In autumn, people should pay great attention to health care and nourish their bodies carefully. A large number of green vegetables and fruits can be produced for people to choose. Generally speaking, there are four kinds of vegetables which can help people beautify the skin and improve the physical health in autumn. People can moderately increase the intake of these vegetables.

Sweet potatoes can supplement abundant nutrients for the human body. They can provide rich mucin, sugar, vitamin A and vitamin C for the human body, so they play an important role in nourishing the spleen, warming the stomach and improving the lung. Therefore, the adequate intake of sweet potatoes can effectively prevent the adesmosis of the liver and the kidney.

Cabbages contain rather abundant vitamin C and calcium. For example, the content of vitamin C contained in cabbages is 3.5 timers higher than that in tomatoes. What’s more, cabbages contain rich trace elements including and manganese. Molybdenum and manganese are essential materials for the human body to produce active substances like enzymes and hormones. Therefore, cabbages can accelerate the metabolism and improve the growth for children. Vitamin C contained in cabbages can greatly enhance the human immunity to cancer.

Carrots contain abundant water, vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus, carbohydrate, protein, iron and vitamins. In addition, other beneficial compositions like lignin, choline, oxidase, amylase and mustard oil contained in carrots can also not be ignored. According to the traditional Chinese medicine, carrots can effectively improve the functions of the lung and the stomach inside the human body. Carrots can remove the toxins, reduce the phlegm and accelerate the defecation. It can be said that the role played by carrots in regulating the functions of the spleen and the stomach is very important. Therefore, carrots can be used to treat indigestion, amygdalitis, sore throat and some other diseases.

Taros contain abundant starch and nutrients. Each 100 grams of taros contain 2.4 grams of protein, 0.2 grams of fat, 20.5 grams of carbohydrate, 14 milligrams of calcium, 43 milligrams of phosphorus, 0.5 milligrams of iron and 10 milligrams of vitamin C and so on. In addition, the galactan contained in taros is digestible for people, especially the patients with enteric diseases and tuberculosis to eat.

In short, four kinds of vegetables including sweet potatoes, cabbages, carrots and taros can greatly improve the physical health for the human body. The abundant nutrients contained in these vegetables can help people prevent various diseases and accelerate the metabolism.