In many autumn fruits, grapefruit can be regarded as the largest, generally more than one kilogram, it matures around August 15th of the lunar calendar every year, and the skin is thick and resistant to hiding. Therefore, it is known as “natural canned fruitâ€. But how much do you know about the nutritional value of grapefruit?
Nutritional value:
Grapefruit is high in nutritional value and contains very rich proteins, organic acids, vitamins, and essential elements such as calcium, phosphorus, magnesium and sodium. This is incomparable to other fruits.
Grapefruit contains sugar, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin C, vitamin P, carotene, potassium, phosphorus, and tannic acid. The main components of pomelo peel are pomelo peel, neohesperidin, etc. The pomelo core contains fatty oil, flavonoids, and flavonoids. Grapefruit rich in nutrients, edible parts per 100 grams, 84.8 grams of water, protein 0.7 grams, fat 0.6 grams, 12.2 grams of carbohydrates, calories 57 kcal, crude fiber 0.8 grams, calcium 41 mg, phosphorus 43 mg, iron 0.9 mg 0.12 mg of carotene, 0.07 mg of sulfate, 0.02 mg of riboflavin, 0.5 mg of niacin and 41 mg of ascorbic acid.
At the same time grapefruit is rich in orange mandarin orange, its efficacy is similar to vitamin P to protect and strengthen the capillaries, to prevent cerebral hemorrhage significant effect. The golden yellow skin of grapefruit contains carotene, which is the main source of vitamin A. A grapefruit is rich in 1500 IU of vitamins in the form of carotene. In addition, the composition of grapefruit acid makes the grapefruit taste slightly acid, which is very helpful for eliminating fatigue and promoting digestion and secretion.
Food value:
It contains a wealth of protein, organic acids, and essential elements such as calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, and sodium. This is incomparable to other fruits. Grapefruit meat is also rich in vitamin C and insulin-like ingredients, have hypoglycemic, lipid-lowering, weight loss, skin beauty and other effects. Frequent consumption may have auxiliary therapeutic effects on diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, and arteriosclerosis, and it may also be beneficial for obese people.
In addition, grapefruit contains biological active substances, skin glycosides, can reduce blood viscosity and reduce the formation of thrombus, so it also has a preventive effect on cerebrovascular disease.