Hawthorn is an essential food for those who love sour flavors. It is generally recommended to consume hawthorn in moderation for health benefits, especially for individuals with hypertension, as it can help alleviate symptoms. It is advisable to eat 3 to 4 hawthorns daily.
1. Can diabetics eat hawthorn?
Hawthorn is rich in calcium, vitamin C, carotene, flavonoids, choline, acetylcholine, and organic acids. It can lower blood lipids and prevent diabetic cerebrovascular complications. The daily recommended intake is 3 to 4 hawthorns.
2. Hawthorn Nutritional Profile
Contains tartaric acid, citric acid, hawthorn acid, enzymes, sugars, vitamin C, carotene, protein, fat, calcium, etc. It has the effects of whetting the appetite, aiding digestion, preventing and treating cardiovascular diseases, treating abdominal pain and diarrhea, boosting immunity, and preventing cancer. It can also be used as an adjuvant therapy for conditions such as indigestion and bloating, obesity, fatty liver, cholecystitis, coronary heart disease, constipation, amenorrhea or scanty menstrual flow in women, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia.
3. Hawthorn Usage and Precautions
1. Hawthorn has the effect of lowering blood lipids. People with low blood lipids should not consume too much hawthorn as it may affect their health.
2. Children, pregnant women, individuals with excessive stomach acid secretion, those who are weak after an illness, and people with dental problems should not eat hawthorn.
3. Individuals with indigestion, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, or enteritis are suitable for eating hawthorn.
4. Hawthorn Recipes for Lowering Blood Sugar:
Hawthorn Porridge
Ingredients: 25g hawthorn, 100g rice.
Instructions for Hawthorn Porridge:
1. Wash the hawthorn, remove the seeds and stems; wash the rice and soak it for 30 minutes.
2. Bring water to a boil in a pot, add the hawthorn and rice and bring to a boil again. Then, reduce the heat and simmer into a porridge.
Braised Beef with Hawthorn
Ingredients: 100g hawthorn, 250g lean beef.
Seasonings: Appropriate amount of chopped green onions, Sichuan peppercorn powder, salt, and chicken stock; 5g of vegetable oil.
Instructions for Braised Beef with Hawthorn:
1. Wash the hawthorn, remove the seeds and stems; wash the lean beef, cut it into pieces, and blanch in boiling water to remove blood.
2. Heat the vegetable oil in a wok over high heat until it is 70% hot. Add the chopped green onions and Sichuan peppercorn powder and stir until fragrant. Add the beef and stir-fry evenly.
3. Add boiling water and hawthorn, then simmer over low heat until the beef is cooked. Season with salt and chicken stock to taste.