What are the nutritional effects and functions of winter jujube? Which vitamin C is more, winter jujube or lemon? In our daily life, winter jujube is a common food with good health care function. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that winter jujube "nourishes the heart and calms the nerves", while modern medicine believes that winter jujube has the function of protecting the liver and preventing and treating cardiovascular diseases. Winter jujube is rich in aspartic acid, threonine and other amino acids needed by human body, with a total content of 0.985 mg/100 g. The proportion of protein in winter jujube is 1.65%, dietary fiber is 2.3%, flavonoids is 0.26%, and vitamin C is also rich.

Function and efficacy of nutritional components in winter jujube

Protect the liver

Winter jujube is rich in glycogen and vitamin C, and its unique component cyclic adenosine phosphate plays a vital role in alleviating the harm of various organic chemicals to the kidney. Cyclic adenosine monophosphate can also promote the production of egg white in the liver, which has a good auxiliary effect on cirrhosis and early cirrhosis.

Prevention of cardiovascular diseases

Winter jujube is rich in vitamins, including vitamin C, vitamin P, vitamin A and vitamin E. Potassium, sodium, iron, copper and other nutrients in winter jujube can strengthen capillaries and improve the ductility of blood vessel walls, which is of great benefit to prevent arteriosclerosis. Winter jujube is also rich in rutin, so it can prevent myocardial infarction, hypertension and other diseases, and has a very full auxiliary role.

Regulate immunity

Dongzao has the effects of improving myocardial contractility, maintaining coronary artery and lowering cholesterol. Winter jujube contains sufficient components such as cyclic adenosine monophosphate, which is the main physiologically active substance involved in various physiological activities of human body.

Which vitamin C is more, winter jujube or lemon?

When it comes to vitamin C supplementation, many people think of eating lemons. The vitamin C content of lemon is not very high, about 23mg per100g. The biggest feature of winter jujube is its extremely high vitamin C content, which reaches 380-600 mg per 100 g of fruit (vitamin C supplementation can generally give 60 mg), which is 70 times that of fruit and 0/6 times that of orange.

According to the reference supply of dietary nutrients for Chinese residents, the daily vitamin supply for adults must be 100mg. Taking the experimental winter jujube as an example, the net weight of two winter jujubes is 42.5 g, and the converted vitamin C content is 105mg, which has reached the daily requirement of adults.

Many people don't eat lemons directly, but like to soak them in water. So the experimenter simulated the common method of preparing lemonade: cut two lemons, soak them in 500ml warm water for 10 minute, and take water samples to detect the content of vitamin C. The results showed that the content of vitamin C was only 0.55 mg/ 100 g. ..