This season is the season when grapes are on the market in large quantities. However, many people have such questions when they eat grapes. Can they eat grape skins? Will eating grape skins have any side effects on the body? What are the benefits of eating grape skins when they eat grapes?
Grape skin contains more resveratrol than grape meat and seeds, which can reduce blood lipid, prevent arteriosclerosis and enhance immunity. In particular, the flavonoids in the skin of purple grape have the effect of lowering blood pressure. Moreover, the anthocyanins contained in grape skin have the functions of strong antioxidation, anti mutation, reducing liver dysfunction and protecting cardiovascular system.
In real life, there are few people who don't spit grape skin. They only eat grape flesh and spit grape skin and grape seeds. In fact, although the nutrition in grape flesh is comprehensive, except for the rich content of vitamin C, other contents are not high. In fact, the main nutrition of grape is due to the rich plant chemical active substances, and they It is mainly concentrated in grape skin and seeds. It is found that grape skin contains more anthocyanins than grape flesh. It has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. Its anti-aging ability is 30 times of vitamin C and 50 times of vitamin E.
Polyphenols have remarkable anti-cancer and anti-aging effects. The content of polyphenols in grape seed is higher than that in grape flesh and grape skin, accounting for 50% - 70% of the whole grape content. Nowadays, a series of products extracted from grape seeds are also used in food, health care products, cosmetics and other industries, which are enough to prove their nutritional value.