What are the benefits of eating persimmons?
1, vitamin supplement
Persimmon is rich in polysaccharides and vitamins, which can not only help improve the immune function of the body, but also enhance its own resistance, help eliminate bacteria and viruses, and supplement nutrition and vitamins for the body. If you eat a persimmon a day, you can basically meet half of your daily demand for vitamin C.
2, promoting fluid production and moistening dryness
Autumn dryness is in season, and autumn dryness is easy to hurt the lungs. If you are not careful, you will have symptoms such as sneezing and runny nose, and even induce bronchitis. Persimmon, however, is sweet and slightly astringent, cold and cool, and has the functions of clearing away lung heat, moistening lung dryness, promoting fluid production and relieving cough. At this time, a sweet and delicious persimmon can prevent dryness and lung injury, and eating persimmon can also alleviate the lack of body fluid and chapped lips. That's why folks say, "Eating persimmons in autumn won't cause a runny nose".
3. beauty beauty
Fresh persimmon is rich in β-carotene, which is a strong antioxidant. It can not only resist the damage of free radicals to protein, lipids and nucleic acids in the body, but also increase the contents of superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase in the body, thus helping to delay the aging of cells and the body. In addition, β -carotene can also alleviate the problems of dry and rough skin caused by weather in autumn and winter.
4, moistening the intestines and relaxing the bowels
I believe that many people in life are troubled by constipation. Under the influence of this high-tech era, more and more people are lazy. They sit in the office all day and play games in bed or sofa at night. Sitting for a long time will slow down the peristalsis of the stomach and aggravate constipation.
People with constipation may wish to insist on eating 1~2 persimmons every day, which can help improve constipation. Persimmon is rich in dietary fiber, which can accelerate the peristalsis in the stomach and promote the rapid excretion of feces.
5, hangover
The ancients found that persimmon has the function of preventing drunkenness and eliminating hangover very early, and often used it as a hangover food.
First of all, organic acids and tannic acid in persimmon can promote digestion and accelerate the decomposition of alcohol, thus reducing the damage of alcohol to the liver.
Secondly, persimmon juice is rich, containing a lot of glucose, fructose and mineral potassium, which has diuretic effect and can help the human body expel alcohol and reduce the harm of alcohol to the body.
Thirdly, the rich vitamin C in persimmon can also increase liver function and protect the liver.
Therefore, eating two persimmons after drinking can not only reduce the harm of alcohol to the human body, but also relieve the headache after drinking and clear your head.
6. Protect your eyesight
The β -carotene contained in persimmon can be converted into vitamin A in vivo, which is an indispensable raw material for the synthesis of rhodopsin by rod cells in retina. Appropriate supplementation of β -carotene is helpful to promote the synthesis of rhodopsin, improve the adaptability of dark field and prevent night blindness. Therefore, eating persimmons often can help us improve our eyesight and relieve chronic eye diseases.
What are the taboos for eating persimmons?
1, persimmon should not be eaten on an empty stomach.
I believe that people who have eaten persimmons have an impression of the astringency of persimmons. The astringency of persimmon stems from its tannic acid. Tannic acid, also known as tannin, tannin, tannic acid, etc., has astringent effect. On an empty stomach, they will combine with protein under the action of gastric acid to form insoluble precipitates with different sizes, which can not be decomposed in the gastrointestinal tract. If these sediments cannot be discharged naturally, they will be mixed with pectin, fiber and other ingredients to form "stomach persimmon stone", which will cause digestive tract obstruction and abdominal pain. Therefore, it is best not to eat persimmons on an empty stomach.
2, diabetics should not eat persimmons.
Persimmon contains a lot of saccharides, mainly sucrose, fructose and glucose, which are easily absorbed and utilized by the human body, making blood sugar rise rapidly, which is not conducive to the control of diabetes.
3. Don't eat persimmon skin
As mentioned above, the content of tannic acid in persimmon is relatively high, and tannic acid mainly exists in persimmon skin. It is precisely because of this that astringent persimmons are astringent and can only be eaten after astringency removal. However, in the process of astringency removal, tannic acid in persimmon skin will not disappear completely, so it is best to peel persimmons when eating them to avoid ingesting a large amount of tannic acid.
4. Don't eat raw persimmons
Immature persimmons are not astringent, and the content of tannic acid in immature persimmons is as high as 25%, which is astringent and will cause stomach persimmon stones.
5. People with anemia should eat persimmons carefully.
Persimmon contains tannin, which is easy to combine with iron and will hinder the body's absorption of iron in food, so anemia patients should eat less.
6. Don't overdo eating persimmons
First of all, tannic acid in persimmons will affect the absorption of calcium, iron, magnesium, zinc and other minerals. If persimmons are often eaten in large quantities, these minerals will be deficient.
Secondly, persimmon has a high sugar content. Eating too much will easily lead to heartburn and acid reflux, which will also affect appetite.
Therefore, don't eat too many persimmons at a time. Generally, it is advisable to eat 1~2 persimmons a day.