What are the benefits of dragon fruit? How to eat dragon fruit healthily?

　　You need special pliers to pick dragon fruit, and you have to be very careful when cutting. Otherwise, the peel will be easily broken, and the broken fruit cannot be stored. In addition, there will be small pointed thorns on the fruit and leaves, and you will be pricked accidentally. It is very painful. I know it is because I have been pricked more than once.

　　Dragon fruit is not resistant to storage. In Guangdong's humid and hot weather, it will show signs of rotting at room temperature in two or three days, so the picked fruits will be stored in a constant-temperature cold storage.

　　There are three types of dragon fruit: red-skinned white-core fruit, red-skinned red-core fruit, and yellow-skinned white-core fruit. There is also a variety called crystal dragon fruit. The maturity period is two to three times longer than that of ordinary fruits, about two to three months. The flesh is more transparent and sweeter, but the output is small, and things are rare and expensive, so the price is five or six times more expensive. The main nutrients of dragon fruit include plant protein, dietary fiber, vitamin B2, vitamin B3, vitamin C, vitamin E, iron, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, etc. More importantly, it is rich in flavonoid anthocyanins, especially in the red pulp. Anthocyanins have a strong antioxidant effect, can fight aging, cooperate with other vitamins, and can also enhance the antioxidant effect of vitamins.

　　Not only is the fruit sweet, dragon fruit is full of treasures. The branches contain unique mucus, which contains a large number of phytochemicals with significant medicinal effects, and its flowers can be used to make tea, stew soup, hot pot, stir-fry, and can also be made into dried products and can be used at any time. Dried dragon fruit flowers have the effect of clearing away heat and moisturizing the lungs. The chicken soup made with it is quite sweet and delicious.

　　The thousands of sesame-like seeds in dragon fruit have the effect of regulating the spleen and stomach, but are not easy to chew. Therefore, in addition to eating it directly or mixing it with salad, it is also good to drink the fruit pulp and seeds together into juice. However, pure dragon fruit juice is a bit strong in color and taste. If you add milk and honey to the juice, it will taste better and be more nutritious. In the hot summer, you might as well make a cup of this juice with ice milk as a snack. Dream The magical crystal clear purple makes you feel refreshed just by looking at it!

　　We need to remind everyone that the sugar content of dragon fruit exceeds that of watermelon. People with diabetes and those who need to lose weight must control the amount when eating it.