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What are the health care values of fruits?
All kinds of foods have special nutrition that the human body needs. Understanding and making good use of this nutrition will play a great role in people's health care. The following focuses on the nutritional components of some common fruits and their unique health care functions.

The health function of peach contains inorganic salts such as protein, fat, sugar, calcium, iron and phosphorus, especially iron, vitamin A, vitamin B, vitamin C, malic acid and citric acid. Peach is warm and sweet, and has the effects of promoting fluid production and promoting blood circulation, resolving food stagnation and moistening intestines, nourishing qi and blood, and moistening skin color. It is suitable for body fluid injury, intestinal dryness, constipation and other diseases, and can be used for the elderly.

The health function of watermelon The nutrition of watermelon is also the best among summer fruits. It contains fructose, glucose, sucrose, protein and a variety of essential amino acids, as well as vitamins A and B, vitamin C, potassium, calcium, iron, phosphorus and other minerals and cellulose. Watermelon is cold and sweet. It has the functions of relieving vexation and thirst, relieving summer heat, lowering qi by precipitation, relieving hangover and relieving sore throat. Can be used as food for adjuvant treatment of fever, dysphoria, thirst, aphtha, heatstroke, jaundice, edema, bloody dysentery, sore throat, reddish yellow urine, toothache due to wind and fire, etc.

Citrus Citrus is rich in β-carotene, which has a certain curative effect on infants suffering from night blindness, keratosis and developmental retardation, and is beneficial to children's growth and development and can improve immunity. Citrus contains more vitamin C, which can prevent scurvy. Some dietary fiber in citrus can inhibit amylase and reduce the formation of neutral fat, so eating more citrus can lose weight. Citrus can also lower cholesterol and help reverse atherosclerosis.

The health function of bananas Bananas, also known as bananas, are sweet and cold, and have the effects of clearing away heat and moistening intestines, moistening lungs and relieving alcoholism. Bananas are rich in nutrition, especially the potassium content is the highest among fruits. Potassium has a good effect on maintaining human cell function, acid-base balance in vivo and improving myocardial function. Therefore, as long as patients with hypertension and heart disease have good renal function, it is beneficial and harmless to eat bananas regularly.

Apple's health function Apple is one of the four major fruits, which is fragrant and nutritious, and can be eaten both fresh and processed. Apple is rich in nutrition: the sugar content is high, mainly fructose, reducing sugar and sucrose, which are easily absorbed and utilized by human body; It contains malic acid, aromatic alcohol and other organic acids, so the apple is sweet and sour, which can stimulate appetite and promote digestion and has a good health care function. Apple is called "memory fruit" because of its high zinc content. At the same time, zinc is an important factor in sexual maturity, so eating apples is also very beneficial to promote the growth and development of teenagers.

Nutritive value and health care function of dried fruits. Dried fruits smell fragrant and taste crisp. They are healthy foods with high nutritional value and are also the first choice for many families. Dried fruits are very nutritious. Most dried fruits contain more unsaturated fat than saturated fat to varying degrees. Unsaturated fat helps to remove cholesterol from the blood and is good for health. However, dried fruits are generally high in calories, and it is easy to get fat if you eat too much.

Health care function of common dried fruit almond: almond is a nutrient-intensive nut, which is rich in protein, carbohydrates, dietary fiber, monounsaturated fatty acids, vitamins and various minerals. Almonds not only contain no cholesterol, but also are rich in monounsaturated fatty acids, which can reduce the "harmful" cholesterol produced in the human body. Almond is one of the foods with the most antioxidant vitamin E and the highest vitamin E content in nuts.

Peanut: Peanuts are all treasures. Peanut kernel contains 18 amino acids, 8 of which are essential for human body and cannot be synthesized by itself, so peanut has the reputation of plant meat.

Pistachio nuts: Pistachio nuts are called "woody peanuts". They are rich in nutrients, including protein, vegetable fat, carbohydrates, inorganic salts, vitamins and various trace elements. It is recorded in Herbal Supplement that its fruits, skins, kernels and leaves have high therapeutic and health-care effects, and have peculiar curative effects on liver diseases, surgery, gynecology, dermatology, neurasthenia and infectious diseases.

Nutritional and Health Value of Rice The main components of rice are carbohydrates, protein, fat and cellulose, and it is also rich in other trace elements needed by human body.

Rice is warm, and has the effects of tonifying the middle energizer, quenching thirst and strengthening the spleen and stomach.

The content of lysine, phenylalanine, methionine and other essential amino acids in rice is higher than other grains, so its nutritional value is higher. The content of B vitamins is also very rich, which can generally meet the needs of human body. Rice soup is sweet in taste and flat in nature, and has the effects of benefiting qi, nourishing yin and moistening dryness.

The nutritional and health value of millet, also known as millet, is cultivated in many places in China. Li Shizhen in Ming Dynasty (Outline of Body Grass) recorded: "Millet smells salty. Slightly cold and non-toxic, it mainly nourishes kidney qi and removes heat from spleen and stomach. Yiqi. The old man is bitter and cold. Treat stomach heat to quench thirst and facilitate urination. " Its nature is sweet, ripe and slightly cold. Every 100g contains protein 9? 7 grams, fat 3? 5 grams, starch 72 ~ 76 grams, calcium 29 mg, phosphorus 240 mg, iron 4? 7~7? Eight milligrams. It has the medical effects of nourishing kidney qi, strengthening spleen and stomach, and clearing away deficiency and heat. Its nutritional value is high, the content of unit calorie, protein and fat is higher than that of wheat flour and rice, and it also contains calcium, iron, phosphorus and carotene, and the cellulose content is 8? 6%, only lower than oats, close to brown rice. Compendium of Materia Medica holds that drinking Xiaomi decoction "can enhance the function of small intestine and has the effect of nourishing the heart and calming the nerves." The layer of rice oil floating on the millet porridge is particularly nutritious. In the Qing Dynasty, Wang Shixiong said in the Diet Spectrum of Interesting Life that "rice oil can replace ginseng soup"

The nutritional and health care value of wheat is widely planted among residents in northern China, and wheat pasta is the staple food in many places. China ranks first in wheat production in the world. Wheat is rich in protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins and inorganic salts. Chinese medicine believes that there are many kinds of foods that can be made from wheat flour. Steaming can be made into steamed bread; Boiled like noodles; Bake like bread; Bake like a sesame seed cake; Fried like fritters or something. All kinds of production methods have their own unique flavor characteristics. For example, noodles are soft, smooth and palatable, steamed bread is fragrant, jiaozi is smooth outside and fragrant inside, while buns are soft and tender, and fritters are crispy outside and crispy inside.

The nutritional and health value of corn is one of the staple foods in daily life. Because each corn contains only 28 mg of sodium, it can provide nutrients such as protein, fiber, vitamin B6, folic acid, zinc and potassium, so it is known as the "golden vegetable".

In addition to the above nutrients, corn also contains magnesium ions. Magnesium can inhibit the spread of cancer cells, strengthen intestinal peristalsis, increase bile secretion and promote the elimination of the body. A large amount of glutamic acid has the function of strengthening the brain.

Although corn is rich in nutrition, it is not easily accepted by human body. Therefore, when cooking corn, a small amount of soybean flour or wheat flour should be added, so that the nutritional components of corn can be completely absorbed and utilized by the human body through complementary action.

Yellow corn can supplement the deficiency of vitamin A in human body and contribute to the health of eyesight. High content of vitamin E can regulate the production of platelet aggregation factor, improve the synthesis of anti-aggregation factor and prevent vascular aging.

Nutritional and Health Value of Beef Beef is another big meat food in China people's diet, second only to pork. According to statistics over the years, it accounts for about 7% of the total meat consumption on average. Beef is also an excellent high-protein food. Every100g of beef contains 20 kinds of protein? 1 g (about 3 more than pork? 3%, more than mutton 10%), containing fat 10? 2 grams (about less than pork 19%, less than mutton 18? About 6%), but also contains 7 mg of calcium, iron 0? 9 mg, phosphorus 170 mg and vitamin B0? 07 mg, vitamin B20? 15 mg, nicotinic acid 6 mg and a small amount of vitamin A. Beef has always been loved by people because of its low fat content, high protein content, delicious taste and easy digestion and absorption of nutrition. Many ethnic groups live on food and nutrition.

Nutritional and Health Value of Mutton Mutton is also one of the main meats eaten by people in China. Because sheep are herbivores, it is simple and convenient to raise, and the meat is tender and delicious. In addition, its wool can be used for weaving fabrics, and its milk can also be used for drinking. So it has always been loved by our people. Mutton is rich in nutrition. According to the analysis and determination, it contains high-quality complete protein 1 1? 1%, containing fat 28? 8%。 In addition, it also contains inorganic salts, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamins B, A and nicotinic acid. Mutton can also be cooked into many unique delicacies. For example, sauteed mutton with onion, instant-boiled mutton in hot pot, mutton skewers and so on. They are all very mellow.

Mutton is hot and sweet, and has always been a good product for nourishing yang, which can warm the middle warmer, dispel cold, warm qi and blood, stimulate appetite, strengthen the body, replenish qi and tonify senility.

Sheep blood contains protein 16%, which is salty and can stop bleeding and remove blood stasis. It is effective for hematemesis, nosebleeds, hematochezia and other diseases.

Sheep liver is rich in vitamins such as vitamin A, and the content of protein is twice that of mutton. Sheep liver can replenish blood, liver and eyesight. Eating sheep liver often can treat dizziness, night blindness and anemia caused by liver deficiency.

Sheep kidney is sweet and warm, can tonify kidney and kidney deficiency, benefit essence, and has a good effect on treating soreness of feet and knees and decline of yang.

Lamb tripe is sweet and warm, which can cure nausea and stop sweating, and has curative effects on chronic illness, fever of limbs, bed wetting due to lower abdomen, etc.

Sheep bile tastes bitter and cold, and has the effect of improving eyesight. After treatment, it can cure blindness, red eye and other diseases.