4hw.org: it's the time for grapefruit to go on the market again. Many people like the sour, sour and sweet taste of grapefruit. Grapefruit not only tastes good and has rich nutritional value, but it's not so easy to pick delicious grapefruit. If you can pick sour and bitter grapefruit without a little experience, what are the skills for picking grapefruit? The grapefruit is round or sharp: let's take a look at it with Xiaobian Now!
1. weigh the weight
The heavier grapefruit is more delicious, because the heavier grapefruit contains more water. For grapefruit of the same size, first weigh it with your right hand, and then weigh the second one. Be careful not to use the left and right hands for comparison at the same time, because the sensory thresholds of the left and right hands are different. It's better to use a scale.
2. look at the appearance.
The grapefruit with the upper tip and the lower width is delicious. If the upper neck is longer, it means less meat and more skin. The grapefruit with short neck, flat circle and flat bottom is the best choice.
3. look at the color.
Shaddock skin color is more uniform, yellow or orange shaddock is mature, when you buy shaddock to choose such.
4. pinch with your hands.
The right hand of fresh grapefruit is very hard and solid, while the hand of not fresh grapefruit is soft. When selecting grapefruit, you should pay attention to the hard and solid one.
5. look at the epidermis.
The grapefruit with delicate and smooth skin is more delicious. If the skin of grapefruit is rough and too yellow, it may be because of long storage time or poor growth. The grapefruit with fine and clean skin, pale yellow or orange yellow color is mature, juicy and sweet.
The grapefruit with thin skin is delicious. Use a knife to cut the grapefruit. If the skin is thick, it will not be delicious. The delicious grapefruit generally has thin skin. Or press the epidermis by hand. If it is hard, it means the skin is thin. If it is soft, it means the skin is thick.
Grapefruit pick point or round 1, choose point not choose circle, the more pointed the better.
2. Choose big but not small, the big and mature ones will be better.
3. Choose yellow instead of green. The yellow color matures earlier than the blue color.
4. Choose the heavy fruit instead of the light one. The heavy fruit is full.
5. When selecting grapefruit, press the bottom with your fingers, and the one that can't move is the best.
Function and effect of grapefruit
1. Grapefruit can cure cough. Grapefruit has good wetting and physical therapy effect on throat, which is beneficial to local inflammation and relieve local itch, thus blocking cough reflex. It can dilute the inflammation of respiratory tract and the viscosity of secretion, make it easy to cough up, and is conducive to relieving cough and eliminating phlegm.
2. Grapefruit can promote intestinal digestion. Grapefruit is helpful for the secretion of gastric acid and the digestion of food, and is suitable for the treatment of the syndrome of food stagnation.
3. Grapefruit has analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects. Antiphlogistic antipyretic, make inflammation abate. Grapefruit leaf can be used as an analgesic and anti-inflammatory medicine to treat abdominal pain due to food stagnation, cold and damp arthralgia, headache due to head wind, etc. in addition, it can be decocted and taken with dandelion, perilla, sweet potato, etc. to treat the swelling and pain of mastitis.
4. Grapefruit has the effect of strengthening the spleen and stomach. Grapefruit also has the effect of lowering Qi and eliminating food, resolving phlegm and strengthening stomach. It is suitable for those who have food stagnation and stomachache, hot stomachache and qi stagnation and abdominal distention.
5. It can prevent respiratory tract infection. Grapefruit is rich in vitamin A, which can protect respiratory epithelium, improve the function of immunoglobulin and prevent respiratory infection. It can nourish yin and moisten lung, remove lung dryness and heat, and make people breathe smoothly and comfortably.
6. It has the effect of relieving alcohol. Grapefruit can detoxify alcohol and excrete quickly after detoxification. It can relieve the symptoms of headache, brain swelling and blushing after drinking. Relieve the absorption of alcohol in the stomach and protect the gastric mucosa.
7. It has the effect of protecting the heart. Grapefruit can protect the heart, protect myocardial cells, prevent or relieve palpitation, arrhythmia and so on.