Pineapple should be one of the tropical fruits we are most often exposed to. It can not only be eaten as a fruit, but also has many functions, such as treating cough, lowering blood pressure, eliminating edema and helping to lose weight. I don't know how much you know about pineapple? Let's take you to understand it!
Pineapple is a very nutritious fruit, which is rich in glucose, fructose, citric acid and protein, organic acids, nicotinic acid and other nutrients. Pineapple contains almost all the vitamins and 16 natural minerals needed by human body, especially the content of vitamin C is very high.
The effect of pineapple
1. Pineapple contains a lot of plant fiber, can promote intestinal peristalsis, help digestion, and can reduce the body's absorption of fat, pineapple juice can acid hydrolysis of fat, pineapple contains protease can decompose protein, also has the role of promoting digestion, so eating pineapple can help lose weight.
2. Eating pineapple can help reduce blood pressure, dilute blood lipids, prevent thrombosis, help blood circulation, and help some cardiovascular diseases.
3. Pineapple contains a large number of vitamins, of which the content of vitamin C is very high. In 100 grams of pineapple, 30 grams of vitamin C can be contained. Vitamin C can inhibit the production of melanin, help to whiten the skin and lighten the color spots, which has the effect of beauty and beauty. The vitamin B contained in pineapple can nourish the skin and prevent the skin from drying.
4. Pineapple contains more water, and has a lot of potassium, calcium, and sugar, can play a diuretic detumescence effect, and pineapple has a cooling effect, can protect the bronchi, eating pineapple for some cold, cough, sore throat and other symptoms can play a very good role in relieving.
5. Eliminate edema. It can dissolve fibrin and blood clot in tissue, improve local blood circulation, eliminate inflammation and edema.
6. Lose weight. The secret of pineapple weight loss lies in its rich juice, which can effectively acidolysis fat. You can effectively eat pineapple or drink pineapple juice in food every day, but avoid excessive or untreated raw pineapple. First, it is easy to reduce taste and stimulate oral mucosa; Second, easy to lead to the production of bromelain, allergic to this protease, skin itching and other symptoms.
7. Help digestion, promote appetite. It has the effect of invigorating the stomach and eliminating food, tonifying spleen and stopping diarrhea, clearing stomach and relieving thirst. The attractive aroma of pineapple comes from the butyl acid, which can stimulate saliva secretion and promote appetite.
8. Get rid of the greasy and clean up the stomach and intestines. The protein decomposing enzyme contained in pineapple can decompose protein and help digestion. It is a very suitable fruit for modern people who eat too much meat and greasy food for a long time.
9. Beauty. It can prevent the skin from cracking, moisturize the hair, and at the same time can eliminate the tension of the body and enhance the immunity of the body.
10. Get rid of colds. Burning, coughing, sore throat are the most obvious symptoms of a cold. In addition to lying in bed and having a quiet rest, you might as well drink a cup of fresh pineapple juice, which has a cooling effect and can effectively reduce the bronchi.
Taboos of pineapple
Although pineapple is delicious, it should be noted that pineapple is an acid fruit. It is not suitable to eat too much or eat it on an empty stomach, which is easy to cause stomach discomfort. At the same time, patients with oral ulcer, periodontitis and gastric ulcer should not eat pineapple. People with allergic constitution are likely to be sensitive to protease in pineapple, causing allergy, and may have flushed complexion Abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, itching and other symptoms. The main allergen causing 'pineapple disease' is' bromelain '.
It has been found that saline water can destroy the sensitized structure of bromelain and make it lose its toxicity to individual constitution. Therefore, when eating pineapple, you can first peel off the peel, remove the peel, and then cut open and soak in salt water for 10 minutes to destroy the allergenic structure of bromelain. In this way, the accidents of pineapple prion enzyme allergy can be reduced. At the same time, some organic acids can be decomposed in salt water, and the pineapple taste is sweeter. In addition, it is better to eat after meals to avoid the stimulation of bromelain on the gastrointestinal tract. Of course, the best way to prevent allergy is to avoid eating pineapple.