1. Different dietary fiber
According to data from the food nutrition database, every 100 grams of white-fleshed dragon fruit contains about 4 grams of dietary fiber, which is not only higher than that of red-fleshed dragon fruit. It contains 1.3 grams of dietary fiber, which is more than the 1.6 grams of fiber in apples. Therefore, friends who want to eat more dietary fiber and promote defecation can choose white-fleshed dragon fruit.
2. Betalains are different
The bright red color of the red-fleshed dragon fruit that looks fresh and tender actually comes from the "betaine" in the pulp ( Betalains), and very audible anthocyanins. According to experimental findings, betalains, a plant pigment, have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. For those who want to take in "betaine", you can choose red-fleshed dragon fruit.
It is important to note that when cutting dragon fruit at home, do not throw away the peel in a hurry.
The pink inner skin between the dragon fruit fruit and the peel is the place with the highest betalain content. If you want to eat this layer of skin, you can cut the sepals of the peel into pieces before cutting the dragon fruit. Pull it off, leaving only the pink inner skin in the middle. The dragon fruit with peel is more nutritious.
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The story and legend of dragon fruit:
A poor Aztec woman was lost in the desert. She was in pain and had no way to call for help. The situation is very dangerous. She is dying of despair and slowly entering another world in her hallucinations.
I heard a very clear and powerful voice coming from the sky! The voice told her to eat the plants around her quickly! Eat the plants around you quickly! She reached out to touch it with difficulty, but unable to open her eyes, she hallucinated that all around her were tangled branches and endlessly spreading celestial rulers. There were almost no other plants in this particularly hot desert.
She saw flashing red light in her hallucination, which was the dragon fruit dotted in the sky ruler bush, like a handful of hunting flames and like a beating heart. They shouted and encouraged her to hold on! A breeze brought thousands of young beauties running toward her with arms full of huge lilies!
As if in a dream, her hand touched a blowing pipe, and she felt groups of swaying fairies and clusters of warm and bright flowers alternating in front of her eyes, like a A green and plump measuring ruler.
When she magically pulled and broke it, her hand was pricked and bloody, but she felt no pain. She seemed to be being directed by a magical force, biting it mechanically. Holding this plump sky ruler, he ate another bright red dragon fruit...
Just before noon, when the sun was even more fierce, a magical event happened. ! The Aztec woman woke up, her physical strength quickly recovered, her almost chapped lips turned magically red, and gradually spread throughout her body like a wave, and she walked out of the desert smoothly!
The legend of dragon fruit has been passed down from generation to generation. The measuring ruler is regarded as a fairy grass. Dragon fruit is also called fairy fruit and fairy honey fruit. Regardless of its branches, flowers, fruits or roots, It has become an indispensable special crop with unique medicinal and food functions for local people.
As a sacred symbol, the dragon fruit is respected by the world. This tradition later spread throughout the world with the invasion and expansion of European colonialism around the world.
Dragon fruit ranks among the top among edible plant fruits for humans, and implies many beautiful ideals of human beings such as good luck, health, wealth, longevity, etc. Whether people are visiting relatives, friends or visiting patients, they always carry the fruit with them. A dragon fruit is necessary in the center of the blue, which indicates many good wishes. Whether it is national leaders or ordinary people, they often cannot do without dragon fruit when worshiping their ancestors
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