Fig is another fruit you may have often heard of but don't know how to eat. Figs can help us prevent cancer and lower blood sugar, making them an excellent fruit for health and wellness. Today, I want to introduce you to the nutritional value and ways of eating figs—don't miss out.
What are the benefits of figs?
Weight loss. Dried figs have a high dry matter content, 14-20% in fresh fruit and over 70% in dried fruit. Among these, the content of glucose, which can be directly absorbed and utilized by the human body, accounts for 34.3% (dry weight), fructose 31.2% (dry weight), and sucrose only 7.82% (dry weight). Therefore, it has a low calorie count and is known as a low-calorie food in Japan. Domestic medical research has proven it to be a weight loss and health food.
Aids digestion. When fig enzymes mix with gastric juice, they aid digestion, but it's best to eat them raw. For those with poor appetite, chewing one fig three times a day, preferably one hour before meals, is recommended. It is also effective for habitual constipation, hemorrhoids bleeding, and chronic gastritis.
Lowers blood lipids and blood pressure. The lipase and hydrolase contained in figs can lower blood lipids and break them down, thus reducing blood lipids, decreasing fat deposition in blood vessels, and consequently lowering blood pressure and preventing coronary heart disease.
Cancer prevention. Figs contain a large amount of beneficial inorganic elements for the human body but do not contain easily carcinogenic elements like Co, Cd, and Pb. They have a good effect on enhancing the body's health and anti-cancer capabilities.
Prevents constipation. Figs contain malic acid, citric acid, lipase, protease, hydrolase, etc., which help the body digest food and stimulate appetite. Because they also contain various lipids, they have a laxative effect.
Supplements nutrition. Figs contain large amounts of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, cellulose, vitamins, inorganic salts, and essential amino acids for the human body, which can effectively supplement the body's nutritional components and enhance its disease resistance.
Next, let's look at how to eat figs.
Different ways to eat figs
Candied fig water
Ingredients: Fresh figs, rock sugar as needed
Method: Choose fresh figs that are not fully ripe, wash them, and remove the skin; break open the fresh figs from the stem; place the broken fresh figs along with the juice that flows out into a bowl, add an appropriate amount of rock sugar and water, and steam until cooked.
Fig and free-range chicken soup
Ingredients: Figs, free-range chicken, ginger, cooking oil, and salt
Method: After cleaning the free-range chicken, place it in a pot with ginger slices and figs, add water and bring to a boil, then simmer on low heat for half an hour. Finally, add salt and serve.
Fig congee
Ingredients: 3 fresh figs, 50 grams of japonica rice, appropriate amount of rock sugar
Method: Wash the japonica rice and cook it in a pot with water until it is 80% cooked; add peeled fresh figs, cook until done, and add an appropriate amount of rock sugar to taste.
Are these methods of eating figs simple? Come and try them.