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  • Three Kinds of Best Fruits for Health Care in Autumn
  • Autumn is the season for fruits, such as pear, hawthorn, jujube, pomegranate, persimmon, citrus, grapefruit, banana, sugar cane, kiwi and so on. Then, among all these fruits, which kind has the most nutrition? And how to choose fruits according to different physical condition of the body?

    First, hawthorn
    Hawthorn has the highest content of calcium among all the fruits in autumn, with 52 mg calcium in every 100 gram pulp. As women and children need a lot of calcium for their body, so they can eat some hawthorn after the meal. In addition, because hawthorn contains triterpenoid olefine acid and flavonoids, so it can also lower the level of blood pressure and cholesterol in the body. Hawthorn also has the effects of eliminating the fat in the body, and reducing the efficacy of the absorption of fat. Therefore, people who want to lose weight can eat more hawthorns.

    However, it is inappropriate to eat too much hawthorns, especially for people whose gastrointestinal function is weak. Long-term eating raw hawthorn may cause stomach stones, increase the incidence of gastric ulcers, stomach bleeding or even gastric perforation. Therefore, it is best to cook hawthorn or make it as tea.

    Second, grapefruit
    Grapefruit contains the lowest content of carbohydrates, so it is the best choice for patients suffering from diabetes and obesity. Medical experts believe that, carbohydrate-rich foods will greatly increase the blood glucose and insulin in human body, which may cause obesity, and even may lead to diabetes and heart disease.

    However, Chinese medicine believes that grapefruit is cold in nature, so the deficiency-cold people should not eat too much grapefruits, with not eat more than 200 grams every day.

    Third, fresh jujube
    Compared with other fruits in autumn, fresh jujube contains very abundant nutrients, such as vitamin C, and . Vitamin C can soften the blood vessels, prevent hypertension, coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis. At the same time, vitamin C can help to block the formation of the carcinogenic N-nitroso compound, thereby reducing the risk of tumor. Potassium can increase the excitability of the muscles, involve in the synthesis of protein and carbohydrates, and the metabolism of energy. Magnesium has the effects of inhibiting neural excitability, participating in protein synthesis and muscle contraction in the body, as well as regulating body temperature.

    But jujube is hot in nature, difficult to digest, and contains a lot of sugar. As a result, people who suffer from abdominal flatulence, women during menstruation, stomach cancer and diabetes patients should not eat too much of it.


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