Manfaat tempe

Tempe is a food that must be familiar to our eyes, ears, tongue, nose, and skin. This fermented food from soybeans has accompanied our life as an Indonesian. The distinctive taste of tempe and structure that is very different from tofu is not only cheap and addictive, but many things can make you stunned to listen to nutrition info from tempe.

The content of nutrients in tempe

Tempe or in English "tempeh" was much studied not only by Indonesian people, but even foreigners out there. The number of fermented traditional foods does not degrade the image of tempe as the most accepted and researched product (Hachmeister & Fung, 2008). According to Hermana, Mien Karmini, and Darwin Karyadi (1996), here is a nutritional comparison between tempeh and meat in 100 grams of presentation:



The benefits of tempeh for our body

1. Richer protein sources than meat

It can be seen that the protein content in tempeh can be equalized with the content in the meat, even more protein. The content of nutrients in tempe proved better quality than soybeans, because the content of water-soluble proteins will lead to increased activity of proteolytic enzymes (Widianarko, 2002). Proteolytic enzymes can break the long chain of proteins into substances that can be digested by the body.

In addition, tempeh contains less fat, carbohydrates, fiber, calcium, phosphorus, iron, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, pyridoxine, biotin, vitamin B12 and much more retinol acts than meat.

1. Sources of calcium equivalent to cow's milk

Research conducted by researchers from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, put forward the amazing thing from research on this tempe. The results of this study states that the calcium that exists in four pieces of tempeh can be juxtaposed with cow's milk.

1. The only source of vitamin B12 from vegetable

Tempeh contains 1.7 μg or 0.0017 mg vitamin B12 which makes tempe the only source of vitamin B12 in vegetable sources. This content is enough for someone every day. Now vegetarians and vegans need not be afraid to lose vitamin B12 which, if deficient, can cause dizziness, weakness, exhaustion, yellowing of the skin, etc.

1. As an antioxidant

Not only has the nutrients that can meet the daily needs of the body, tempe contains antioxidants (György, Murata, Ikehata, 1964). In mice subjected to experiments, the mice showed better growth and more resistance to red blood cell hemolysis compared to rats fed normal donkeys. These red blood cell hemolysis signify a lack of vitamin E. Vitamin E is shown to be a natural antioxidant (György, Rose, Ann, 1949; Rose, György, Blood, 1950).

1. Healthy for babies and you who are on a diet

With the nutrients present in tempe, not only for vegetarians and vegans, tempeh is also good to be consumed as an Asiatic Food (MPASI) and is suitable for you to consume in an effort to lose weight.