What are the benefits of dragon fruit

Pitaya is a tropical fruit and can only grow in the southern region. It is rarely grown in the northern region. Pitaya needs careful cultivation and reasonable care to mature. As a result, the ripe pitaya is rich in nutrients, including protein. There are many benefits of pitaya, such as these nutritional values ​​and functions are beneficial to the body.

Dragon fruit is rich in nutrients, has unique functions, and has excellent effects on human health. It contains plant albumin and anthocyanins, which are rare in general plants, as well as rich vitamins and water-soluble dietary fiber. Albumin is a viscous, gelatinous 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 if the heavy metal content in food exceeds the standard. 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 through the excretory system, thus playing a detoxifying role.

Therefore, eating pitaya, which is 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 of very high quality and extremely stable. The aggregation of these albumins constitutes the main component of cactus mucus. In addition to being rich in albumin, dragon fruit also contains a more special ingredient - anthocyanin.

Anthocyanins are found in fruits and vegetables such as grape skins and red beets, but the highest content is found in pitaya, especially in the red flesh variety. 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 which whitens the skin, as well as rich water-soluble dietary fiber which has the effect of losing weight, lowering blood sugar, moisturizing the intestines, and preventing colorectal cancer.

Nutritional components: 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 (the most abundant in red flesh fruit varieties), water-soluble dietary protein, plant albumin, etc. The soluble solid content is 12%-13%.

Health benefits: Dragon fruit can prevent constipation, promote eye health, increase bone density, lower blood sugar, blood lipids, lower blood pressure, help cell membrane formation, prevent anemia, lower cholesterol, whiten skin and prevent dark spots. It also has the effects of relieving heavy metal poisoning, resisting free radicals, preventing senile diseases, losing weight, and preventing colorectal cancer.

The sesame-like seeds in the dragon fruit pulp can promote gastrointestinal digestion. The juice of pitaya has shown a positive effect on tumor growth, virus and immune response inhibition and other diseases. It does not contain caramel and sucrose in the total sugar, has therapeutic effects on hypertension, diabetes and high uric acid, and has no side effects.

There is almost no disease or insect damage during the entire growing period of pitaya, and almost no pesticides or hormones need to be used to meet its normal nutritional and reproductive growth. Therefore, pitaya is a green, environmentally friendly fruit in the consumer concept and a health and nutritional food with certain therapeutic effects.