I often see the saying, "Eat carrots must be sautéed, raw food is equivalent to white food", is that really the case?

　　Carrots fried with oil makes sense, because carrots contain The β-carotene is fat-soluble (that is, it can be dissolved in fat) and is better absorbed in the presence of oil. However, when no oil is present, it does not mean that it will be "free to eat." (Not absorbed at all), but the energy absorbed is only a little worse. Then again, fat promotes the absorption of fat-soluble vitamins (such as β-carotene) in the intestine, so as long as the oil (fat) and carrot meet in the intestine, it does not necessarily have to meet on the plate ( Stir-fried vegetables), if you eat carrots and other fatty foods, such as eggs, meat or other stir-fried vegetables, then the carrots will still be well absorbed. In fact, as long as you don’t eat carrots raw on an empty stomach alone, you don’t have to worry about β-carotene not being absorbed. Therefore, "carrots must be fried and eaten" is an absolute nutrition dogma. Some people are more dogmatic. When eating carrots, they must first fry the carrots with oil, that is, let the carrots and fat meet in the pan.

　　Chairman of the Chinese Nutrition Society, deputy director of the National Food and Nutrition Advisory Committee, and vice chairman of the Chinese Student Nutrition and Health Promotion Association, Professor Ge Keyou said in an interview with Renmin.com. The lycopene in tomatoes is fat-soluble and needs to be eaten after being fried. This sounds reasonable, but it is actually one-sided. After food enters the body, it needs to undergo a complicated digestion process, and various food ingredients will Contacting each other, mixing repeatedly, and adding digestive juice and various digestive enzymes, it will take more than ten hours to complete. Raw carrots and tomatoes will naturally contact, fuse and be absorbed with the fats of other foods in the gastrointestinal tract. Moreover, if you pay more attention to obtaining vitamin C in carrots and tomatoes, it is definitely more beneficial to eat raw than fried. So look at the problem should be more comprehensive, especially when you want to write something to others, do not emphasize one point, ignore the remaining".