Sihaiwang: summer is coming, all kinds of fruits can be said to fully satisfy our taste buds, but after eating the fruits, is the remaining peel really useless? Lemon contains sugar, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin B1, B2, C and other nutrients, which is good for women from head to toe. Fruit popular with women. Lemon peel is rich in nutrients, and its function is very powerful. So in life, what are the functions of lemon peel? Let's take a look at it with Xiaobian~
Nutrition analysis of lemon
Lemon contains nicotinic acid and rich organic acid, and its taste is extremely sour. However, it is rich in potassium and sodium, so lemon is an alkaline food. It is good for the pH of human body. Citric acid juice has a strong bactericidal effect and is good for food hygiene. Experiments show that the juice with a strong acidity can kill all bacteria in seashells within 15 minutes.
Lemon is rich in fragrance, which can dispel the smell of fishy smell of meat and aquatic products, and make the meat more tender. Lemon can also promote the secretion of proteolytic enzymes in the stomach, increase gastrointestinal peristalsis. Lemon is often used to make cold dishes, cold dishes and pickles in Western daily life.
Eating lemon can also prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases, alleviate the role of calcium ions in promoting blood coagulation, prevent and treat hypertension and myocardial infarction. Citric acid can shrink and strengthen capillaries, reduce permeability, improve coagulation function and the number of platelets, shorten the coagulation time and bleeding time by 31% - 71%, and has hemostasis.
Life magic of lemon
Function 1: lemonade for face dressing, the best 'beauty product' for women
It's better to make lemonade from fresh lemon than to apply all kinds of skin care products containing lemons. It's better to apply it on the face. This is because there are a lot of organic acids such as citric acid, malic acid and quinic acid in lemons, and the thickened cuticle of human skin is easy to dissolve and fall off under the action of acid. Need to remind is that sensitive skin should not be applied to avoid redness, itching and other allergic reactions. Moreover, before use, it must be diluted with water. Generally, drop three or four drops of lemon juice into 200ml of water (a small glass of water). Do not directly smear the lemon juice on your face or wipe your face with lemon slices. It is best to use the mask paper to soak the lemonade before going to bed. Apply to the face for 10 minutes. If the mask paper dries, it can be soaked again. After that, gently massage the face for 1 minute, which is helpful to eliminate the grease on the face and make the skin smooth and delicate.
Function 2: lemon peel is the 'master cleaner' in the kitchen
1. Once used dishes have peculiar smell, they can be cleaned with lemon slices.
Put a few slices of lemon peel in the dishwashing water (you can also add some orange peel, or drop a few drops of vinegar), which can eliminate the smell of smell and smell on the dishes and tableware. At the same time, it can soften the hard water and increase the luster of porcelain. Similarly, if you have cut a fish knife, you can wipe it with lemon peel to remove the fishy smell; if you put some lemon peel in the pot and boil it with water, it will disappear completely.
2. Eliminate the fishy smell of kitchen utensils and tableware.
Use a small bowl of warm boiled water to soak up the lemon peel of the juice, and then pour it into the kitchen utensils or water cups with tea dirt, oil marks, water marks, etc. after 4-5 hours, the stains will be wiped away.
3. Deftly handle the smell.
Cooking in the kitchen is easy to get fishy, meaty or oily. You can't smell it with soap or washing powder, but you can rub your hands with lemon peel. If you can bubble in lemonade, the effect will be better. Moreover, the lemon oil contained in the lemon peel can make the skin delicate and smooth.
4. Eliminate the peculiar smell of refrigerator.
No matter how hard you try, in time, the moment you open the refrigerator door will always upset you. So every time you use lemon for cooking or beauty, don't throw away the rest of the lemon peel, cut it up and wrap it with gauze in the corner of the refrigerator, it will make you feel happy for the pleasant fragrance when you open the refrigerator door. Of course, remember to change it often.
Function 3: Universal seasoning in cooking
Lemon juice is like a universal seasoning. No matter what kind of food, just a few drops of lemon juice can remove the fishy smell and food peculiar smell. No matter the fishy smell of meat, seafood, egg or onion, it's nothing. Therefore, when cooking, add lemon slices or lemon juice, which can not only remove fishiness and greasiness, but also make the food emit light lemon fragrance. In addition, people with kidney disease or high blood pressure should reduce the intake of salt, and lemon juice is a good alternative to salt seasoning.