"An apple a day keeps the doctor away from me." In fact, it's true that apples are not only easy to buy and inexpensive, but also have good health functions, which can make people live longer as they eat more. Go and have a look!
1. Antidiarrhea
Because apples are rich in tannin, malic acid, organic acid, pectin and cellulose, which have astringent effects, and pectin and cellulose can absorb bacteria and toxins in the body, they can benefit the intestines and stop diarrhea. Just eat an apple on an empty stomach every morning and evening, and it will work; For the treatment of watery diarrhea, use a moderate amount of semi mature apples to boil with water, and then eat the soup.
2. Defecate
The organic acid and cellulose in apples can promote intestinal peristalsis, make stools soft and easy to excrete, so eating apples can promote defecation and treat dry stools. The apple should be roasted and eaten.
3. Improvement gestation reaction
For women with pregnancy reaction, eating apples can not only supplement calories, vitamins, etc., but also adjust the balance of water, salt and electrolyte, and prevent acidosis caused by frequent vomiting.
4. Prevention hypertension
Apples contain more potassium and less sodium. The potassium in apples can combine with the excess sodium in the body to expel it from the body. Therefore, it is good for patients with hypertension to eat apples or drink apple juice regularly. In recent years, medical researchers in Europe, America, Japan and other countries have proved that apples can reduce cholesterol in the blood just like lipid-lowering drugs. And they believe that because apples do not contain cholesterol, they can promote cholesterol excretion from bile; In addition, apples contain a lot of pectin, which can prevent cholesterol absorption in the intestine; Acetic acid decomposed from apples in the intestine is beneficial to cholesterol metabolism and can reduce coronary heart disease Occurrence and induction of heart disease 。 It can be seen that apples are really ideal fruits for middle-aged and elderly people, especially those with high cholesterol.
For the treatment of hypertension, 300-400 grams of apples can be eaten every week on apple days instead of other foods. After five apple days, the blood pressure can be reduced. Later, it will be decided whether to continue the next treatment depending on the blood pressure.
5. Enhances appetite and benefits baby growth
The soluble phosphorus and iron contained in apples are easy to digest and absorb, beneficial to the growth and development of infants, and can also prevent infants rickets Occurrence of.
6. Lose weight
Since apples contain a large amount of vitamins and malic acid, which can promote the decomposition of fat accumulated in the body, regular consumption of apples can prevent obesity. Those with too much fat need to eat some sour apples.
According to foreign research, each apple day can reduce the weight of obese people by 0.5kg~1kg. In the apple day, 1500 grams of fresh apples are eaten in six times, that is, 250 grams each time. A course of treatment is 18 apple days.
7. Prevention anemia
Eating apples often can also increase hemoglobin and make the skin white, red and tender. Therefore, for anemia patients, eating apples can play a role in auxiliary treatment. Apple can be eaten raw or roasted to treat anemia.
8. Prevent aging
The calcium and vitamin E contained in apples have the effect of diuresis and beauty, and can help prevent aging.
9. Prevention diabetes
The pectin contained in apples can prevent the increase of cholesterol and reduce the content of blood sugar. Proper consumption of apples has a certain effect on the prevention and treatment of diabetes. To treat diabetes, it is advisable to eat sour apples.
10. Enhance memory
Apple is not only rich in sugar, vitamins, minerals and other nutrients necessary for the brain, but more importantly, it is rich in zinc. According to research, zinc is a component of many important enzymes in the human body and a key element to promote growth and development. Zinc deficiency in human body will have adverse effects on memory.
