The benefits of eating grapefruit
food therapy
1. Naringin and hesperidin, which have antibacterial and antiviral effects, can inhibit the growth of Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Shigella and Salmonella typhi in vitro. Naringin can inhibit yeast and fungi, and has preventive and protective effects on virus-infected mice. Naringin and hesperidin in grapefruit are similar to other flavonoids and have anti-inflammatory effects. 2, lowering blood sugar In fresh grapefruit juice, it contains insulin-like ingredients, which can lower blood sugar and is a good diet for patients with diabetes and obesity.
3. antispasmodic and enhance the effect of vitamin C. Naringin contained in grapefruit has obvious antispasmodic effect. However, pomelo peel and hesperidin can improve blood cell coagulation and decrease capillary resistance in vitamin C deficient mice.
4. The outer skin of expectorant and cough-relieving sleeves is a commonly used Chinese medicine exocarpium citri grandis. The limonene and pinene contained in it can dilute respiratory secretions after inhalation, which is beneficial to the discharge of sputum. It has good expectorant and antitussive effects, and is a good product for the treatment of chronic cough and asthma in the elderly.
Healthy diet
1. grapefruit stewed chicken 1 grapefruit (overwintering in the next year is preferred) and 1 rooster (about 500g). Slaughter the chicken first and wash it according to the usual method; Then peel the grapefruit and take the meat, put it into the chicken's stomach, add some water, steam it in water, and the chicken will eat the soup. Weekly 1 time, three times in a row. The chicken has the effects of warming middle warmer, invigorating qi, invigorating lung, reducing qi, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, and is suitable for cough and asthma attack due to lung deficiency.
2. Grapefruit juice honey cream 5-8 grapefruit, 500ml honey, rock sugar 100g, ginger juice 10ml. Peel grapefruit, remove the core and wring juice, fry with slow fire until it becomes thick, add honey, rock sugar and ginger juice, cook until it becomes paste, cool and bottle for later use. Every time 1 spoon, take it with boiling water twice a day. The ointment has the effects of warming middle warmer, regulating qi, regulating stomach and stopping vomiting, and is suitable for nausea and vomiting during pregnancy and stomach pain.
Special tips
Grapefruit is cold, and people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold eat less; Exocarpium Citri Grandis is warm and dry, which is not suitable for people with yin deficiency and dry cough.
3. There are 1 ripe grapefruit and 100g green tea in citron tea. Cut the grapefruit with a lid, take out the pulp, put it in green tea, wrap it with a lid, keep it in the shade for more than 1 year, and take it with tea boiled water. The tea has the effects of promoting qi circulation, promoting digestion and relieving pain, and can be used for preventing and treating abdominal pain, diarrhea and dyspepsia.
4. Stewed olives with pomelo peel: 15g pomelo peel and 30g olives. Wash and chop the pomelo peel, put it in a pot and add 700 ml of water. After cooking, remove the residue and take the juice, about 500 ml. Wash the olives, put them in a ceramic container, steam them over high fire, and then help yourself. L, the day is over. Seven days is a course of treatment. The food has the effects of harmonizing middle energizer, calming stomach, lowering adverse flow and stopping vomiting. It is suitable for adverse reactions caused by vomiting during pregnancy, abdominal distension and disharmony between liver and stomach.