The calorie content of dried cranberries*** is 368 calories*** 1539 kJ*** in 100 grams of edible part, which is higher in the unit of calorie in the same kind of food.
The calorie content per 100 grams of dried cranberries is about 16% of the total daily calorie intake recommended by the Chinese Nutrition Society for the average adult to maintain health.
Dried cranberries retain 90% of the nutrients of cranberries, and the taste is close to that of fresh cranberries, so they have a better texture and are low in calories but high in sugar, so it is recommended not to consume them excessively. A day can eat 28-50 grams or so can be In foreign countries dried cranberries as a snack. But don't overdo it, eating too much is easy to get fat.
Dried cranberries function and efficacy
1, can prevent women's common urinary tract infections
Women's urethra is shorter than men's, so it's easier to get infected, and once a urinary tract infection occurs, even if the cure is easy to recur. And cranberry will make the urine acidification, so that the urinary tract is not easy to grow bacteria in the environment, and has the ability to prevent disease-producing bacteria adhere to the role of the mechanism of the body's cells, so that the bacteria that cause urinary tract infections are difficult to adhere to the walls of the urethra, so that even if they can still overcome the difficult environment and survival of the germs, or with the urine is discharged out of the body. Therefore, British researchers suggest that drinking about 350 cc of cranberry juice or cranberry nutritional supplements every day can help prevent urinary tract infections and cystitis.
2, reduce the incidence of gastric ulcers and stomach cancer
Causing bacterial gastric ulcers, the vast majority is due to Helicobacter pylori bacteria in the faulty loess plateau, when this bacterial long time adhesion to the gastric mucosa, will cause damage to the stomach, triggering bacterial gastric ulcers, therefore, if you eat cranberries regularly, the same can also inhibit the adhesion of bacteria in the stomach. In addition, cranberries can provide the body with antibiotic-like protection, and this "natural antibiotic" not only will not let the body develop resistance, but also do not have to worry about the side effects of drugs, so even if you eat every day, it does not matter.
3, reduce cardiovascular aging lesions
Regularly eat high-calorie, high-fat, high-cholesterol food, it is easy to make the cardiovascular early aging depilatory, resulting in a variety of diseases such as high blood pressure, heart disease, vascular embolism, etc., so the doctor has been calling for people to eat less of this type of three high food, usually should be consumed containing monounsaturated fatty acids and tocotrienol components of the Foods***such as fish oil*** to avoid oxidation of LDL cholesterol*** commonly known as bad cholesterol***. But for vegetarians, because they can not choose meat food, and in general plants, this kind of nutrients are not high, but fortunately in the cranberry, not only contains a high amount of monounsaturated fatty acids and tocotrienols, there is another kind of antioxidant soldiers - concentrated tannins, so whether meat or vegetarian, are able to use cranberries to protect cardiovascular health.
4, anti-aging, to avoid Alzheimer's
In a doctoral report of the University of the United States pointed out that the cranberry has a very strong resistance to free radicals substances - bioflavonoids, and its content is high in the general 20 kinds of fruits and vegetables in the top, especially in the environment, full of free radicals damage, want to rely on the natural health of the method to resist aging is even more difficult, and regular use of the cranberry to protect the cardiovascular health. It's hard to get rid of the free radicals, and cranberries are one of the best ways to do it, whether it's on a regular basis or every day.
5, beauty, maintain the skin young and healthy
Any fruit, there can make the skin beautiful and healthy vitamin C, cranberries of course is no exception. The precious little red Ukraine can one side to resist free radicals on the skin caused by aging damage, the other side of the skin new nutrients needed, so two-pronged, want to not change the young and beautiful I'm afraid it's also very difficult.
How to choose cranberries
The cranberry is a kind of skin and flesh are bright red, growing in the short vine on the small round berries. Cranberries can be eaten as a fruit, with a unique sweet and sour flavor, fresh and crisp; can also be used to make juice, jam and so on. Cranberries require special environmental and climatic conditions, limited production, very precious, and therefore has the "ruby of North America," said. Fruit growers usually sell fresh cranberries with their stems in the market, so you can judge their freshness by the firmness of their stems and the freshness of their fruit. Pick cranberries that are brightly colored, full and firm. Generally speaking, the deeper the red color, the higher the anthocyanin content. You can also judge cranberries by the way they float on the surface of the water, and those that float on the surface of the water are generally high quality cranberries. If you want to buy imported dried cranberries, you can check whether there is a laser anti-counterfeiting "CIQ" mark on the goods, at the same time, you can ask the dealer to see the "imported food hygiene certificate".
Eating cranberry food taboos
Eating cranberries need to pay attention to is, suffering from dysentery, enteritis, cholelithiasis, fatty liver, cirrhosis of the liver, pancreatitis, encephalitis, stroke, renal failure, gout, respiratory diseases, men's diseases, gynecological diseases, infectious diseases, the five diseases of the sick to be contraindicated. In addition, it is best to eat fresh cranberries, can be made into juice to eat and drink, it is best not to put a lot of sugar and spices, otherwise it will not be able to play the efficacy of eating it.
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