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Nutritional value of pitaya
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Pitaya, also known as red dragon fruit. Native to tropical Central America. Pitaya is rich in nutrition and unique in function. It contains plant albumin and anthocyanins, and is rich in vitamins and water-soluble dietary fiber, which are rare in general plants. Therefore, it is determined that it has the following unique functions:

Every hundred grams of pitaya pulp contains 83.75g of water, 0.34g of ash, 0.017g of crude fat, C5.22g of crude protein, 0.21g of crude fiber and 3.91g of carbohydrate. Calcium 6.3-8.8 mg, phosphorus 30.2-36. 1 mg, iron 0.55-0.65 mg, a large number of anthocyanins (the most abundant variety in red fruits), water-soluble dietary protein, plant albumin, etc.

The unique mucus of pitaya's branches and flowers, because of its extremely low osmotic pressure, contains a lot of nutrients and therapeutic substances, and has remarkable curative effect. Pitaya has the functions of preventing constipation, promoting eye health care, increasing bone density, helping cell membrane formation, preventing anemia and neuritis, angular stomatitis, reducing cholesterol, whitening skin, preventing dark spots, relieving heavy metal poisoning, resisting free radicals, preventing senile diseases, losing weight and preventing colorectal cancer. The latest research results show that the juice of pitaya and its branches has a positive effect on tumor growth, virus and immune response inhibition.