(A) the nutritional value of grapefruit

Pomelo has a high nutritional value, and it is rich in protein, sugar, organic acids, provitamin A, B 1, B2, C, P, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium and other nutrients, which is incomparable to other fruits. Every 100g of grapefruit contains 57mg of vitamin, which is 10 times higher than that of pear and greatly exceeds that of other fruits. Protein 0.7g, fat 0.6g, Cal 57k and calcium 5 19mg.

Grapefruit not only has high nutritional value, but also has the effects of invigorating stomach, moistening lung, enriching blood, clearing bowel and relaxing bowels, which can promote wound healing and has a good auxiliary effect on septicemia. In addition, grapefruit contains glucocorticoids, a physiologically active substance, which can reduce blood viscosity and reduce the formation of thrombosis, so it also has a good preventive effect on cerebrovascular diseases, such as cerebral thrombosis and stroke. Fresh pomelo meat is an ideal food for diabetic patients because it contains insulin-like components. Motherland medicine also believes that grapefruit is sweet and sour, cold in nature, and has the effects of regulating qi and resolving phlegm, moistening lung and clearing intestine, enriching blood and strengthening spleen, which can cure anorexia, light mouth and indigestion, help digestion, resolve phlegm and quench thirst, regulate qi and disperse stagnation.

(B) the impact of grapefruit on health

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that grapefruit is sweet and sour, cold and non-toxic, and has the functions of invigorating qi, moistening lung and clearing intestine, enriching blood and strengthening spleen. Fresh pomelo meat contains insulin-like components, which have the function of lowering blood sugar and are very beneficial to patients with diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Can cure anorexia, anorexia, dyspepsia and other symptoms. Regular food has the functions of helping digestion, resolving phlegm, quenching thirst, regulating qi and relieving depression.

In addition, grapefruit has the effects of invigorating stomach and spleen, moistening lung and enriching blood, clearing intestine and relaxing bowels, which can promote wound healing and has a good curative effect on septicemia. Modern medicine also found that grapefruit has the effects of preventing cerebral thrombosis, resisting cancer and losing weight, and is most suitable for middle-aged and elderly people.

Grapefruit contains bioactive substances such as naringin and hesperidin. Naringin can reduce the viscosity of blood circulation and reduce the formation of thrombus. If middle-aged and elderly people suffer from cerebrovascular diseases, eating grapefruit often helps to prevent the occurrence of stroke. Grapefruit contains a lot of vitamin C and calcium, which helps to prevent the occurrence of intestinal cancer and gastric cancer.

Second, the six functions and wonderful uses of grapefruit peel

1, grapefruit peel boiled water in the treatment of pneumonia in children.

After eating grapefruit, leave the skin to dry, put it in a pot and boil it with water (the decoction pieces should not be too small, otherwise the efficacy will be reduced, but it should not be too large), and the water should not be too much (like decocting Chinese medicine). After cooking several times, pour the cooked soup into a bowl for the children to drink, and it will be fine after drinking several times.

2, grapefruit peel boiled water to treat frostbite

Boil water with dried grapefruit skin. When it is very thick, use this water to hot compress the frostbite, but avoid breaking the skin. Pay attention to the temperature of hot compress. At first, the temperature of the towel should not be too hot, but it can be shaken with hot air. After getting used to frostbite, gradually increase the temperature. When the temperature is the highest, take the towel out of the pot and apply it directly. This method requires patience and long-term persistence (even if it is cured, it is best to persist until the end of this winter), which can promote the recovery of frostbite and effectively prevent the recurrence or reduction in the coming year. If there is no broken skin at the frostbite, you can add some dried peppers. It is best to use the pot and towel separately. Boiled water does not need to be changed, but it should be boiled every time. Adding new water must prolong the boiling time.

3. Pickled grapefruit candy

Method: Peel off the outer skin and pay attention to the blue ones, otherwise it will be a bit bitter. Then cut it into strips horizontally, paying attention to cutting it thinner. Scald it with boiling water, then soak it in cold water for a day or two and change the water once or twice. When changing water, pay attention to squeeze the water out of the skin first, and then put it into new water (this will remove the bitterness). After a day or two, squeeze the skin out of the water and dry it a little. Then cook some sugar, cook it like water (you can put some in it if you want to eat spicy food), and put the skin in it and cook it together for a while. In this way, the grapefruit candy is ready.

4. Grapefruit is "brewed"

The method is similar to the above, except that the skin is cut into three or four pieces to form a triangle, and then each piece is carefully cut into a small mouth with a knife, and the prepared stuffing is put in (this stuffing can be used to make tofu according to everyone's taste). I remember it was boiled in boiling water, soaked in cold water for a day or two, squeezed out the water and brewed again. Just cook it again.

5, can prevent insects

Tear off the white tendons inside, put them in a ventilated place to dry, and then dry the water. Put it in a bag with a small hole, which can be placed in the corner of a wardrobe or a rice bucket to prevent mosquitoes.

6, grapefruit skin soaking feet, anti-inflammatory and itching treatment of athlete's foot.

The effect of foot washing with grapefruit peel soup is particularly good for beriberi. Fry the grapefruit skin in water and soak your feet. Relieve itching, diminish inflammation and heal wounds. Try it. no problem The benefits of plants to human beings are both food and medicine.

Three or five delicious ways to eat grapefruit peel

1, white sugar grapefruit peel

Ingredients: 1 pomelo peel, appropriate amount of rock sugar, appropriate amount of sugar and a little water. Practice: Whiten the grapefruit skin, wash it and soak it in salt water for 30 minutes. Drain the grapefruit peel, cut it into strips, put it in a pot and marinate it with sugar for 2 days. Put the pickled grapefruit peel into a pot, add rock sugar and water. Cook until it is thick. Let the grapefruit skin cool, then pour in the sugar and stir well.

2. Cold grapefruit skin

Raw materials: grapefruit peel, water, oil, lobster sauce, salt, soy sauce, sugar, pepper powder, garlic powder and monosodium glutamate. Practice: peel off the green layer outside the grapefruit skin, slice the white part, add water to boil for 1-2 minutes, remove and cool, and squeeze out the water; Open another oil pan, there is more oil than cooking. Stir-fry lobster sauce, pour grapefruit peel and oil together, add salt, light soy sauce, white sugar, pepper, fresh minced garlic, Jiang Mo and monosodium glutamate, and mix well (if it is too dry, add some cold water). After the grapefruit peel is mixed, put it in a box and refrigerate it. The cool grapefruit skin can be preserved for 2-3 weeks without deterioration.

3. Braised grapefruit skin

Ingredients: honey pomelo peel 200g, green pepper, soy sauce, refined salt, sugar, raw flour and peanut oil. Practice: First, peel off the yellow skin of grapefruit, leaving the white cotton wool in the inner layer, cut and soak for 2 or 3 hours to remove the bitterness. Shred green and red peppers for later use. Stir-fried shredded pork in a hot oil pan changes color. Stir-fry grapefruit skin. Seasoning, soy sauce, sugar, and appropriate amount of salt are put according to personal taste. Add enough seasoning and water and stir well. Pour seasoning and water into the pot. Cover the pot and simmer. Cook grapefruit until the skin is soft and the body is soft, and add shredded pepper. Stir-fry until the shredded pepper changes color.

4. Stir-fried grapefruit skin

Ingredients: shredded ginger, grapefruit peel, garlic, dried pepper (according to personal taste), soy sauce, sugar, pepper, chicken essence, salt. Practice: Peel grapefruit and cut the epidermis into pieces. Soak in clear water for several hours. Cook in a pot for about twenty minutes. Pick up the grapefruit skin, drain it and cut it into small pieces. (Because the skin of grapefruit will swell when boiled) Heat a pot, pour oil (a little more oil), add shredded ginger, shredded garlic and shredded dried Chili (according to personal taste), and the fragrance will come out in generate. Add grapefruit peel and stir fry. Stir-fry evenly, pour in seasoning and stir-fry for a while, add a small amount of boiling water to cover the pot and stew for a few minutes. After the water is boiled and fried, the grapefruit skin looks soft and rotten, so you can turn off the fire and serve it.

5.honey grapefruit tea

Ingredients: grapefruit peel, grapefruit pulp, honey. Salt and sugar. Practice: Remove the white part of the grapefruit skin. Cut filaments. Peel the grapefruit pulp. Grapefruit peel filaments are pickled with salt, and bitter taste can be removed with a lot of salt. Rub by hand and marinate for more than 30 minutes. Wash and shred the pickled grapefruit peel, air dry, add sugar, mix well, and continue to pickle with sugar for at least 30 minutes. Put the pickled grapefruit peel into the pot and pour it into boiling water for slow cooking. Add the same sugar or rock sugar as grapefruit peel, and the water amount is twice as much as grapefruit peel. Slow cooking with small fire is a long process. It basically takes more than 2 hours. When the water in the pot is less than half, put half of grapefruit pulp into the pot and stir. Continue to cook, and then the color of the grapefruit skin in the pot will darken and produce gum, so you can turn off the fire. At this time, put the other half of the pulp into the pot, cover the pot, naturally cool, scoop in honey and mix well. The amount of honey can be adjusted according to personal taste, and then put into a container for sealed preservation.