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. The survey results show that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, strong carcinogens that accumulate in the body from smoking or eating grilled meats, are significantly reduced after eating pears, especially when drinking heated pear juice. Experts suggest that in today's world where people are keen on eating fried and fast foods, eating a pear after a meal is a worthy healthy lifestyle recommendation.
Pears are rich in vitamins, dietary fiber, and trace elements such as calcium, phosphorus, iron, and iodine. Regular consumption of pears 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 can eat more pears to help purify organs and soften blood vessels. Eating pears also has certain auxiliary therapeutic effects for diseases such as loss of appetite, 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 and abdominal regions, spleen deficiency with loose stools, and postpartum women should consume them with caution. Pears also have a diuretic effect, so those 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.
Pears are a fruit loved by 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. Regular consumption of pears 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, 1-hydroxypyrene in the human blood is excreted in large amounts through urine after eating pears; if no pear is eaten, very little 1-hydroxypyrene is excreted. Heated pear juice contains a large amount of the anti-cancer substance polyphenols. When mice injected with carcinogens were given such pear juice, a large amount of 1-hydroxypyrene toxin was excreted in their urine, thus effectively preventing cancer. In particular, eating a pear after consuming fried and fast foods is a healthy lifestyle.
In addition, although pears are sweet, they are low in calories and fat. Middle-aged and older people can eat more pears to help purify organs and soften blood vessels. Eating pears also has certain auxiliary therapeutic effects for diseases such as loss of appetite, 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 and abdominal regions, spleen deficiency with loose stools, and postpartum women should consume them with caution. Pears also have a diuretic effect, so those 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.