorus 54 mg , 2.0 mg iron , 11 000 IU of Vitamin A , and Vitamin C 275 mg.

Cassava plants from leaves, roots and bark in calories , fat, carbohydrate , protein , calcium , phosphorus , iron , vitamin B and C , starch , enzymes , gliosida and potassium oxalate. According to experts, medicinal plants , cassava has a pharmacological effect as an antioxidant , anticancer , antitumor , and increase appetite. Since ancient times the cassava plant as a medicinal plant used as an alternative to deal with complaints of illness .

Benefits of cassava tubers are as follows :

Digestion for cassava contain lots of fiber is not soluble in water . This type of fiber facilitate defecation function and is able to absorb and remove toxins in the gut.

Drug festering wounds and burns , how fresh cassava stems crushed and then placed the injured part.

As a remedy injury due to exposure to hot objects , cassava grated and squeezed. The water was allowed to stand some time until the starch to settle, then the starch rub the wound section.

Heat cures in a way shredded in advance and then taken water juice . Juice of cassava proved to contain latex and starch , it can be used as medicine ulcer and heartburn.

Low-calorie diet because cassava is a food with carbohydrates lower than rice and bread , with a high fiber content of cassava can provide a sense of satiety for a long time.

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