The efficacy and consumption of shiratana

Snow fruit is a very rare root fruit. It is sweet and juicy, with a crisp and tender taste. It looks similar to the sweet potato that people usually eat, but its nutritional value and efficacy are much higher than sweet potatoes. Snow fruit is only produced in some high-altitude and cold areas, and the domestic production is relatively small. Many people don’t know much about it, don’t know what its effects are, and don’t know how to eat it. Today, the editor will introduce some knowledge related to yacon.

Efficacy and function

1. Improve digestive function

Improving human digestive function is the main effect of snow fruit. This fruit not only contains a large amount of dietary fiber, it also contains a unique fructooligosaccharide. After being absorbed by the human body, it can promote digestion and absorption of intestinal movement. Moreover, this fructooligosaccharide can maintain the balance of human intestinal flora and can effectively reduce the occurrence of enteritis and diarrhea.

2. Clear away heat and detoxify

Snow fruit is cold in nature, can clear away heat and detoxify, protect the liver, and lower blood pressure. Eating more of this fruit can prevent facial acne, nourish the skin, and reduce wrinkles. Snow fruit also contains more than 20 kinds of amino acids that are beneficial to the human body, as well as some trace elements, such as iron, potassium, and selenium, which can promote human metabolism and improve human immunity.

How to eat

1. Eat fresh directly

Snow fruit is a fruit that can be eaten fresh. Usually, after people buy fresh snow fruit, they can use clean water to clean all the mud and sand on its surface, then use a peeling knife to remove its skin, cut it into pieces and eat it directly. If you don’t eat it directly after removing the skin, you need to soak it in water, otherwise it will react chemically with the oxygen in the air, causing its surface to turn black.

2. Make sugar water

Making yacon syrup is also one of its common ways to eat it. You can peel it and cut it into pieces, then add a dozen longans and a dozen red dates, put in an appropriate amount of rock sugar and water, and then turn on the fire to boil, then simmer over medium or low heat for about an hour, the sweet yacon syrup is ready, take it out and cool it down before eating.