China is the hometown of olives, and the output of olives ranks first in the world. Olive is regarded as a treasure in fruits, which is not only nutritious, but also of high medicinal value. Its taste is unique. Although it was slightly bitter at first, after chewing, the bitterness gradually disappeared and the sweetness came from the source. The lips and teeth are fragrant and have a long aftertaste, which can help digestion. Soaked in honey, it is extremely sweet and has a pleasant flavor. It's delicious food after dinner. Someone asked, what is the function of olives?
Nutritional value of olive
The nutritional value of olive is also well known. It is rich in various nutrients, including protein, fat, sugar, calcium, phosphorus, organic acids, trace elements and vitamins (such as vitamin C and vitamin E), among which the content of vitamin C is ten times that of apples and five times that of pears and peaches, and the content of calcium is also very high, which is easily absorbed by the human body and is especially suitable for women and children. The calcium contained in olives is among the best in all kinds of fruits. Children often eat fresh olives, which is good for the development of bones. Olive oil is a high-grade edible oil extracted from olive kernel, which is rich in unsaturated fatty acids and has the functions of preventing and treating heart disease, atherosclerosis, gastric ulcer and protecting gallbladder.
Effects of olives on health
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that olive is sweet and sour, and has a flat nature. It enters the spleen, stomach and lung meridians, and has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, relieving sore throat and resolving phlegm, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, relieving restlessness and sobering up, removing thorns and resolving phlegm, and is suitable for sore throat, polydipsia, cough with excessive phlegm, fishbone throat and so on.
Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica in the Ming Dynasty records: "Olives can produce fluid to stop polydipsia, cure sore throat, and chew the pharynx to produce fluid to relieve the poison of turtles." The Song Dynasty's "Kaibao Herbal Medicine" said that olives can relieve puffer fish poisoning. "People who eat this kind of fish by mistake can be cured by boiling juice."
Modern pharmacological research shows that olive juice has inhibitory effect on diphtheria Bacillus, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus and Pneumococcus. In winter and spring, chewing 2 ~ 3 green olives every day can prevent respiratory infection, so the people have the reputation of "Olives compete for ginseng in winter and spring". The winter climate is dry, so eating olives at this time has the effect of promoting body fluid and benefiting the throat.
In a word, olives have many health functions. In addition to the above effects, Olive also has certain effects in assisting anti-aging, anti-oxidation, liver protection, immune regulation, intestinal conditioning, detoxification, blood lipid reduction, anti-inflammatory and analgesic.