The benefits of eating salt-pickled plums

Sour plum is a common fruit produced in southern China. It matures in large quantities in June and July every year, but the shelf life of this fruit is relatively short after it matures. People like to make it into sour plum sauce or soak it into sour plum wine for long-term storage. In fact, in addition to these ways of eating sour plums in the south, you can also pickle them with salt. After pickling, you can eat them directly or soak them in water. It is said that this can make the health benefits of sour plums more outstanding. So what are the specific effects of salt-pickled sour plums?

The efficacy and function of salt-pickled sour plums

1. Anti-inflammatory and sterilizing

Sour plums are a healthy fruit with anti-inflammatory effects. After being pickled with salt, their effects can be better exerted. They can eliminate salmonella, Staphylococcus aureus and streptococci in the human body, prevent the growth of inflammation in the human body, and also make the inflammation disappear as soon as possible. When people have diseases such as pharyngitis, tracheitis and enteritis, eating more salt-pickled sour plums can quickly alleviate the symptoms.

2. Improve digestion

Removing greasiness and promoting digestion of salt is one of the important functions of hydrochloric acid enzyme. Usually, people can eat some salt-pickled sour plums after eating greasy foods such as fish and meat. It can speed up the decomposition and metabolism of fat in the human body, promote the secretion of digestive juice in the stomach and intestines, promote gastrointestinal motility, improve gastrointestinal digestive function, and speed up their digestion and absorption of food in the body.

3. Promote calcium absorption

Salt-pickled plums are rich in minerals and organic acids, which can accelerate the body's absorption of trace element calcium after being absorbed by the human body. Regular consumption can promote bone development, improve bone toughness and density. It can promote physical development for teenagers, while eating salt-pickled plums can prevent osteoporosis for middle-aged and elderly people. However, salt-pickled plums are suitable for elderly people with high blood pressure, otherwise it will aggravate the symptoms of high blood pressure.

4. Delaying aging

Salt-pickled sour plums can also delay human aging. It not only supplements the human body with rich nutrition, but also regulates the human endocrine system and accelerates the production of parotid hormone in the human body. This substance is an important anti-aging ingredient. It not only improves the activity of human tissue cells, but also purifies blood diseases. It can improve the toughness and elasticity of blood vessels, delay the aging of the human body and improve human physical fitness, which is of great benefit to maintaining human health.