Fruits are nutritious and loved by people of all ages. Although we eat fruit every day, are you really eating it correctly? What's the science behind eating fruit? Below, the editor will introduce the correct ways to eat seven types of fruit, which will not only make your eating experience more enjoyable but can also help treat illnesses...
Lychee
Lychees can increase appetite. How to eat lychees: Soak the lychees with their skin on in light salt water, then put them in the freezer to chill before eating. This will not only prevent "heatiness" but also aid digestion and increase appetite. If you brew a lychee tea with dried lychee leaves, it can also relieve diarrhea caused by eating too many lychees.
Pineapple
How to eat pineapple: First, peel the skin and remove the "eyes," then slice the pineapple and soak it in light salt water. Chill it in the freezer before eating for a sweeter and more delicious taste. Soaking in salt water removes pineapple enzymes to reduce or even eliminate allergens, preventing allergic reactions and indigestion. If you soak it in salt water and then dice it, mixing it with cheese or soft ice cream and freezing it will be even more delicious.
Sugarcane
How to eat sugarcane: Eat sugarcane from the top end. This way, it will get sweeter and more delicious as you eat. Conversely, if you start from the root end, it will become increasingly bland, and you may lose your appetite for the last third. In the winter, it's best to cut the sugarcane into 20-30 cm sections, boil them in a pot for one minute, then peel them while hot. This is sweeter than eating it raw.
Durian
How to eat durian: Durian is best when it is 70-80% ripe, as the smell is less intense, making it easier for beginners to accept. Eating too much can cause "heatiness" and lead to nosebleeds. It's best to decoct the durian peel and take it with light salt water to reduce "heatiness" and aid digestion. Eating durian peel also aids digestion. Boiling the inner flesh of the durian peel with chicken to make a soup can serve as a nourishing soup for women, helping to alleviate stomach cold.
Watermelon
How to eat watermelon: A watermelon with thin skin, no seeds, and "gritty" flesh is naturally the most ideal. If you have small watermelons weighing about 0.5 kg each, you can freeze them, poke a small hole, and use a small spoon to dig out the flesh to eat. If you buy a pale, tasteless watermelon, you can treat it like a winter melon. Cut it into pieces with the skin on and stew it in duck soup (with add-ins like dried bean curd and Job's tears) to relieve summer heat, lower blood pressure, stimulate appetite, and quench thirst.
Banana
How to eat banana: Bananas are cooling in nature and can lower blood pressure and reduce "heatiness." Those with a cold stomach or a weak constitution should not eat too many. Among bananas, the "spotted" or "plum blossom" varieties are the best. Soaking them in light salt water and freezing them improves the texture. The banana peel can be shredded, soaked in vinegar, and mixed with other fruits for a special texture. Bananas can also be sliced, coated in egg and flour, and deep-fried. The fried banana peel and flesh are crispy and delicious. The banana flesh can also be mashed and mixed into ice cream to be eaten cold, or cooked with jelly and cooled to make banana jelly cakes. It can also be wrapped in rice flour to make glutinous rice balls and boiled.
Snow Pear
How to eat snow pear: Besides washing and eating it fresh with the skin on, you can mash it into a pear cake and eat it with rock sugar to clear heat and treat wind-heat cough. It can also be cut into pieces with the skin on and stewed with papaya, dried red dates, and pork bones. This soup has the effects of relieving summer heat, clearing lung heat, and stimulating appetite.