What are the effects and as well as the benefits of prunes on our body?

1, taste sour, have the role of the body to promote the thirst, promote their own digestion:

This we have to bring up the Three Kingdoms moisture famous allusion to look for plums to quench their thirst, said in fact is Cao Cao led the soldiers can not find a source of water, the soldiers are really thirsty, Cao Cao passes the word down to say that there is a large batch of pieces of the forest of plums in front of the, and sweet and sour, the soldiers of the conditioned reflexes, the mouth began to salivate, the soldiers. Thus relieving the problem until a water source was found.

But also because of the flavor of prunes acid, rich in fructose, can stimulate the body's secretion of gastric acid, help to help their own food digestion, summer eating prunes can play to quench their thirst, promote their own digestion of this role, you can alleviate the fullness of the meal as well as indigestion.

2, strong antioxidant effect:

Yangmei, blueberries, mulberries and other fruits, rich in beneficial substances polyphenols, especially especially proanthocyanidins, which have a very strong antioxidant effect, can help us to improve their own immunity, reduce the body's inflammatory response, the prevention of chronic diseases, as well as to slow down the aging of the role of this.

3, the eyes like food:

Polyphenols such as anthocyanins in prunes, they have to protect the body's microvessels this role, improve blood supply to the eyes, but also help to accelerate the regeneration of retinal protein, which reduces the fatigue of the eyes to a certain extent, to improve the sensitivity to low-light vision.

So what do you need to pay attention to when eating prunes?

The sugar content in the flesh of the prunes is relatively high, generally around 12-13%, and if you consume too many prunes at once, it is likely to be detrimental to your own blood sugar, especially high blood sugar, diabetes, must be in moderation.

Yangmei is rich in organic acid, so eat slightly acidic, organic acid can promote the secretion of gastric acid, so there is a promotion of digestion of this effect.

Yangmei is rich in dietary fiber, a variety of minerals, vitamins, such as: rich in potassium, 100g contains 149mg, yangmei also contains a certain amount of phosphorus, magnesium, and calcium, the content of which is higher than that of many fruits several times.

Additionally, it contains iron, copper, zinc, manganese, selenium and many other ingredients. The prunes are rich in vitamin C, a certain amount of vitamin A, vitamin E and vitamin B, a very rich variety of beneficial components.

Yangmei in traditional medicine also has a certain attainments, Yangmei stomach acid, sweet, warm, can enter the lungs, such as: stomach, appropriate to eat some of the Yangmei can produce fluids to quench the thirst, strengthen the spleen and stomach, eliminating the accumulation of food.

For the heart and stomach gas pain, vomiting, dysentery, bloating and indigestion, thirst and other related symptoms have a certain effect. But at the same time then the ancient books also mentioned that should not be too much to eat, otherwise it is likely to cause acidic teeth hurt tendons, due to the warmth of the prunes, so eat more than likely to make people aggravate some of the heat, such as: sores on the corners of the mouth, thirst, etc., yin deficiency fire, blood hot and easy to anger, it is best to eat less people.

We eat prunes again when we may find eating purple fingers, even inside the fingernail cover was dyed, in fact, this is mainly because of prunes in the plant's natural coloring is very rich, but prunes must be cleaned before eating, it is edible part of the outer pericarp outer cellular protrusion of the reddish-brown juicy tissues, but because of the complete exposure, very easy to attract insects on the surface of the surface. The first thing you need to do is to get rid of them.