Autumn is here, and the persimmons are turning red. It’s a good time to eat persimmons. Not only are persimmons delicious, they are rich in nutrients and have better health-care effects than apples and kiwis. Moderate intake can prevent cardiovascular disease, improve the body’s antioxidant capacity, and reduce the risk of cancer. Nutritionist Liu Wenzhang said that persimmon intake should not be excessive. In particular, diabetics or people with prediabetes should not eat more sweet persimmons.
Persimmon, native to Asia, is considered by Chinese medicine to be sweet in taste and cold in nature, and has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying. It can be used to moisten the lungs and quench thirst, relieve coughs, and improve constipation, diarrhea, hemorrhoids and high blood pressure. Persimmons have a round, red-orange appearance and look like tomatoes. After being introduced to the West, they were called the “fairy fruit” by the ancient Greeks. In recent years, Western research has found that persimmons can prevent heart disease, diabetes and cancer.
Persimmons have 3 major health benefits
Persimmons have many benefits:
1. Prevent cardiovascular disease
A study published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry found that persimmons are better than apples in preventing cardiovascular diseases such as arteriosclerosis, heart disease, myocardial infarction, and stroke. The main reason may be that Persimmons contain twice as much dietary fiber as apples, and have higher levels of potassium, magnesium, calcium, iron, manganese and other minerals than apples.
Shela Gorinstein, a researcher from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, said that persimmons contain a lot of fiber, polyphenols (Phenolics), micronutrients and minerals. Eating half a persimmon (about 100 grams) a day can achieve the desired results. Health benefits in preventing arteriosclerosis and cardiovascular disease.
2. Improve diabetes
Japan’s Toyo Institute of Food Science has conducted experiments on mice and found that persimmon peel extract can effectively improve insulin resistance, showing that persimmon has the ability to alleviate diabetes.
However, domestic nutritionist Liu Wenzhang said that there are two varieties of persimmons commonly eaten by ordinary people: “sweet persimmon” and “water persimmon.” Sweet persimmons are fully mature persimmons. The peel is edible, but the sugar in the pulp has been completely converted into simple sugars and is easily absorbed by the body. People with diabetes or prediabetes should not eat too much.
Sweet persimmons are fully mature persimmons. The peel is edible, but the sugar in the pulp has been completely converted into simple sugars and is easily absorbed by the body. People with diabetes or prediabetes should not eat too much.
The sugar in the pulp of persimmons will not be completely converted into simple sugars, making it more suitable for diabetics. However, the artificial ripening and astringency removal process uses lime, which easily remains on the surface of the peel and requires peeling before eating, so it is difficult to penetrate. By eating the peel, you can supplement the peel extract ingredients and concentration dosage indicated in the study.
It should be noted that the lime on the persimmon peel and the persimmon frost formed by drying the persimmon into cakes are both white in color, but the former is not edible, while the latter has traditional Chinese medicine health effects such as relieving coughs, resolving phlegm, and moisturizing the lungs.
3. Antioxidants help fight cancer
It is rumored that persimmon contains a large amount of catechins that can prevent cell oxidation and damage, flavonoids can prevent DNA mutations, and betulinic acid and persimmon acid can fight cancer tumors. However, nutritionist Liu Wenzhang said that compared with other food ingredients, the catechin content of persimmons is not high. In addition to the rich flavonoids, the most significant anti-cancer and anti-cancer effect is selenium. The concentration of the ingredient is about 6 times that of apples and kiwis.
It is rumored that persimmon contains a large amount of catechins that can prevent cell oxidation and damage, flavonoids can prevent DNA mutations, and betulinic acid and persimmon acid can fight cancer tumors.
[Health Tips]:
There are many benefits of eating persimmons in autumn, but nutritionist Liu Wenzhang reminds that persimmons, like other fruits, are excellent sources of antioxidant nutrients, but they should not be consumed excessively. You should consume a variety of fruits every day, with a total of 2 to 3 servings. , each serving is about the size of a fist.
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Source: Chinese Health Network
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2023-09-13 02:00:00
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