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What is the chemical composition of pitaya peel?
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:

1. Detoxification and protection of stomach wall; 2. Anti-aging, prevent brain cells from degenerating, and inhibit the occurrence of dementia; 3. Whitening and skin care; 4. Lose weight, lower blood sugar, moisten intestines to relieve constipation, prevent large intestine, prevent colorectal cancer, etc. Pitaya juice is sweet and delicious. Besides fresh food, it can also be used for brewing wine, canning and making jam. Flowers can be dried and made into vegetables, and their colors can be extracted from food pigments.

Pitaya, also known as immortal fruit and auspicious fruit, has high economic value and integrates fruit, flowers, vegetables and medicine. It is not only edible for fruits, but also has high nutritional value and delicious taste, and has become a new and excellent green health food.

Pitaya has unique requirements for environmental conditions. It can be planted in shallow hills and mountains with no pollution and convenient irrigation and drainage.

Pitaya is divided into three categories: red skin and white meat, red skin and red meat and yellow skin and white meat. Due to the variety and geographical differences, there are many names. In Taiwan Province Province, red meat pitaya includes Lotus Red Dragon, John Lone, Rose Red Dragon, Xianglong, Xianglong, Zhu Long and Tianlong. White meat varieties are often called white honey, fairy honey fruit and white meat dragon fruit. In other Asian regions, it is usually called red pitaya and green pitaya. In English-speaking countries in Central America or Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries, all cactus fruits are called pitaya or pitaya, and pitaya is pitaya.

Pitaya has an excellent effect on human health, because it contains plant albumin and anthocyanin, rich vitamins and water-soluble dietary fiber, which are rare in general plants. Albumin is a viscous colloidal substance, which has detoxification effect on heavy metal poisoning. Due to the neglect of environmental protection, various water resources are polluted by heavy metals, and the content of heavy metals in drinking water and food exceeds the standard. However, when albumin meets heavy metal ions in the human body, it will combine with them and then be excreted, which plays a role in detoxification. So eating pitaya rich in albumin can avoid the absorption and poisoning of heavy metal ions. Albumin also has a protective effect on the stomach wall. Moreover, the albumin in the flowers, fruits and stems of pitaya is excellent and stable, and the polymerization of these albumin constitutes the main component of cactus mucus.

Pitaya also contains a more special ingredient-anthocyanin. Grape skins, red beets and other fruits and vegetables all contain anthocyanins, but the content of anthocyanins in pitaya is the highest, especially in red meat fruits. It has antioxidant, anti-free radical and anti-aging effects, and can also improve the prevention of brain cell degeneration and inhibit the occurrence of dementia. At the same time, pitaya also contains vitamin C for whitening skin and rich water-soluble dietary fiber, which has the functions of losing weight, lowering blood sugar, moistening intestines and preventing colorectal cancer.

Cut it open and peel it off. You can eat it. Eating is a bit like bananas. Pitaya is a low-sugar fruit with beauty beauty effect, which is very suitable for women to eat.