Grapefruit, most people often throw away the skin of grapefruit after eating its pulp. In fact, this is a pity. Because pomelo peel is edible, it is not only nutritious, but also has dietotherapy effects such as warming stomach, resolving phlegm and moistening throat.

Among many autumn fruits, grapefruit is the largest, generally exceeding 1 1,000 grams. Every year, it ripens around 65,438+05 in August of the lunar calendar, and the skin is thick and storable, so it is called "canned natural fruit".

Grapefruit has a high nutritional value, and is rich in protein, organic acids, vitamins and essential elements such as calcium, phosphorus, magnesium and sodium, which is incomparable to other fruits. Every 100g grapefruit contains 0.7g of protein, 0.6g of fat and 57kcal of calories.

Grapefruit not only has high nutritional value, but also has the effects of invigorating stomach, moistening lung, enriching blood, clearing bowel and relaxing bowels, which can promote wound healing and has a good auxiliary effect on septicemia. In addition, grapefruit contains glucocorticoids, a physiologically active substance, which can reduce blood viscosity and reduce thrombosis, so it also has a good preventive effect on cerebrovascular diseases, such as cerebral thrombosis and stroke. Fresh pomelo meat is an ideal food for diabetic patients because it contains insulin-like components. Motherland medicine also believes that grapefruit is sweet and sour, cold in nature, and has the effects of regulating qi and resolving phlegm, moistening lung and clearing intestine, enriching blood and strengthening spleen, which can cure anorexia, light mouth and indigestion, help digestion, resolve phlegm and quench thirst, regulate qi and disperse stagnation.

Therapeutic effect of orange

Introduction: Oranges, together with oranges, are often called citrus. Because of their bright color, sweet and sour taste, they are one of the most common fruits in daily life. Compared with pear, its protein content is 9 times, calcium content is 5 times, phosphorus content is 5.5 times, vitamin B 1 content is 8 times, vitamin B2 content is 3 times, nicotinic acid content is 1.5 times, and vitamin C content is 10 times, which can be described as rich in nutrition.

Efficacy: Japanese researchers surveyed more than 6,000 people and found that people who eat oranges are less likely to suffer from coronary heart disease, hypertension, diabetes and gout. Oranges contain vitamin C and citric acid, the former has the function of beautifying, and the latter has the function of eliminating fatigue. If you eat the thin skin of oranges together, in addition to vitamin C, you can also take dietary fiber-pectin, which can promote defecation and lower cholesterol. Hesperidin can strengthen the toughness of capillaries, lower blood pressure and dilate the coronary artery of the heart, so oranges can be said to be a food to prevent coronary heart disease and arterial effect. Researchers at the University of Florida in the United States confirmed that eating citrus can reduce cholesterol deposited in arterial blood vessels and help reverse atherosclerosis. There is a strong anticancer substance "Nomilin" in fresh citrus juice, which can decompose carcinogenic chemicals, resist and block the growth of cancer cells, increase the activity of detoxification enzymes in human body by times, prevent the damage of carcinogens to the nucleus and protect the integrity of genes.

Suitable for the crowd: everyone is suitable for eating.

Application: 65438+ 0 ~ 3 pieces per day.

Not suitable for eating before meals or on an empty stomach. Don't drink milk within 1 hour before and after eating oranges, because protein in milk will solidify when it meets fruit acid, which will affect digestion and absorption. Oranges should not be eaten more. Brush your teeth and rinse your mouth in time after eating to avoid harm to your mouth and teeth. People with poor gastrointestinal function, eating too many oranges, are prone to stomach stones. Oranges contain more calories. Eating too much at a time will get angry and promote stomatitis and periodontitis. Excessive consumption of citrus fruits can cause symptoms such as "orange peel disease", appearance and yellow skin.

The efficacy of oranges in dietotherapy abstract: appetizing, quenching thirst, helping digestion and preventing constipation.

Alias: yellow fruit, golden ball

Features: Oranges are sour and sweet. Lime, also known as altar orange, tastes sour and bitter and is not suitable for eating; The fruit of sweet orange is spherical, slightly flat up and down, smooth surface, green before ripening and yellow after ripening. Sweet orange pulp is sweet, sour, juicy and fragrant, which is one of the fruits that people like to eat. It can not only be eaten by people, but also be used to make juice drinks, which is deeply loved by people.

Nutritional components: Oranges contain high nutritional value. In addition to water, their pulp mainly contains vitamin C, malic acid, succinic acid and sugar.

Pectin and so on. Orange peel not only contains nutrients in pulp, but also contains more carotene, which can be used as a flavoring agent for strengthening stomach and fragrance.

Dietotherapy and health care: (1) appetizing and quenching thirst; (2) laxatives; (3) treating chronic tracheitis; (4) As an aftercare product; (5) beauty; (6) promoting metabolism; (7) lowering cholesterol.

Try the orange diet:

(1) anti-nausea material: orange juice.

Method: drink directly.

(2) Material used for treating lumbago: orange pit.

Methods: Dry the orange core and grind it into fine powder. Take 10g each time, and take it with white wine.

(3) Materials for treating stomachache: tangerine peel10g, ginger10g.

Method: decoct with water.

(4) The material for curing scabies redness and swelling: fresh orange leaves.

Methods: fresh orange leaves were mashed and applied to the affected area.

(5) Materials for treating breast cancer: 8 fresh oranges and 20 ml rice wine.

Methods: Fresh oranges were peeled and juiced, then poured into rice wine and mixed well, and drunk once a day/kloc-0.

It is suggested that this method has a certain auxiliary treatment effect on breast cancer patients with induration.