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What needs to be cooked is not grapefruit pulp, but grapefruit skin. 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 exert its greatest effect. Slice the soft white part in the middle of pomelo peel, boil it in warm water for 10 minutes, and then make tea with honey, and the nutrients in it will begin to play a role in the body.

apple

The pectin contained in it has a good detoxification effect and can be used with dietary fiber to clean the intestines. Pectin will become more stable after heating, and it also has the function of "absorbing intestinal bacteria and toxins". The content of polyphenols natural antioxidants in apples will increase greatly after heating. Polyphenols can not only reduce blood sugar, blood lipid, inhibit free radicals, resist oxidation, inflammation and sterilization, but also inhibit the increase of plasma cholesterol and eliminate free radicals in the body. Apple's vitamin C content is very low, so it's not a pity to eat it cooked. Beneficial components such as potassium, pectin, chlorogenic acid and flavonoids can still be retained after heating. The taste will turn sour after boiling. Just add less water and more dates to make it sweet. It is also good to eat apples steamed and baked, or chopped and mixed in pancakes, all of which are delicious.

Cherry tomato

The content of lycopene will increase rapidly after heating, thus improving the nutritional value of tomato and enhancing its overall antioxidant capacity. The contents of lycopene and antioxidant can be increased by 54% and 28% respectively as long as they are heated for two minutes (boiling in water or microwave).

pear

Pears can moisten the lungs and relieve cough, but pears are cold. Eating raw pears in cold weather will make you feel colder. Ripe pears remove the coldness, the pear skin will become slightly bitter, and the effect of drying and moistening the lungs will be completely released. Lignin in pear seeds originally belongs to insoluble fiber, but it will dissolve in the intestine after heating, and harmful cholesterol will be taken out of the body. "Rock sugar Sydney" is the most common cooking method of Sydney. Remove the core from Sydney and cut into small pieces. Cook for half an hour with appropriate cold water and rock sugar. Pear can moisten lung, promote fluid production, clear away heat and resolve phlegm.

orange

Orange peel contains narcotine and orange peel oil, which has antitussive and expectorant effects. These two ingredients will only come out of the orange peel after cooking. Especially suitable for children with chronic cough. The steaming method is: wash the orange without peeling, cut a knife at the top of the orange, sprinkle a little salt on the exposed pulp, poke holes in the pulp with chopsticks to let the salt penetrate into the pulp, then cover the cut orange again, fix it with a toothpick, put it in a bowl, put it in a steamer without adding water, and steam for 15 minutes after the water is boiled. Eat only the pulp and juice at the bottom of the bowl, not the skin.