It has always been emphasized that eating more fruits and vegetables on a daily basis is a major component in health and wellness care. And cleverly eat fruit can also help to improve immunity, reduce the plague of disease. The following is a popularization of fruit knowledge.

A fruit cleaning method

The reason why it is difficult to clean up the fruit, mainly because of its rough appearance, and the skin is very thin, a wash on the broken.

Therefore, many people in order to save time, simple water rinse to eat. In fact, the fruit belongs to the plant, the plant is relatively low, the fruit is tender and juicy, all of which leads to it is vulnerable to pests and microbial attack. Therefore, pesticides are often used in the process of growing fruits. These pesticides, fertilizers, and pathogens can easily adhere to the rough surface of the fruit, and if not cleaned well, they are likely to cause diarrhea and even pesticide poisoning. To wash the fruit clean, it is best to use tap water to rinse constantly, flowing water can avoid pesticides seeped into the fruit. Cleaned fruit should not be eaten immediately, it is best to use the residual must be canceled soak for 5 minutes. Residual must be eliminated can kill the fruit surface residues of harmful microorganisms; residual must be eliminated water alkaline, can promote the degradation of acidic pesticides. Wash the fruit, be careful not to remove the fruit, remove the fruit if the fruit soaked in water, residual pesticides will enter the fruit with the water, resulting in more serious contamination. In addition, do not use detergents such as washing spirit to soak the fruit, these substances are difficult to clean, easy to remain in the fruit, resulting in secondary pollution.

In today's massive use of pesticides, a variety of chemical preservatives and preservatives, a variety of growth hormones in the era, each family before this is completely in a state of no resistance, can only be passively accepted, every day in a kind of pesticides and other chemicals in the process of poisoning, such as a variety of cancers and cardiovascular disease and long-term intake of pesticides and a variety of chemicals related to the excessive.

Do not use ordinary detergent to clean the fruit, the detergent itself contains chemicals that are easy to remain in the fruit, rinse with salt water. However, never soak in water for too long, otherwise the vitamins in the fruit will be all lost, so that the nutritional value is reduced, and the pesticides dissolved in water may seep back into the fruit.

The health benefits of fruits

Lowering blood pressure

Hawthorn, watermelon, pears, pineapple.

Contains folic acid

Among various vitamins, folic acid is related to the production of DNA. In the early stages of pregnancy, folic acid is important for cell reproduction and repair, which helps the embryo's nervous system to develop well and prevents anemia in pregnant women.

Fruits that contain folic acid: apples, bananas, mangoes, papayas, kiwis.

Slow down the aging

Among the common fruits, kiwi is considered the closest to the perfect 'fruit', which is rich in vitamins C, A, E, folic acid, and trace elements such as potassium, magnesium and dietary fiber and other nutrients, while the calorie content is very low. All this makes the kiwifruit an energizer for the fast-working, mentally stressed modern city dweller. In addition, the amino acids contained in kiwifruit help the body to produce hormones that slow down the aging process. Because of the cold nature of kiwifruit, it is best for pregnant mothers to eat less.

Weight loss

Some fruits are rich in dietary fiber, which is a carbohydrate that cannot be digested by the small intestine, and in the colon, the fiber provides nutrients to the intestinal lumen, which helps to stimulate the body's metabolism as well as help suppress the appetite.

Fruits for weight loss: apple, grapefruit, dragon fruit, durian.

Maintenance of the skin

The human body's face is exposed every day, by the harmful substances in the air damage and ultraviolet irradiation, so that the capillary contraction, sebaceous gland secretion is reduced, the skin becomes dry, dehydrated. Fruits are rich in antioxidant substances vitamin E and trace elements, can nourish the skin, its beauty effect is not general cosmetics can be compared. And if you smoke or fat, that also implies that your body fat tissue lacks these important ingredients.

Skin-care fruits: bananas, mangoes, cantaloupe, strawberries, oranges, apples, lemons.

Eyesight

There are many capillaries under the eye, and the role of vitamin C is to make sure that the blood supply to the fundus is guaranteed.

Fruits that protect the eyes: kiwi, lemon.

Natural enemy of cancer

A diet rich in fruits can reduce the risk of breast cancer, prostate cancer and lung cancer. This is because fruits contain essential micronutrients.

Fruits that fight cancer: bananas, kiwis, grapes, oranges, apples, lemons.

Lower cholesterol

Apples, grapefruit, hawthorn.

Three, what are the benefits of organic fruits

1, watermelon

Watermelon juice contains citrulline, alanine, glutaric acid, arginate, malic acid, adenine, glucose, sucrose, vitamin C, B and r-carotene and other nutrients, is the It is a traditional medicine for clearing heat and quenching thirst. Vitamin A in the watermelon contains the most very considerable, about 590 international units per 100 grams, higher than some other fruits. So, eating more watermelon, from which the intake of natural vitamin A is really good for people's immune function.

But the weak and cold, loose stools, indigestion, eat more watermelon will appear bloating, diarrhea, loss of appetite and other symptoms. It is recommended that such people should pay more attention when consuming watermelon.

2, lemon

Scientists have found that lemon volatile oils can kill certain viruses and bacteria, which is probably why hot lemon drinks can treat colds and flu. It also has a sweating effect, so it can be used to reduce fever.

Lemon juice is also a good gargle, for the throat, mouth harmful microorganisms (viruses and bacteria) have a killing effect; in the acidic environment sensitive to viruses (such as the SARS virus) on the prevention of a unique efficacy. Therefore, lemon juice set to kill germs, destroy viruses and supplemental vitamin C in one, for the strengthening of the body's ability to fight disease is extremely beneficial.

3, kiwifruit

Kiwifruit after meals, the virus to escape light

Kiwifruit per 100 grams of edible part of the content of vitamin C as high as 300mg, for the citrus 5 ~ 10 times, 20 ~ 80 times the apple. Kiwifruit fruit also contains a variety of essential amino acids and anticancer substances, with the function of protecting the heart and strengthening the body. The organic alkali in the fruit can neutralize the excess organic acid in the human body, which can balance the pH, reduce fatigue and restore physical strength.

Recent medical research has shown that eating kiwifruit pulp and its juice has the effect of lowering biliary intoxication and triglyceride, and can also inhibit the production of carcinogenic ammonium nitrite, hypertension, high blood fat, hepatitis, coronary heart disease, urinary tract stones have a preventive and adjuvant therapeutic effect.

Kiwi cold, easy to hurt the spleen Yang and cause diarrhea, so should not eat more. People with cold spleen and stomach should eat with caution, people with loose stools should not eat, preeclampsia, excessive menstruation and frequent urination should not eat. In addition, kiwifruit should not be eaten on an empty stomach, it is best to eat after meals.

4, cherry

Cherry taste sweet and sour, its nature warm, detoxification is its basic function. If the sore throat, take 60g fresh cherry pick, in the morning and evening each chewing once, a few days can be cured; suffering from iron-deficiency anemia, eat more fresh cherry pick, can promote the elevation of hemoglobin, the mechanism of its blood and qi effect lies here.

The vitamin C content of the cherry is very rich, eat more daily can prevent colds.

It should be noted that cherries are warm and acidic, can not be eaten, the body of yin deficiency fire, epistaxis and other diseases and fever should be avoided.

Fourth, the fruit cooked to eat really more nutritious

1. Cooking fruit will make its nutrient loss?

Nutritionist Jiang Ying pointed out that fruit is rich in vitamins, minerals, organic acids, enzymes and other nutrients, in general, fruit is used to eat raw, can be more complete intake of its nutrients, but some people with a bad stomach, the fruit cooked to eat to protect the stomach. After the fruit is boiled, the fiber is softened, and will not cause excessive stimulation to the stomach and intestines. But boiled fruit is easy to lose some water-soluble vitamins and some active enzymes and other nutrients in the fruit, such as vitamin C and B vitamins, protease, amylase, and so on. Loss of vitamins can not be used by the body, active enzymes after heating to lose the decomposition of food, weakening the function of helping food digestion. So for people with a better stomach, fruit is best eaten raw, but for the good cooked food this mouth, cooked food is also a different kind of enjoyment.

2. Which fruits are more nutritious to eat in the fall?

Fruits after heating, which the water-soluble vitamins, active enzymes have basically been lost, but some heat-resistant proteins, lipids material retention, dietary fiber, sugar, etc. Relatively intact (although not much), you can also supplement some of the nutrients, but it is best not to add too much sugar in order to avoid sugar overdose. The amount of nutrient loss also depends on the cooking method, relatively speaking, steaming and water stew nutrient loss will be less, and retain the outflow of the soup in the container, together with the food.

In the fall, many people like to eat cooked pears, in the dry season, Chinese medicine can play a dry do, but only stewed pears is not, but also to add other ingredients will have a better effect, such as with ginkgo lotus seed made of "ginkgo lotus seed Snow Pear Soup, pomelo and honey to do" honey pomelo tea "

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