However, in the cold winter, the fruit is too cold. Some people who are afraid of the cold always feel uncomfortable after eating it. They want to cook the fruit, but they are worried that they will lose a lot of nutrition. What can we do?
Generally speaking, eating fruit directly can really avoid the loss of nutrients during heating, such as vitamin C, which is easily destroyed by heating. Therefore, fruits rich in vitamin C include kiwifruit, strawberry and grape. It would be better to eat it raw.
However, it should be noted that not all fruits have high vitamin C content, and apples, pears and other fruits lose little nutrition after cooking. On the contrary, cooked food can also soften dietary fiber and reduce the irritation to the stomach, especially suitable for people with poor physique and weak digestive function.
Pomelo: Pomelo peel is a treasure of nutrient accumulation. Pomelo peel contains flavonoids such as naringin and rutin, which has antioxidant effect, can reduce blood viscosity, lose weight and resist aging. When it enters the body after heating, it will be more active and play its greatest role.
Health recommendation: stewed grapefruit with rock sugar. Practice: Take 2~3 pieces of grapefruit, remove the core and leave the skin, put them in a stew, add appropriate amount of water and a small amount of rock sugar, and steam for one clock.
Oranges: There are two components in orange peel that have the functions of relieving cough and resolving phlegm, one is narcotine and the other is orange peel oil. These two ingredients will only come out of the orange peel after cooking, which is especially suitable for people with chronic cough.
Health recommendation: steamed oranges with salt. Practice: Wash the orange and remove the top, poke it with chopsticks a few times, sprinkle a small amount of salt evenly on the orange meat, then fix the orange top with a toothpick and put it in a bowl. Steam in the pot for about 10 minutes, peel and eat the pulp with steamed water.
Apples: Apples contain more pectin. Eating them raw can effectively absorb the waste in the intestine and relieve constipation. But apples can be used to relieve diarrhea symptoms after being cooked, which is easier to digest. In addition, when apples are cooked and eaten, the polyphenol content can be increased, and the antioxidant capacity is stronger, which is helpful for protecting blood vessels, controlling blood pressure and blood sugar, and diminishing inflammation and sterilization.
Health recommendation: apple jujube soup. Practice: Take 1 apple and1jujube. Wash, remove the core, cut into pieces, put into a pot, add 800 ml of water, cook for 20~30 minutes, and season with rock sugar or brown sugar after the ingredients become soft.
Hawthorn: Hawthorn has the effects of promoting digestion, invigorating stomach, promoting qi circulation, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Flavonoids contained in hawthorn can relax peripheral blood vessels, lower blood pressure, dilate coronary artery, reduce blood lipid and strengthen heart. However, hawthorn contains a lot of organic acids, fruit acids and so on. , causing adverse irritation to the gastric mucosa. After cooking, the fruit acid is converted, which reduces the irritation to the stomach.
Health recommendation: hawthorn brown sugar soup. Practice: After the hawthorn is washed and pitted, pour water to boil, turn to low heat for about 20 minutes, and finally add appropriate amount of brown sugar to taste.
Pear: Sydney is cold, and eating too much hurts the spleen and stomach. However, when the cooked pear cools, the pear skin will become slightly bitter, and the effect of drying and moistening the lungs will be completely released.
Stewed Sydney with Chili: moistening lung and relieving cough. Practice: Wash the pear, cut the top and remove the core in the middle, add 10 pepper, cover the pear and fix it with a toothpick, then stew the pear in a bowl for 30 minutes.