Pitaya not only tastes sweet, but also has high nutritional value. Gather the strengths of fruits, buds, vegetables and medicines. It is not only rich in nutrition, unique in function, but also less in pests and diseases, and can grow normally without using any pesticides. Therefore, pitaya is a kind of green and environment-friendly fruit, and it is also a kind of health-care and nutritious food with certain curative effect.
Every100g of pitaya pulp contains 83.75g of water, 0.34g of ash, 0.017g of crude fat, C5.22g of crude protein, 0.21g of crude fiber and 0/3 of carbohydrate. Calcium 6.3-8.8 mg, phosphorus 30.2-36. 1 mg, iron 0.55-0.65 mg, a large number of anthocyanins (the most abundant variety in red fruits), water-soluble dietary protein, plant albumin, etc.
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Pitaya is a low-energy fruit, rich in water-soluble dietary fiber, which has the functions of losing weight, lowering cholesterol and preventing constipation and colorectal cancer. Pitaya is rich in fiber and can prevent constipation. Pitaya contains plant albumin, which is not common in fruits and vegetables. This albumin will combine with heavy metal ions in the human body to detoxify.
Rich in antioxidant vitamin C, it can whiten skin and prevent dark spots. In addition, pitaya is also rich in iron.
Nutritional function of pitaya: pitaya is rich in thiamine, riboflavin, nicotinic acid, vitamin C and other vitamins and carotene, and contains highly water-soluble dietary fiber, which has the functions of improving eyesight, reducing fire, losing weight, moistening intestines and preventing colorectal cancer. Plant albumin in pitaya can combine with heavy metal ions in human body and be excreted through excretory system, which plays a detoxification role.
Albumin also has the functions of protecting stomach wall and strengthening stomach. The red meat variety pitaya has high anthocyanin content, which has the functions of antioxidation, scavenging free radicals, preventing arteriosclerosis and anti-aging.
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Baidu encyclopedia-pitaya
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People's Network-What should we pay attention to when eating pitaya?