Fruits are rich in vitamins and good for skin beauty, so women love them. However, in spring, women should eat less of five types of fruits. Let's find out together.
Five Fruits Women Should Eat Less of in Spring
1. Pineapple
Problem: Some people experience allergic reactions after eating pineapple, such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea, numbness of the lips, and skin itching.
Reason: This is because pineapple contains glucosides and bromelain. To prevent allergic reactions, pineapple must be soaked in light saltwater for over ten minutes after cutting to destroy the bromelain before eating.
Pineapple is a tropical fruit rich in dietary fiber and bromelain, which is very beneficial for preventing constipation and indigestion, making it a great choice for summer fruits.
As the weather gradually warms up, we will see more and more vendors selling pineapple. Many vendors use fiberglass containers filled with saltwater to soak pineapple, with a chopstick inserted in each piece.
This is a reminder to everyone: when buying, consider how long the saltwater in the fiberglass container hasn't been changed? Are the chopsticks new? This is not only unhygienic but can also cause secondary contamination.
2. Banana
Problem: To make the banana peel tender and yellow, some unscrupulous vendors use excessive sulfur dioxide to ripen them, but the pulp remains hard and not sweet at all. Sulfur dioxide is harmful to the human body.
Tips: The correct method should be to ripen them by heating.
Banana is a nutritious tropical fruit, sweet in taste and cool in nature, with the effects of moistening the intestines and clearing heat. Its ripening season is every summer.
3. Strawberry
Benefits: Traditional Chinese medicine believes that strawberries can reduce internal heat, relieve summer heat, and clear heat. In spring, people's liver fire is often more vigorous, and eating some strawberries can have a suppressive effect.
In addition, it is best to eat strawberries after a meal because they contain a large amount of pectin and fiber, which can promote gastrointestinal motility, aid digestion, improve constipation, and prevent hemorrhoids and colon cancer.
Problem: Strawberries that are hollow in the middle, irregularly shaped, and overly large are, with a few exceptions of high-yield new varieties, generally caused by excessive hormones.
After using ripening agents or other hormone drugs, the growth cycle of strawberries is shortened, and the color becomes brighter, but it dilutes the inherent fragrance of the strawberry, making it lack freshness.
Nutritionist: Strawberry is a very attractive fruit with a high vitamin C content. Eating fresh strawberries is a good choice. The natural ripening period for strawberries is late May each year.
4. Grape
Problem: Some unscrupulous vendors and growers dilute ripening agent ethylene with water, and soak immature green grapes in the diluted solution. After a day or two, the green grapes turn into purple grapes.
Nutritionist: August and September are the ripening season for grapes. Grapes are sweet and slightly sour in taste, and neutral in nature. They have the effects of nourishing qi and blood, strengthening muscles and bones, and promoting urination. They have a high sugar content, so diabetics should be careful to eat only a little.
5. Sugarcane
Problem: The sugarcane in spring is mostly leftover from autumn. After being stored for a whole winter, it is highly prone to spoilage, with cotton-like or fluff-like white substance appearing at the end of the sugarcane. After cutting, there will be red thread-like substances on the cross-section.
Hazard: Some people do not pick carefully when buying sugarcane. After cutting and seeing the red thread-like substances, they think it is a normal phenomenon, but as a result, they get sugarcane poisoning after eating it.
Many fruits with beautiful appearances are made by unscrupulous vendors using various methods. The methods to counter them are explained above, so be sure to pay attention when eating fruit in spring. Remember?
Fruits for Whitening Skin—Cherry
Cherry has been a beauty fruit since ancient times. Cherry juice can help make facial skin tender, fair, and ruddy, remove wrinkles, and clear spots, making it a favorite in many whitening products. Cherry is not only rich in vitamin C but also extremely rich in iron—13 times that of hawthorn and 20 times that of apple. In addition to its high iron content, it also contains vitamin A, which balances sebum secretion and delays aging, and helps activate cells and beautify the skin.
Fruits for Whitening Skin—Pomegranate
The gorgeous red pomegranate has been proven to have strong antioxidant effects. It contains a component called ellagic acid, which can protect cells from environmental pollution and UV ray damage, nourish cells, and slow down the body's aging. Some studies have shown that ellagic acid is more "powerful" in preventing radiation than the polyphenols in red wine and green tea.
Fruits for Whitening Skin—Olive
As early as ancient Greek times, the olive tree was a symbol of life and health. Besides being a healthy food, it also has outstanding beauty effects. From leaves to fruit, the entire olive tree can extract skin care essences. Olive leaf extract helps skin cells fight against oxidation caused by pollution, UV rays, and stress; while the olive fruit contains another powerful antioxidant component—phenolic compounds, which, combined with oleuropein, can provide dual antioxidant repair.
Fruits for Whitening Skin—Carrot
Carrot is known as the "skin food" and can moisturize the skin. Carrot is rich in pectin, which can combine with mercury to help the body expel harmful components, making the skin look more delicate and ruddy. It contains β-carotene, which can antioxidant and whiten the skin, prevent melanin deposition, and remove excess cuticle from the skin. It also contains vitamin E, which is indispensable for antioxidants.