South Korean researchers have found that eating a pear or drinking a cup of hot pear juice after a meal can help the body expel a large amount of carcinogens that have accumulated. The survey results show that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, strong carcinogens that build up in the body from smoking or eating grilled meats, are significantly reduced after eating pears, especially after drinking heated pear juice. Experts suggest that in an era when people are keen on eating fried and grilled foods, fast foods, eating a pear after a meal is a healthy lifestyle worth recommending.
Pears are rich in vitamins, dietary fiber, and trace elements such as calcium, phosphorus, iron, and iodine. Eating pears regularly can not only prevent constipation but also promote the excretion of carcinogens from the body.
Although pears are sweet, they are low in calories and fat. Middle-aged and older people who eat more pears can help purify the body's organs and soften blood vessels. Eating pears also has certain auxiliary therapeutic effects on diseases such as anorexia, indigestion, enteritis, and chronic pharyngitis. However, experts remind that although pears are fine fruits, they should not be eaten in excess. People with wind-cold cough, cold pain in the epigastric abdomen, loose stools due to spleen deficiency, and postpartum women should consume them with caution. Pears also have a diuretic effect, so people who urinate frequently at night should eat fewer pears before bedtime. Pears contain a lot of fruit acid, so people with high stomach acid should not eat too many.
Eating pears after a meal is beneficial to health
Pears are a favorite fruit for many people. They are not only fresh, tender, and juicy but also rich in vitamins, dietary fiber, and trace elements such as calcium, phosphorus, iron, and iodine. Eating pears regularly can not only prevent constipation but also promote the excretion of carcinogens from the body.
Researchers conducted an experiment on smokers, having them eat 750 grams of pears continuously for 4 days, and measured the content of 1-hydroxypyrene, a metabolite of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, in their urine before and after eating pears. The results showed that 6 hours after smoking, eating a pear would lead to a large amount of 1-hydroxypyrene in the blood being excreted in the urine; if no pear was eaten, very little 1-hydroxypyrene was excreted. Heated pear juice contains a large amount of the anticancer substance polyphenols. When mice injected with carcinogens were given this pear juice, a large amount of 1-hydroxypyrene toxin was excreted in their urine, effectively preventing cancer. In particular, eating a pear after consuming fried and grilled foods or fast foods is a healthy lifestyle.
In addition, although pears are sweet, they are low in calories and fat. Middle-aged and older people who eat more pears can help purify the body's organs and soften blood vessels. Eating pears also has certain auxiliary therapeutic effects on diseases such as anorexia, indigestion, enteritis, and chronic pharyngitis. However, experts remind that although pears are fine fruits, they should not be eaten in excess. People with wind-cold cough, cold pain in the epigastric abdomen, loose stools due to spleen deficiency, and postpartum women should consume them with caution. Pears also have a diuretic effect, so people who urinate frequently at night should eat fewer pears before bedtime. Pears contain a lot of fruit acid, so people with high stomach acid should not eat too many.