Apples, deciduous trees, oval leaves and blushing white flowers. The fruit is round, sweet or slightly sour. It is a kind of common fruit with rich nutrition, which has the functions of dietotherapy and adjuvant therapy. Apple originated in Europe, Central Asia, West Asia and Turkey, and was introduced to China in19th century. China is the largest producer of apples in the world. Apples are planted in Northeast China, North China, East China, Northwest China, Sichuan and Yunnan.

● Fruit color development

Apple peel color can be divided into background color and surface color. When the fruit is immature, the background color of the peel is generally dark green, and there are three situations when the fruit is mature:

(1) The green color fades or even disappears completely, and the background color is yellow;

(2) The green color is not completely faded, resulting in yellow-green or yellow-green background color;

③ Green does not fade at all, and it is still dark green.

After the fruit is ripe, the surface color of the peel generally has different degrees of red, green and yellow, and there are other colors, but they are rare.

The main pigments that determine the color of fruits are chlorophyll, carotene, anthocyanins and flavonoids. Anthocyanin is an extremely unstable water-soluble pigment, which mainly exists in cell fluid or cytoplasm. It is red at low pH, lavender at neutral and blue at alkaline. When it is combined with different metal ions, it will also show various colors, so fruits can show various complex colors.

nutritive value

Vitamin C in apples is a protector of cardiovascular system and a healthy element for patients with heart disease.

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It is sweet, sour, flat, slightly salty and non-toxic, and has the effects of promoting fluid production to quench thirst, invigorating spleen to stop diarrhea, regulating stomach and lowering adverse flow.

People who eat more apples are much less likely to catch a cold than those who don't eat or eat less apples. Therefore, some scientists and doctors call apples "all-round healthy fruits" or "general practitioners". The air pollution is serious. Eating more apples can improve the respiratory system and lung function and protect the lungs from dust and smoke in the air.

The colloid and trace element chromium in apple can keep blood sugar stable, so apple is not only a healthy snack for diabetics, but also an essential fruit for everyone who wants to control blood sugar, and can also effectively lower cholesterol.

Apples can also prevent cancer and lead poisoning.

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Chinese medicine believes that apples have the effects of promoting fluid production to quench thirst, moistening lung to relieve annoyance, invigorating spleen and stomach, nourishing heart and benefiting qi, moistening intestine to stop diarrhea, relieving summer heat and sobering up.

The pace of city life is very tense, and professional people are under great pressure. Many people have different degrees of tension and depression. At this time, picking up an apple and smelling it will relieve the bad mood and refresh your mind.

Eating apples can not only lose weight but also help digestion. Moreover, apples contain a variety of vitamins, minerals, sugars, fats and so on. , is an essential nutrient for the brain.

The fiber in apple is beneficial to the growth and development of children and can promote the growth and development. Zinc in apples is beneficial to children's memory and can enhance their memory. But the acid in apples will corrode teeth, so it is best to rinse your mouth after eating apples.

In addition, scientific research shows that apple skin is rich in antioxidant components and bioactive substances, and eating apple skin is beneficial to health.

Eating 1 apple a day (preferably with skin) can also prevent stroke.

Apples are good for health and are the patron saint of women's health. It is best to eat apples with skin, because apple skin has higher flavonoid content and stronger antioxidant activity compared with apple meat, which can prevent stroke in middle-aged and elderly women. However, because a large amount of pesticides may be used in the process of apple planting, if the apples are not carefully cleaned, the fertilizers and pesticides left on the apple skin may lead to diseases such as leukemia. Therefore, if you can't guarantee the "naturalness" of apples, you'd better clean and peel them before eating.

Therapeutic value

lose weight

Because apples contain all kinds of essential amino acids, protein, vitamins, minerals and carotene, they can basically meet the needs of the human body and are easy to digest and absorb.

The specific way for apples to lose weight is to eat only apples every day during weight loss, which can be eaten according to people's habit of eating in the morning, noon and evening, and it is best not to feel hungry when eating.

Nourish blood

Infants are prone to iron deficiency anemia, and iron can only be absorbed in the presence of vitamin C under acidic conditions, so eating apples has a good preventive effect on iron deficiency anemia in infants.

Skin care

Apple is rich in magnesium, which can make skin rosy, shiny and elastic.

Protect the heart

Apple fiber, pectin, antioxidant, etc. It can reduce bad cholesterol in the body and increase good cholesterol content, so eating one or two apples a day is not easy to get heart disease.

Clean the mouth

If you eat an apple within 15 minutes, the organic acids and fruit acids in the apple can kill bacteria in the mouth, thus protecting teeth from tooth decay and gingivitis.

Prevention of constipation

Boil apples and carrots in water, and then wash them with water. Baby's stool will become soft and smooth again.

Prevention of rickets

Apple is rich in minerals and vitamins. Babies often eat apples to prevent rickets.

Relieve diarrhea

Apples can promote the health of digestive system and reduce diarrhea.

Whitening and beautifying

The colloid and trace element chromium in apples can keep blood sugar stable and effectively lower cholesterol. The crude fiber in apples can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis and is rich in trace elements such as iron and zinc, which can make the skin moist and shiny and play a role in beauty and slimming.

Eating apples often can dilute facial freckles and chloasma.

Apple is rich in nutrition, which is a widely used natural beauty product and is regarded as a beauty sacred product by many beauty lovers.

Apple contains 0.3% protein, 0.4% fat, 0.9% crude fiber, various minerals and aromatic alcohol.

It contains a lot of water and various moisturizing factors that can moisturize the skin. Vitamin C can inhibit the deposition of melanin in the skin, and eating apples often can make it C. In addition, the rich fruit acids in apples can make pores smooth and have the effect of acne.

In addition, apple is mild in nature and can be used as a natural mask or slice coating. For oily skin, mash 1/3 apples, apply them on your face for 15 minutes, and then wash your face with cold water, which can soften the stratum corneum and balance oil secretion.

An apple contains 5 grams of dietary fiber, which can meet 20% of the daily dietary fiber demand of human body. When eating apples, pay attention to chewing slowly, which will produce a "feeling of fullness", and the natural sweeteners in apples will slowly enter the blood, thus maintaining the stable level of blood sugar and insulin.

Eating apples can promote the production of acetylcholine, which helps nerve cells transmit information to each other. Therefore, eating apples can help the elderly to enhance their thinking, promote their memory and reduce the incidence of Alzheimer's disease. [3]

Apple milk rice

Eating Shandong milk rice and apples at the same time has a particularly good effect on milk production.

Nutritional analysis

1, pectin: it belongs to soluble fiber, which promotes cholesterol metabolism, lowers cholesterol level and promotes fat excretion;

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2. Trace elements: potassium dilates blood vessels, which is beneficial to patients with hypertension; Zinc deficiency will lead to disorder of blood sugar metabolism and decline of sexual function.

3, can organize the stomach: fiber helps to excrete; It also has astringent effect on diarrhea.

4, apple peel+a few slices of ginger boiled water: can stop vomiting.

5, can reduce the coldness of pears, strengthen the lungs and strengthen the stomach.

Autumn lung moistening syrup: apple/pear several+1 Lilium+Dendrobium 15g+ Nanbei apricot 9. ...

Edible population

Generally, most people can eat it, especially suitable for infants and middle-aged and elderly people.

It is suitable for patients with chronic gastritis, dyspepsia and qi stagnation.

It is suitable for patients with constipation, chronic diarrhea and neurogastroenteritis.

It is suitable for patients with hypertension, hyperlipidemia and obesity.

Is suitable for obese people to eat, and is beneficial to lose weight.

Disadvantaged population

Patients with ulcerative colitis: Patients with ulcerative colitis should not eat apples raw, especially during acute attack. Because the ulcer on the intestinal wall becomes thinner, the apple is hard in texture and contains 1.2% crude fiber and 0.5% organic acid, which is not conducive to the healing of the ulcer surface on the intestinal wall, and it is easy to induce complications such as intestinal perforation, intestinal dilatation and intestinal obstruction due to the mechanical action of the intestinal wall.

Patients with leukopenia and patients with prostatic hypertrophy: patients with leukopenia and patients with prostatic hypertrophy should not eat apples raw easily, so as not to aggravate symptoms or affect the therapeutic effect.

Patients with coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, nephropathy and diabetes should eat carefully.

People who usually have stomach cold symptoms should avoid eating apples raw.

dietotherapy

Apple Juice

Raw materials: 200-250g of fresh apples.

Methods and usage: Take raw food or juice three times a day. Or stir-fry with apple peel is also effective. Efficacy: Treating hypertension. [4]

Fruit and vegetable juice

Ingredients: 30g of apple, 40g of lemon, 50g of pineapple, 30g of celery and 20g of Chinese cabbage.

Methods and usage: wring the above raw materials, filter them and mix them with honey or rock sugar for administration.

Efficacy: Beauty, removing youth bean, freckles and black spots. [4]

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Don't eat apples with carrots, carrots are easy to produce substances that induce goiter.

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appropriate

Eating apples and milk together can cool and quench thirst, promote fluid production and remove heat.

Apples are rich in pectin and have antidiarrheal effects. It is more nutritious and delicious with light fish.

Both apples and onions contain flavonoids as natural antioxidants, which can protect the heart when eaten together.

consume

Eating 1 ~ 2 apples a day is enough to achieve the above effect.

Men should eat more apples than women, because apples can lower cholesterol.

Apples are rich in nutrition. Chewing slowly when eating apples is not only conducive to digestion, but also conducive to reducing human diseases.

Don't eat fruit immediately after meals, so as not to affect normal eating and digestion.

Apples are rich in sugar and potassium salt, so patients with nephritis and diabetes should not eat more.

Don't eat apples on an empty stomach. The mixture of fruit acid and gastric acid in apples will increase the burden on the stomach.

Optimum eating time

Chinese medicine believes that the spleen and stomach of the human body are most active at noon. Eating fruit at this time is beneficial to the body's absorption. Eating too much fruit after a meal is not conducive to digestion, so that sugar is converted into fat and accumulated in the body. Therefore, try to eat apples before noon, either half an hour before meals or half an hour after meals.