7 nutritional values ​​of dragon fruit

Many people love to eat dragon fruit. Those who love to eat dragon fruit should pay attention to learn about the 7 nutritional values ​​of dragon fruit!

Dragon fruit is rich in nutrients

, has unique functions and has excellent effects on human health. It contains plant albumin and anthocyanins, rich vitamins and water-soluble dietary fiber that are rare in general plants. Albumin is a viscous, colloidal substance that has a detoxifying effect on heavy metal poisoning. Due to the lack of attention paid to the treatment and recycling of industrial wastewater and waste, various water resources have been seriously polluted by heavy metals. In addition to direct drinking water poisoning, humans are also prone to poisoning when they ingest excessive heavy metal content in food. When albumin encounters heavy metal ions in the human body, it will automatically combine with the heavy metal ions and be excreted from the body by the excretion system, playing a detoxifying role. Therefore, eating pitaya rich in albumin can avoid poisoning caused by the absorption of heavy metal ions. Albumin also has a protective effect on the stomach wall. Moreover, the albumin in pitaya flowers, fruits, and stems is very good and has excellent stability. The aggregation of these albumins constitutes the main component of cactus mucus.

In addition to rich albumin, pitaya also has a more special ingredient - anthocyanin. Anthocyanin is found in fruits and vegetables such as grape skin and red beets, but the content of anthocyanin in pitaya is the highest, especially in the red flesh fruit. 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 that whitens the skin and rich water-soluble dietary fiber that has the effect of losing weight, lowering blood sugar and moisturizing the intestines, and preventing colorectal cancer.

pitaya

It is a plant of the cactus family, native to Central America, and has high economic value. It combines "fruit", "flower", "vegetable", "health care" and "medicine" into one, and is called a priceless treasure. In traditional Latin American festivals, pitaya is a must-have "sacred fruit".

Appearance and color: Pitaya is the king of fruits, with an olive-shaped fruit shape and bright red skin. The weight of a single fruit is about 800 grams.

There are three new varieties of pitaya: red flesh, red skin and yellow flesh. The red flesh pitaya is the best. The flesh is sweet but not greasy, light and slightly fragrant, with a sweetness of 16-18 degrees, which is better than watermelon. From the perspective of its structure, eating method and taste, it can be called "tree watermelon".

Nutritional Information:

Pitaya is rich in nutrients. Every 100 grams of pitaya pulp contains 83.75 grams of water, 0.34 grams of ash, 0.17 grams of crude fat, 0.62 grams of crude protein, 1.21 grams of crude fiber, 13.91 grams of carbohydrates, 5.22 grams of vitamin C, 2.83 grams of fructose, 7.83 grams of glucose, 6.3-8.8 milligrams of calcium, 30.2-36.1 milligrams of phosphorus, 0.55-0.65 milligrams of iron and a large amount of anthocyanins (most abundant in red flesh fruit varieties), water-soluble dietary protein, plant albumin, etc. The soluble solids content is 12%-13%.