Apple, deciduous tree, with oval leaves and white flowers with blush. The fruit is round, sweet or slightly sour. It is a common fruit with rich nutrients and has the functions of dietotherapy and adjuvant therapy. Apple originated in Europe, Central Asia, West Asia and Turkey, and was introduced to China in the 19th century. China is the world's largest producer of apples, which are cultivated in Northeast China, North China, East China, Northwest China, Sichuan and Yunnan.

● Fruit color development

Apple peel color can be divided into ground color and surface color. The background color of the peel is generally dark green when the fruit is immature, and there will be three situations when the fruit is ripe:

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

② The green color does not completely fade, resulting in yellow-green or green-yellow background color;

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

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

The main pigments that determine the color of fruit are chlorophyll, carotene, anthocyanin and flavone. 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 the fruit can show various complex colors.

Nourishing value

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

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Its taste is sweet, sour, flat, slightly salty and non-toxic, and it 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 far 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". 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 it can also effectively lower cholesterol.

Apples can also prevent cancer and lead poisoning.

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Traditional 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 intestines, relieving diarrhea, relieving summer heat and sobering up.

The pace of urban life is very tense, and the pressure of professional people is great. Many people are nervous and depressed to varying degrees. At this time, picking up an apple and smelling it will alleviate the bad mood, and at the same time, it will refresh the mind.

Eating apples can not only lose weight but also help digestion. And apples contain a variety of vitamins, minerals, sugars, fats, etc., which are essential nutrients for the brain.

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

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

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

Apples are good for health and the patron saint of women's health. It's best to eat apples with skin, because compared with apple meat, apple skin has higher flavonoids content and stronger antioxidant activity, and can prevent stroke in middle-aged and elderly women. However, because apples may use a lot of pesticides in the process of planting, if they are not carefully cleaned when eating apples, fertilizers and pesticides stranded on the apple skin may lead to leukemia and other diseases. Therefore, if the "naturalness" of apples cannot be guaranteed, it is best to clean and peel them before eating them.

therapeutic value

lose weight

Because apple contains all kinds of essential amino acids, protein, vitamins, minerals and carotene, it can basically meet the needs of human body and is 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 better not to feel hungry when eating.

nourish the blood

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

Maintain skin

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

Protect the heart

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

Clean the mouth

If an apple is eaten in 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 take them with water when cooked. The baby's stool will become soft and smooth again.

Prevention of rickets

Apples are 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 the blood sugar stable and effectively reduce 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 regularly can dilute facial freckles and chloasma.

Apple is rich in nutrition, which is a widely used natural beauty product and 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 alcohols.

It contains a lot of water and various moisturizing factors that have moisturizing effect on the skin. Vitamin C can inhibit the deposition of melanin in the skin, and eating apples often can be C. In addition, the rich fruit acid components contained in apples can make pores smooth and have acne removing effect.

In addition, apple has mild properties and can be used as a natural mask or sliced and coated. For oily skin, pound 1/3 apples into mud, apply them on the face for 15 minutes, then wash them and wash your face with cold water, which can soften the stratum corneum and balance the secretion of oil.

An apple contains 5 grams of dietary fiber, which can meet 20% of the human body's daily dietary fiber demand. 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 a 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 and is beneficial to patients with hypertension; Zinc deficiency can lead to disorder of blood glucose 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+several slices of ginger boiled water: can stop vomiting.

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

Autumn lung moistening syrup: several apples/pears+1 two lilies+Dendrobium15g+9 north and south apricots ...

Edible crowd

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

Suitable for patients with chronic gastritis, dyspepsia and qi stagnation.

Suitable for patients with constipation, chronic diarrhea and neuroenteritis.

Suitable for patients with hypertension, hyperlipidemia and obesity.

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

Unfavorable crowd

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

Patients with leukopenia and patients with prostatic hypertrophy: patients with leukopenia and patients with prostatic hypertrophy are not easy to eat apples raw, so as not to aggravate the symptoms or affect the treatment results.

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.

Dietary remedies

Apple Juice

Raw materials: 200-250g fresh apples.

Method and usage: Take raw food or wring juice three times a day. Or fried with apple peel, it 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 cabbage.

Method and usage: wring the above raw materials, filter and mix with honey or rock sugar to take.

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

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Apples should not be eaten with carrots, which is easy to produce substances that induce goiter.

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suitable

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

Apple is rich in pectin, which has the function of stopping diarrhea. It is more nutritious and delicious when paired with light fish.

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

Consumption

Eating1~ 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. Chew slowly when eating apples, which is not only beneficial to digestion, but also beneficial 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 people 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

According to Chinese medicine, the human body is at the peak of spleen and stomach activity at noon. At that time, eating fruit is beneficial to the body's absorption. Eating too much fruit after dinner is not conducive to digestion, which makes sugar turn into fat and accumulate in the body. Therefore, try to eat apples before noon, either half an hour before meals or half an hour after meals.