Morphological characteristics:

Owing to its tender stem which can eat is similar to the bud of the reed and the bamboo shoots, so china called the asparagus.

Nutritive value:

The tender stem of asparagus is rich in protein, vitamins, minerals and essential trace elements for the human body, so it’s good for your spleen and stomach if you eat it long time. At same time it has very good therapeutic effect on many human’s diseases.

Nutritional value of asparagus is high. Each 1 kg fresh asparagus includes protein 25 grams, fat 2g, carbohydrate 50 grams, crude fiber 7 g, 220 milligrams of calcium, phosphorus 620 mg, sodium 20 milligrams, magnesium 200 mg, potassium 2.78 grams, the iron 10 mg, copper 0.4 mg, etc. It has

1. Low sugar, low fat, high fiber, high vitamin

2. Higher essential amino acid for human body

3. Many essential elements and microelements for human body. These elements have good effect on preventing and curing cancer and heart disease. It is regarded healthy food and whole anticancer food by nutritionists and vegetarian experts.

The way of eating:

The asparagus is rich in nutrition, but you shouldn’t eat raw and keep long time. You’d better not eat if it was kept more than one week.