The method of lemonade
Fresh lemon is the best choice. Fresh lemon has a strong fragrance, while dry lemon has a certain loss of aroma components and vitamin C. Fresh lemon must be peeled and sliced. Because part of the flavonoids in the skin are higher, such as hesperidin, naringin, etc., they are all healthy ingredients. Lemon essential oil is also mainly in the skin, and thinning is conducive to the aroma components in the lemon skin. Flavonoids have a light bitter taste, and lemon itself with the sour, hot days drink more thirst. The rest of the lemon can be coated with honey at the incision, wrapped with plastic wrap, and stored in the refrigerator for three days.
It's more nutritious to soak water with skin. Lemon must be skinned and sliced thinly, because the part of the skin contains higher flavonoids, which is more worth soaking than lemon pulp. Lemon essential oil is also mainly in the skin. If sliced thinly, the aroma components in the lemon skin are easy to bubble out. Lemon peel, including other citrus peels, contains some bitter flavonoids, which are also beneficial ingredients. It has a slight bitter taste, which is combined with the sour taste. When it's hot, it's more thirst quenching.
The temperature of 60 ~ 70 ℃ is suitable. The water for lemon is too cold, and the fragrance is not easy to bubble out. If soaked in boiling water, there will be more bitterness substances, such as hesperidin. Some people worry that too high water temperature will lead to the loss of vitamin C. in fact, lemon has strong acidity, while vitamin C has better heat resistance under acid conditions, which is not so easy to lose.
Therefore, the water temperature of lemon brewing is generally 60 ~ 70 ℃.
Lemonade with a little honey or sugar will be better. However, the light sweet lemonade contains about 5% sugar. One cup (200g) of honey water with sugar contains 40 kcal of energy. If you drink two cups, it is equivalent to eating 1 / 4 bowl of rice. Therefore, people who need to control their weight should be limited. In addition, people who have too much gastric acid can drink lemonade Only if they make it as light as possible, because a small amount of citric acid is conducive to the repair of gastric mucosa. For indigestion, add a thin slice of ginger to light lemon water for drinking, which is also good for promoting the secretion of digestive fluid. The light lemon water without sugar has no sodium and almost no energy, but contains potassium, a small amount of vitamin C and a small amount of flavonoids. It is very suitable for daily drinking of chronic patients such as hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and gout.
Make sure the lemonade is light. If you use lemonade instead of boiled water to quench your thirst, make sure it's light when you make water. A large piece of lemon with skin can be soaked in 1 liter of water. It can be poured into 3-4 small cups. Generally, it can be brewed 2-3 times. If there is no taste of lemon, it can be replaced with a new one.
In this way, the lemonade is not sour or astringent. It's fragrant and can be drunk without sugar or honey. Its energy can be almost ignored. If you put more lemon slices, you need to add sugar or honey to help balance the sour taste.
Sealed storage can be extended. The storage of lemon fruit is quite good. The main problem of lemon long-term storage is that the surface is dry, but it can still be used after drying, and the interior is still juicy, so it is OK to put it for a month. The cut lemon is coated with honey to keep water, then wrapped with plastic wrap. It's OK to put it in the box for two or three days.
So, what are the cognitive mistakes about drinking lemonade?
The mistake of drinking lemonade
Drink lemon to grow stone?
Some people think that lemonade can't be eaten with foods with high calcium content, because calcium and citric acid will combine to precipitate and even form stones, which is a rumor.
Calcium citrate is slightly soluble in water, with a solubility of about 0.02g/100g water, but calcium citrate is a good material for making calcium supplement products, because it can be absorbed by human body without the help of stomach acid. In fact, citric acid will not promote kidney stones like oxalic acid, but it is also conducive to the absorption of calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc and other minerals in food. Studies have shown that citric acid is also beneficial to the prevention of kidney stones. Potassium citrate has even been used in the treatment of kidney stones.
Can't stomach disease touch lemon?
Some people think that people with stomach disease can't drink lemonade, because it's too acidic to stimulate the stomach, and people with too much acid can't drink lemonade.
In fact, when we use a piece of lemon to soak a large bottle of water, the flavor of the lemonade is very light. It's not as sour as a sweet drink like coke, which will not cause gastric ulcer. We don't drink pure lemon juice (pure lemon juice is about pH2.5, which is equivalent to coke).
People who have too much acid in their stomach can drink lemonade as long as they take it lightly. A small amount of citric acid is good for the repair of gastric mucosa. Westerners like to eat lemon juice on food. They think it can help digestion. For people with dyspepsia, a thin piece of ginger can be added in light lemon water, which is good for promoting the secretion of digestive juice.
Make lemonade right. Don't forget the above.