November 23, 2023 | 03:00 pm PT
I normally add lime juice to pho bo (rice noodles served with beef) to make it extra scrumptious. Nevertheless, does it decrease the diet worth of the dish? (Hoang, 31, Hanoi)
Reply:
Beef incorporates a excessive quantity of iron, whereas limes are wealthy in vitamin C, which boosts iron absorption. So including lime juice to dishes containing beef, together with pho bo, enhances the effectivity of our physique’s iron absorption course of.
Doing so additionally enhances the dish’s taste because the citric acid in lime juice, when mixed with amino acid, creates a candy and taste-flattering taste.
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Including squeezes of lime juice to pho bo helps improve the dish’s diet worth. Illustration picture by Pixabay |
Although it’s true that scorching broth could make the nutritional vitamins in limes evaporate, the evaporated quantity is relatively low.
Not solely pho bo, you may squeeze lime juice into another dishes containing beef to enhance the flavour and improve its diet worth by way of iron absorption effectivity. Different vitamin C-rich meals sources you can even use with beef are oranges, grapefruits, bell peppers, carrots, and tomatoes.
Nevertheless, needless to say you shouldn’t have tea or espresso instantly after consuming dishes with a excessive quantity of iron to make sure the effectivity of the iron absorbing course of.
Dr. Nguyen Duy Thinh
Hanoi College of Science and Know-how’s Institute of Meals Know-how and Biotechnology