Golden or green kiwi, which color should you eat for weight loss and skin beautification?

The sweet and delicious kiwi fruit is a good friend of all those who love beauty. This small fruit is rich in vitamins A, C, E and dietary fiber. It is a wonderful fruit that can resist oxidation, maintain youthful skin and maintain smooth bowel movements. However, the kiwi fruits on the market are both green and yellow. Are there any differences in the nutrients between the two colors? Which color should you choose if you want to beautify your skin or lose weight?

Three vitamins for beautiful skin: A, C, and E

Vitamin A

Vitamin A can maintain the normal function and morphology of epithelial tissue and promote the division and proliferation of epithelial cells. It is very important for improving acne and maintaining skin health. At the same time, vitamin A can also promote the synthesis and secretion of glycoproteins by mucosal cells to keep the skin hydrated.

Vitamin C

As we all know, collagen is an important building block for maintaining youthful and elastic skin. However, in order to produce collagen, the assistance of vitamin C is necessary. In addition, vitamin C can also promote wound healing and enhance resistance to stress such as injury and infection.

Vitamin E

Vitamin E is an excellent antioxidant that can reduce the oxidation of vitamin A and improve its utilization rate. Vitamin E can also interrupt lipid oxidation reactions caused by free radicals, maintain the integrity of cell membranes, and protect cell membranes from oxidative damage and initial damage from ultraviolet rays.

First choice for weight loss: dietary fiber, potassium

Kiwi fruit is rich in pectin, a water-soluble dietary fiber that can promote the excretion of bile acid and lower blood cholesterol. Pectin can also slow down the digestion and absorption of carbohydrates, delay the rise in blood sugar, prolong gastric emptying time, and increase satiety, helping to reduce food intake and control weight.

Sodium ions and potassium ions are important minerals for regulating the body's water metabolism. If the sodium and potassium are out of balance, it will easily cause edema. Kiwi fruit is rich in potassium ions, which can balance the excessive sodium ion intake caused by modern people's preference for heavy flavors and processed foods, promote sodium ion metabolism, and excrete water at the same time, which helps eliminate edema.

Kiwi fruit contains so many nutrients for beautifying the skin and losing weight. Should we eat yellow kiwi fruit or green kiwi fruit to maintain beauty and a slim body ?

Green is high in fiber and potassium, while yellow is high in vitamin C and E

In terms of the three major nutrients, yellow and green kiwifruit are actually similar. However, according to the Food and Drug Administration's food nutrition facts: the dietary fiber content of green kiwifruit is nearly 1 times higher than that of yellow kiwifruit, and the potassium content is also significantly higher. In addition, the vitamin A that can maintain skin health is also twice that of yellow kiwifruit! However, golden kiwifruit is slightly better in terms of vitamin C, which promotes collagen production and maintains skin elasticity, and vitamin E, a natural antioxidant.

It seems that if you want to suppress appetite with dietary fiber and improve edema with potassium ions, you can choose green kiwifruit; if you want vitamins C and E to help maintain youthful skin, you might as well eat some yellow kiwifruit.

【Nutritionist’s Tips】

1. Kiwi fruit contains high potassium. Patients with renal failure, uremia or low urine volume should pay attention to the amount they eat.

2. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, kiwi fruit is cold in nature and can easily damage the spleen and stomach and cause diarrhea. Therefore, it is not recommended to be eaten on an empty stomach. It is not suitable for women who are menstruating or in confinement after childbirth.

3. In addition to eating kiwi fruit, a balanced intake of different foods and regular exercise habits are the only way to maintain a good body shape and have beautiful skin and a good complexion!