Red hearts contain more sugar. The difference between white pitaya and red pitaya is mainly the origin and sugar content. Red pitaya is sweeter and tastes better than white pitaya because of its high sugar content. In contrast, white-hearted pitaya tastes worse. Friends who don't like to eat too sweet food can choose white-hearted pitaya to eat.
How to choose pitaya?
1, look at the color of pitaya.
The redder the surface of pitaya, the easier it is to cook. The green part should be bright, otherwise it will turn yellow, indicating that the pitaya is not fresh.
2. Weigh the pitaya.
When choosing pitaya, you should weigh more, pick a few more, and pick the heaviest pitaya. This kind of juice is fleshy and delicious.
3. According to the shape of pitaya
Choose chubby short pitaya, not long and thin, not sweet, with little moisture and not delicious.
4. According to the maturity of pitaya
Don't choose cooked or raw, neither tastes good. You can pinch it gently with your hand and press it. If it is soft, it means that the pitaya is ripe. If it's hard, it means the pitaya is still alive. It is best to choose a moderate hardness.
5. Look at the smoothness of pitaya skin.
When selecting pitaya, if its skin is smooth and fresher, the pulp will be more delicious.
6. Look at the root of pitaya
Before selecting pitaya, carefully observe whether its roots are rotten. Don't rot the fresh and delicious pitaya roots.
Pitaya effect:
1, often eat pitaya to prevent Alzheimer's disease.
Pitaya is a kind of healthy fruit which is most suitable for middle-aged and elderly people. This fruit is rich in anthocyanins and trace element selenium, which is a natural antioxidant component, and can effectively remove free radicals accumulated in the human body, improve the activity of human brain cells and prevent brain cells from degenerating. Regular consumption can reduce the incidence of Alzheimer's disease.
2. Eating pitaya can remove heavy metals from the body.
People often eat some contaminated food without knowing it, which will make the body absorb excessive heavy metals, and these substances can not be metabolized out of the body in time, which will induce diseases after a long time. However, if you usually eat more pitaya to absorb viscous plant albumin, this substance can accelerate the decomposition and metabolism of heavy metals in the human body and make these harmful substances excreted as soon as possible.
3. Eat pitaya to whiten and freckle.
People usually eat more pitaya, and they can also absorb rich vitamin C. This substance can inhibit the production of melanin in human body, dilute the color spots, and can play a certain whitening role if eaten frequently. In addition, the vitamins and minerals contained in pitaya, as well as anthocyanins and other nutrients, can nourish the skin, delay skin aging, increase skin elasticity and reduce wrinkles.
4, often eat pitaya to lose weight and fitness.
Nowadays, women want to have a slim and beautiful figure, but drugs to lose weight are too harmful to the body. In fact, eating more pitaya is the healthiest way to lose weight in life. It is rich in water-soluble fiber. After entering the human body, this substance can absorb water and expand, which can increase the body's satiety and reduce the body's intake of other foods. But also can promote the metabolism of the body and accelerate the excretion of endotoxin. It can supplement nutrition for human body and play an important role in losing weight while maintaining normal body function.