Pineapple helps you cool down and lose weight! There is yeast in the fruit

The weather is hot in the summer, and people often have no appetite and poor stomach. However, the sour and sweet pineapple is a popular appetizer and cooling fruit. Chinese medicine practitioners said that because pineapples are rich in vitamins, they have the functions of strengthening the stomach and digestion, nourishing the spleen and stopping diarrhea, clearing the stomach and quenching thirst. In particular, pineapple enzyme can effectively acidify fat and inhibit obesity. Appropriate consumption has a positive effect on healthy weight loss.

Pineapple is a cooling fruit that helps break down fat and prevent constipation. (Photo/File Photo)

Dr. Lin Qiaomei, a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner at Far Eastern Hospital, said that pineapples are a tonic fruit that can be eaten by the general public, especially when cooked with meat to make the meat tender. They can also be used as a food therapy, helping to relieve heat and restlessness, promote salivation and quench thirst, strengthen the stomach and aid digestion, and can even help the body digest and absorb protein and inhibit obesity.

Pineapple is a good tonic to improve constipation and suppress obesity

According to Chinese medicine, it is suitable to eat sour fruits in summer to reduce sweat and eliminate dampness, and at the same time prevent the body from damaging yin fluid due to excessive sweating. Among summer-relief fruits, pineapple is sweet and mild in nature, slightly sour and astringent. The protease in it can effectively break down the protein in food and increase gastrointestinal motility. For people who often suffer from constipation, you can try a folk remedy: eat a slice of fresh pineapple every morning to aid digestion and prevent constipation.

Basically, the proteolytic enzymes contained in pineapples can break down proteins and aid digestion. In particular, pineapple contains rich bromelain, which is a very suitable natural fruit for weight loss for modern people who have been eating too much meat and greasy food for a long time. At the same time, the attractive aroma of pineapples comes from the butyl acid in its ingredients, which has the effect of stimulating saliva secretion and promoting appetite.

Cooking pineapple with meat can make the meat tender and can be used as a therapeutic diet.

Chinese medicine practitioner Lin Qiaomei emphasized that, in fact, pineapples are rich in carbohydrates, vitamins B1, B2, vitamin C, potassium, manganese and dietary fiber, which not only help digestion, but can also be added to dishes to increase the freshness and tenderness of the taste. Proper consumption of pineapples has a very good therapeutic effect on symptoms such as nephritis, difficulty urinating, hypertension, bronchitis, cough, sore throat, indigestion, and drunkenness.

There is a taboo to eat pineapple. Soak it in salt water first.

However, there are some taboos in eating pineapples. People with gastrointestinal ulcers, severe liver or kidney disease, and blood coagulation dysfunction should eat less or no pineapples to avoid worsening of their condition. Even normal eaters should be careful not to eat large amounts on an empty stomach. Because pineapples contain organic acids, it is recommended to soak them in salt water to decompose them before eating.

4 Tips for Choosing Pineapples

1. Choose by weight: When purchasing, you should choose fruits that are firm and full, weigh between 1.2 and 1.5 kg, have open eyes without cracks, and have clean, bright skin without bruises.

2. Smell: The fruit stalk is small and the cut is fresh, and the fruit smells rich. In spring, choose pineapples that are more than half yellow, as they are less sour and astringent. In summer, due to the high sugar content of pineapples, it is better to choose those that are 1/3 yellow.

3. Tap gently: People can tap the fruit with their fingers when selecting. The sound is clear and loud like beating a drum. The flesh is delicate and durable in storage. The fully ripe fruit that is close to completely changing color has excellent sweetness and flavor, making it the first choice for purchase.

4. Observe the color: The flesh of the fruit is juicy and refreshing, but it is not very resistant to storage and needs to be eaten as soon as possible. If the skin is dark orange or has an overripe fermented smell, it is not recommended to choose it.