Linxian tofu

Linxian tofu is famous in the west of Shanxi for its rich nutrition, delicious taste, pure white color, fine texture, softness and not brittleness. Linxian bean curd is the first bean curd with formal technological standards in Shanxi. Approved by Shanxi Provincial Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision, Linxian Brine Tofu Standard became the first tofu technology standard in our province. In Linxian County, the most authentic tofu is Mayu tofu. Mayu village is a famous tofu village in the local area, and more than half of the people in the village are tofu makers. People in Linxian county only recognize Mayu tofu when they eat it. In Lishi, Taiyuan and other places, it is also famous to mention Mayu tofu. Linxian tofu has always been known as "Tofu with a ponytail" and "Tofu with a hook". Tofu is rich in nutrition, containing many trace elements necessary for human body, such as iron, calcium, phosphorus and magnesium, as well as sugar, vegetable oil and rich high-quality protein, and is known as "vegetable meat". The digestion and absorption rate of tofu is over 95%. Two small pieces of tofu can meet a person's daily calcium requirement. Tofu is a tonic, heat-clearing and health-preserving food. If eaten regularly, it can tonify the middle energizer, clear away heat and moisten dryness, promote fluid production and quench thirst, and clean the stomach. It is more suitable for people with heat constitution, bad breath, thirst, indigestion and fever. Modern medicine has proved that tofu not only has the functions of increasing nutrition, helping digestion and stimulating appetite, but also is beneficial to the growth and development of teeth and bones, and can increase the content of iron in blood in hematopoietic function; Tofu contains no cholesterol, and it is a medicinal food for patients with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, arteriosclerosis and coronary heart disease. It is also a good food therapy for children, the sick and the elderly to supplement nutrition. Tofu is rich in phytoestrogens and has a good effect on the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. It also has the function of inhibiting breast cancer, prostate cancer and hematologic cancer's disease. Sterol and stigmasterol in tofu are all effective components for inhibiting cancer.
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