1. Apple
Apple, also known as Pingbo, super-fanzi, natural son, one of the world's four major fruits, and human health is closely related to the life, so it has been known as the "happy fruit", "health fruit", "smart fruit" name, its therapeutic health value has been valued by doctors throughout the ages. "Smart Fruit", its therapeutic health care value by generations of medical attention. Chinese medicine believes that the apple is flat, sweet and sour, into the heart, stomach by, has a tonic heart gas, nourish the thirst, and blood moisturizing, detoxification in addition to the annoyance, spleen and the middle, go fat and blood pressure, etc., applicable to chronic gastritis, diarrhea, constipation, hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, hypertension, and so on. Modern medical nutrition research has proved that: apple is rich in nutrients, in addition to containing protein, complex carbohydrates, dietary fiber, but also contains a variety of vitamins and inorganic elements. As apples are rich in pectin-like substances and potassium salts (for high-quality high-potassium antihypertensive food), etc., can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, increase the number of bowel movements, thereby reducing the intestinal absorption of cholesterol to regulate lipid metabolism, reduce blood cholesterol (TC) purpose, some people in the high cholesterol feed for rats and other animals, such as apple pectin added to the serum total cholesterol and liver cholesterol content is significantly reduced, and the bile acid discharge. The amount of bile acids discharged increased. Clinical studies have also found that middle-aged and elderly patients with hyperlipidemia, such as eating l to 3 apples a day, can effectively prevent the increase in blood cholesterol, but also help to lower blood pressure and reduce blood sugar levels. However, apples are physiological alkaline food, the gastric acid secretion less or too little people, especially for atrophic gastritis patients, it is advisable to take after meals, should not be taken before meals or meals.
2. Walnut kernel
Walnut kernel, also known as walnut meat, for the walnut deciduous tree plant walnut fruit kernel. Walnut fruit ellipsoidal or spherical, endocarp fleshy, exocarp hard, wrinkled ridges, walnut kernel dry folds, grooves, like the human brain, so there are eating walnut kernel brain said.
Walnut trees are cultivated throughout China, mainly produced in Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong, Xinjiang and other places, for high-quality oilseed species, the seeds can be eaten, but also oil. Its seed kernel is rich in oil, taste beautiful. Generations of medical doctors on the medicinal value of walnut kernel is particularly important. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that: walnut kernel is sweet, warm, to the kidney, lung, large intestine meridian, there are tonifying the kidney and lungs, laxative and laxative effect. Tang Dynasty, a great therapeutic food scientists Meng Wash has pointed out that walnuts can "through the meridians, moistening the blood, black hair, often served, the skin is delicate and moist". Modern nutritional research has found that walnuts are nutritious, rich in protein, fat and sugar, as well as dietary fiber, carotene, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin C, vitamin E, niacin and a variety of trace elements. The fat content is generally 40% to 50%, the highest can be as high as 588% or more. The main component of fat is linoleic acid glycerol fat, and a small amount of linolenic acid and oleic acid glycerol fat. As 75% of the fat in walnuts belongs to unsaturated fatty acids, regular consumption can reduce the level of serum total cholesterol, reduce the symptoms of hyperlipidemia. In addition, due to polyunsaturated fatty acids have anticoagulant effect, so the prevention and treatment of hyperlipidemia combined with coronary heart disease, atherosclerosis is more effective.
In foreign countries, there are many countries will be walnuts as health food, hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease has a better preventive effect, moderate food is beneficial to the body, but should pay attention to the overfeeding, especially high triacylglycerol and obesity should be more attention to patients, so as not to increase the extra burden on the body. Phlegm fire hot or yin deficiency fire should be avoided eye.
3. Pomelo
Pomelo, also known as Wendan, fragrant bubbles, for the autumn and winter fruit, loved by people. Chinese medicine, pomelo cold taste sweet and sour, with the spleen, water, gas digestion, phlegm to fat and other functions, applicable to gastric indigestion, coughing, hyperlipidemia, obesity and so on. Nutritional analysis: pomelo in addition to protein, fat, sugar, fiber, but also rich in vitamins and minerals. Because pomelo for low fat (per 100 grams of pomelo containing 02 grams of fat), high fiber, high vitamin C and other foods, coupled with its water-inducing phlegm function, so that it has a fat loss, lowering cholesterol (TC) and triglycerides (TG) and other functions.
4. Hawthorn
Hawthorn, also known as mountain red, red fruit, sour hawthorn, monkey hawthorn, etc., for medicine and food, its nutrition, medicinal value are high, especially after chewing the intriguing sour with sweet, sweet and refreshing, extremely popular. According to Chinese medicine, hawthorn is mildly warm, sour and sweet, and enters the spleen, stomach and liver meridians, with the function of eliminating food and strengthening the stomach, moving qi and dispersing stagnation, removing fat and lowering blood pressure, etc. It is suitable for dyspepsia, stagnation of food, high blood pressure, hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease, angina pectoris, carcinoma, delayed menstruation, postpartum blood stagnation abdominal pain and so on. Modern medicine nutrition study points out: hawthorn is rich in nutrition, contains protein, fat, sugar, starch, contains quite high carotene, vitamin C, vitamin E, etc., contains mineral element calcium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, iron, copper, zinc, selenium, etc. Hawthorn also contains flavonoids and organic acid components, flavonoids have golden myrtle glucoside, jiaopiin, poncirin, rutin, epilobalamin, flavan polymer, etc., organic acid has citric acid, Citric acid, ursolic acid, oxalic acid, malic acid, oleanolic acid, stearic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid, linolenic acid and so on. Hawthorn fat, its unsaturated fatty acid content is as high as 756%~867%, of which linoleic acid content is rich, so hawthorn contains linoleic acid as high as 29%~38%, and its kernel contains linoleic acid is higher, up to 605%~753%, so taking hawthorn and its preparation is favorable to reduce the level of cholesterol in blood serum. The content of vitamin C in hawthorn is higher than that of apple, peach, pear, etc., so it has good protection of cardiovascular function; due to the existence of malic acid, citric acid, hawthorn acid and many other organic acid active ingredients in hawthorn, not only it can save vitamin C from being destroyed, but also it can prompt hawthorn to have a better protection of cardiovascular cells. Hawthorn's calcium index (calcium/phosphorus ratio) is greater than 2, hawthorn's K factor (potassium/sodium ratio) is 554 (much more than the obvious antihypertensive fixed value of 10), so it has a better role in preventing and controlling high blood pressure. Modern Chinese medicine research confirms: hawthorn has the effect of lowering blood fat, and has important significance to the prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis. Some animal pharmacological research found that feeding rabbits suffering from atherosclerosis with hawthorn extract and alcohol extract 05mg per liter can increase the proportion of lecithin in rabbit's blood and reduce the deposition of cholesterol (TC) and lipids in organs; some people use hawthorn powder to feed rabbits with experimental hyperlipidemia, and found that it has the effect of lowering the serum total cholesterol (TC) and dividing the lipoproteins; some people use 15%, 30% of the Hawthorn extract can significantly reduce serum total cholesterol (TC) by 337%~628%, especially low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and very low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (VLDLC) by 334%~656%. 334%~656%, and can reduce the deposition of cholesterol and cholesteryl ester in the arterial wall, and its effect increases with the increase of the dose; Some people use Hawthorn kernel total triterpene acid extract to have a significant reduction of serum cholesterol and triglyceride in the hyperlipidemia model of white mice caused by TritonWR133990Omilligrams of TritonWR133 per kilogram. Clinical observations at home and abroad have proved that hawthorn and its preparations have obvious preventive and curative effects on hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, hypertension and so on. However, it should be noted that hawthorn should not be over-eaten, and should not be eaten on an empty stomach, and the mouth should be rinsed after eating, in order to prevent damage to tooth enamel.
5. Grapes
Also known as mountain gourd, grass dragon pearl. Taste sweet, sour, flat, into the lungs, kidneys, spleen meridian. Functions to replenish qi and blood, strong muscles and bones, facilitate urination. Mainly treats weak qi and blood, lung deficiency cough, palpitation and night sweating, rheumatism and paralysis, gonorrhea, edema, and so on. Fresh food, soaked in wine or made into medicinal diet. Grapes contain sugar, protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron and a variety of vitamins. Grapes have the effect of lowering cholesterol. Each hundred grams of grapes contain 180 kilojoules of caloric energy (43 kilocalories), protein 07 grams, 03 grams of fat, 93 grams of sugar.
6. Pear
Also known as fast fruit, fruit Zong, jade milk, honey father. Taste sweet, slightly acidic, cool, into the lungs, stomach meridian. Functions of the body to produce fluids to quench thirst, moisturize the lungs to remove dryness, clearing heat and phlegm, nourish the blood and muscle, and detoxification of alcohol. It can be used for treating fever, thirst, thirst, hot cough, phlegm fever, phlegm fever, sore throat and loss of voice, eye redness and pain, constipation and so on. Can be eaten fresh or made into medicinal diet, such as "pear shredded mixed with shredded radish". Pear contains malic acid, citric acid, glucose, fructose, a variety of vitamins and inorganic salts. Each hundred grams of pear contains 134 kilojoules of heat energy (32 kilocalories), 04 grams of protein, 01 grams of fat, 73 grams of sugar.