Apple is sweet, sour and nutritious, and it is one of the fruits suitable for all ages.
Its nutritional value and medical value are very high. Every 100g of fresh apple meat contains sugar 15g, protein 0.2g, fat 0. 1g, crude fiber 0. 1g, potassium1/0mg, and so on. Phosphorus 1 1mg, iron 0.3mg, carotene 0.08mg, vitamin B 1 0.0/mg, vitamin B2 0.0 1mg, niacin 0. 1mg, and other components.
Many Americans regard apples as a necessity to lose weight, and go on a diet one day a week, and eat apples on this day, which is called "Apple Day".
It mainly contains carbohydrates, mostly sugar.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that apples produce body fluid and moisten the lungs; It has the effects of relieving summer heat, stimulating appetite, sobering up and stopping diarrhea.
Modern medicine believes that it has a certain effect on the prevention and treatment of hypertension.
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".
Now the air pollution is more serious. Eating more apples can improve the respiratory system and lung function, and protect the lungs from dust and smoke in the air.
Eight benefits of eating apples for babies
American Reader's Digest magazine introduced 10 kinds of fruits which are most beneficial to health.
Among them, apples rank first, because they are rich in fiber, which can supplement the human body with enough fiber, reduce the incidence of heart disease and lose weight.
After the apple puree is heated, it is a good prescription for indigestion of children and the elderly.
Here are eight benefits of eating apples for babies:
1, smarter
Apple is rich in zinc, which is a component of many important enzymes in human body and an important element to promote growth and development, especially an indispensable element to form nucleic acid and protein closely related to memory. Eating apples often can enhance memory and has the effects of strengthening brain and improving intelligence.
2. Prevention of rickets
Apples are rich in minerals and vitamins.
Babies often eat apples to prevent rickets.
3, 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.
4. Relieve diarrhea
Apples can promote the health of digestive system and reduce diarrhea.
5. Prevent constipation
Boil apples and carrots in water, and take them with water when cooked. The baby's stool will become soft and smooth again.
6, maintain the skin
Apple is rich in magnesium, which can make skin ruddy, shiny and elastic.
7. Clean your 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.
8. Protect your 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.
Apples also contain boron, a mineral that helps to maintain bone density and protect the heart from heart disease.
Precautions for baby to eat apples
1, can babies drink fresh apple juice?
In recent years, it has been found that excessive intake of apple juice can cause diarrhea in infants.
The digestive system of infants and young children is immature, the secretion function of salivary glands is poor, and the secretion of gastric acid and digestive enzymes is small. If it is combined with improper feeding, it is easy to cause diarrhea in infants and young children.
Because apple juice contains fructose and sorbitol, fructose is absorbed slowly and sorbitol is absorbed more slowly in the gastrointestinal tract, and infants can't fully absorb these two substances.
Therefore, when a large amount of apple juice is ingested, unabsorbed fructose and sorbitol are fermented and decomposed by intestinal bacteria, resulting in acid and gas, intestinal peristalsis and diarrhea.
In addition, large intake of sorbitol will also affect intestinal osmotic pressure due to slow absorption, causing diarrhea.
Therefore, infants with diarrhea tendency should drink less or not to drink apple juice, so as not to cause diarrhea or aggravate diarrhea.
Infants with diarrhea caused by intake of a large amount of apple juice should immediately stop eating apple juice and other foods that are easy to ferment, so as to reduce the burden on the gastrointestinal tract and be conducive to the recovery of the body.
2. Is the wax on the apple edible?
When many people eat apples without peeling, they often feel oily and waxy on the surface of the apples, so they are worried that this layer of wax will be harmful to their health. There are mainly three kinds of wax on the peel: the surface of apple itself has a layer of fruit wax, which is a lipid component and a plant protective layer formed on the surface of apple, which can effectively prevent external microorganisms, pesticides and so on from invading the pulp and play a protective role; The wax on some high-grade apples is edible wax artificially added. This "artificial fruit wax" is actually a chitosan substance, which is mostly extracted from crustaceans such as crabs and shells. This substance itself is harmless to the body, and its function is mainly to keep fresh and prevent apples from rotting and deteriorating during long-distance transportation and long-term storage.
It is also very simple to remove this layer of wax. You can remove this layer of artificial edible wax from the apple surface by washing it directly with hot water.
What people are worried about is actually the third kind of wax-illegal hawkers use industrial wax to wax fruits, and the mercury and lead contained in it may penetrate into the pulp through the peel and bring harm to the human body.
Therefore, when selecting waxed fruit, you can wipe the surface of the fruit with your hands or napkins. If you can wipe off a faint red color, don't buy it. It is probably industrial wax.
Baby eats apple recipes daquan
First, apple rice flour paste
Applicable: babies over 5 months old.
Ingredients: Apple 1 piece, 2 tablespoons vegetable rice flour.
Production method:
1, wash fresh apples;
2. Cut the apple and steam it in a steamer;
3. The steamed apples are pitted and mashed into mud, and a small amount of boiled water and rice paste are mixed evenly.
4, put it in the plate and put it into a smiley face.
Tips: leftover apples can be made into jam and other finished products, and then stored in the refrigerator.
Health effect: the crude fiber in apples can make baby's stool soft and easy to excrete.
At the same time, organic acids can * * * the intestinal wall, increase peristalsis, and have a laxative effect.
With vegetable rice flour, the effect will be doubled, which is very suitable for babies with poor stomach.
Second, apple carrot juice
Production method:
Just choose two carrots and 1 big apple, wash them, juice the carrots first, and then juice the apples.
Mix, stir and drink immediately.
When constipation is obvious, drink juice twice a day, 20 ml each time, without adding water.
After constipation improves, you can add water properly, but you can't heat the water, which is easy to destroy the vitamins in the juice.
Health Efficacy: Carrots are rich in β-carotene, folic acid and vitamin C, while apples are rich in vitamin B, and both of them are rich in dietary fiber.
Apple juice and carrot juice are one of the few fruit and vegetable juices that can be mixed. Apple carrot juice is not only delicious, but also the best detoxification agent and body supplement, which can treat children's constipation.
Three, apple porridge
Ingredients: oatmeal-3 tablespoons, milk-1/4 cups, apples-1/6, carrots-1/3.
Method:
(1) Wash apples and carrots and wipe them with a chopping board.
(2) Put oatmeal and rubbed 1 tablespoon carrot into the pot, pour milk and 1/4 cups of water and cook with slow fire.
(3) After boiling, add 2 tablespoons of rubbed apples until they are boiled.
Fourth, sweet and sour apple soup
Ingredients: a ripe apple, a proper amount of rock sugar.
Method: Peel and core apples and break them with a homogenizer; Add a small amount of water, simmer with low fire, and it will be slightly transparent. Add less rock sugar to taste, and it is advisable to be acid-free.
Nutritional analysis: Apple is rich in zinc, which is a component of many important enzymes in human body and an important element for promoting growth and development, especially an indispensable element for nucleic acid and protein. Eating apples often can enhance memory and has the effects of strengthening brain and improving intelligence.
Five, applesauce pancakes
Ingredients: 1 cup oatmeal (non-fast food); 2 cups skim milk; 3 tablespoons sugar; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 3/4 cup of flour; 2 eggs; Natural applesauce
Method:
1, soak oatmeal in skim milk in a large bowl 15 minutes.
2. Sift the sugar, soda and flour together and mix in the oatmeal mixture.
Beat in the eggs, stir thoroughly and leave for 15 minutes.
3. Heat the frying pan at medium temperature and brush it with oil.
4. Measure with 1/2 cups, pour the batter into a frying pan to make a round cake, fry both sides yellow, brush the pancakes with butter while making, and keep warm.
5. Put applesauce between two layers of pancakes and cut into wedges.
Nutritional analysis: Apple is rich in crude fiber, which can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, help the human body to discharge waste smoothly, and reduce the harm of harmful substances to the skin.
Eating more apples can cure infantile diarrhea, which has many benefits.
Six, apple sweet potato pie
Ingredients: flour, eggs, butter, salt, yeast, sesame, apple, almond, pistachio and honey.
Practice:
1, pie skin: 1 00g of flour, 1 egg, 30 g of butter, 2g of salt, yeast 1 g, sesame1spoon, knead into dough, then let it stand for 30min and slightly ferment.
2. Put the dough in the refrigerator for half an hour to prepare for invagination: 2 golden apples, almond, pistachio, honey 1 spoon;
3. Roll the dough into pancakes;
4, spread into the baking tray, the tray can be thinly sprinkled with a layer of powder, so that it is easy to demould after baking;
5. Preheat the oven 190 degrees, press another plate on it, and bake it for 10 minutes first;
6. Take out, spread the cut apples on the pie skin, and bake for 10 minute;
Seven, lotus root and apple ribs soup
Recipe ingredients: apples, ribs and lotus roots.
Production method:
1, fresh ribs and lotus roots are washed and cut into small pieces; 2, cold water, ginger, onion, aniseed and a small amount of vinegar are added, and boiled in a pressure cooker for 30-40 minutes; 3, cut apples are put in and boiled for a few minutes, so that the fresh ribs and lotus roots can be eaten.
Applicable people:
1 1/2 baby health tips Eat meat, apples, bones and soup together.
It can not only supplement high-quality protein, but also supplement minerals and vitamins such as calcium and phosphorus, enhance immunity, improve intelligence and strengthen brain.
Eight, apple salad
Suitable for ages: for babies as old as 8 months.
Ingredients: 20g of apples, 2g of oranges and 5g of raisins.
5 grams of yogurt and 5 grams of honey.
Production steps:
1.Wash apples, peel them and chop them; Peel, coring and chop orange petals; Soak raisins in warm water and chop them.
2. Put apples, oranges and raisins into a small bowl, add yogurt and honey, and mix well to feed.
Key points: In noodle making, the raw materials should be chopped up, and the pieces should not be large to adapt to the baby's chewing ability.
Nutritional analysis: this salad is beautiful, sweet and sour, and rich in protein, carbohydrates, vitamin C, calcium and phosphorus; In addition, the contents of vitamins A, B 1, B2, niacin and iron are also high.
It has the effects of promoting digestion and strengthening the spleen and stomach, and is especially suitable for infants with dyspepsia.
Selection and storage of apples
Apple has high nutritional value and medical value, and is called "the first medicine for a gentleman" by more and more people.
How to choose apples and store them? Here are some practical tips for you!
Red Fuji:
1, see if there are concentric circles on the apple handle, because the sunshine is sufficient, the apple is sweet and mature;
2. See if there are stripes on the apple, the more the better;
3. The redder the apple, the brighter it is.
Qin Guan Apple:
1, choose a symmetrical size (preferably a medium size);
2. Press the apple by hand, the one that is pressed is sweet, and the one that is not pressed is sour;
3, the color should be uniform.
Marshal Huang Apple:
1, pick the yellow color, the more pits, the better;
2, weigh by hand, the light is cotton, and the heavy is brittle.
Yellow banana apple:
1, the more pits, the better;
2, the color is green, slightly yellowing is good.
Storage methods of family apples:
The common containers in the family are jars, cans, altars, cartons and wooden cases, all of which can be used to store apples.
The tanks, cans and altars used must be washed and dried, and the inner walls of the tanks, cans and altars should be wiped with white wine. You can also put half a bottle of white wine in them (the dosage can be determined according to the storage capacity), and the bottle mouth is open.
After harvesting, put the apples in the shade for a few days, and then put them in jars, cans or jars in layers.
After filling, spray white wine, which can vary from 50-150g according to the storage capacity. Cover it with cotton wool and cover it with a layer of plastic cloth to prevent alcohol from emitting. When eating apples, cover it with it, and generally it can be stored for more than half a year.
The box for storing apples should be clean and tasteless, with two layers of paper at the bottom and around, and each apple should be wrapped in soft white paper and placed neatly in the box.
For ruby, red star, banana and other round apples, it is better to put them horizontally, and Guoguang and India and other varieties are flat and round, so that apples can bear more pressure.
The box is most suitable to be inspected once every other month in an environment with a temperature of 0-2℃, and individual rotten fruits should be removed in time.