Efficacy and function of pitaya
1, beauty fitness
Among vitamin C fruits, pitaya contains good vitamin C, which can provide people with vitamin C very well. Vitamin C is an antioxidant, which has a strong antioxidant effect, can eliminate human oxygen free radicals and protect people's skin health and physical health.
2, protect the stomach, help digestion
Pitaya is rich in cellulose, in which water-soluble dietary fiber is very rich, which can promote intestinal peristalsis and has the effect of moistening intestines and relaxing bowels. Eating pitaya regularly can prevent constipation. The sesame-like seeds in pitaya are actually beneficial to human gastrointestinal digestion.
In addition, pitaya is rich in plant albumin, which is rare in fruits and vegetables, and this substance has a good protective effect on the stomach wall. At the same time, it will automatically combine with heavy metal ions in the human body, thus playing the role of detoxification.
3. Prevention of Alzheimer's disease
Pitaya is rich in anthocyanins, especially red pitaya. Anthocyanin is an obvious and rare antioxidant with antioxidant, anti-free radical and anti-aging effects, which can resist the aging problem of human beings after eating. It also has the functions of inhibiting the degeneration of brain cells and preventing dementia.
4, cancer prevention, anti-tumor
Pitaya is rich in water-soluble dietary fiber and other nutrients, which can reduce the content of harmful cholesterol in human blood and prevent constipation and colon cancer. Pitaya meat plays an active role in inhibiting tumor growth, virus infection and immune response.
In addition, we all know that pitaya can be divided into red heart and white heart. The biggest difference of red pitaya is that it contains higher anthocyanins, and other nutrients and effects are similar.