abstrak tempe a healthy food
Tempe, a healthy food and its potency as an anti aging
Ichda Chayati
Academic Staff of Jurusan Pendidikan Teknik Boga dan Busana Yogyakarta State
University
ABSTRACT
Tempe as an Indonesian traditional fermented food has many advantages. As
a healthy food, tempe is highly nutritious and easy to digest, tempe also contains
vitamin B12, accelerates rhe healing of chronic diarrhea, prevents atherosclerosis,
and reduces blood pressure. Tempe has potency as an anti aging because it
contains some antioxidant compounds, i.e. isoflavone as a metal binder, SOD as a
superoxide scavenger, and α- and β-tocopherol as radical chain breakers. In order to
get the positive effects of tempe, it is important to pay attention in consumption of
tempe.
Ichda Chayati
Academic Staff of Jurusan Pendidikan Teknik Boga dan Busana Yogyakarta State
University
ABSTRACT
Tempe as an Indonesian traditional fermented food has many advantages. As
a healthy food, tempe is highly nutritious and easy to digest, tempe also contains
vitamin B12, accelerates rhe healing of chronic diarrhea, prevents atherosclerosis,
and reduces blood pressure. Tempe has potency as an anti aging because it
contains some antioxidant compounds, i.e. isoflavone as a metal binder, SOD as a
superoxide scavenger, and α- and β-tocopherol as radical chain breakers. In order to
get the positive effects of tempe, it is important to pay attention in consumption of
tempe.