Pineapple - Reviews, Application, Contraindications, Useful Properties

2024 Author: Rachel Wainwright | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 07:39

A pineapple

Pineapple is a genus of herbaceous plants of the Bromeliad family, originating from tropical America. One of the types of pineapple - large-crested - is an important fruit crop that is widely cultivated in tropical countries around the world. Pineapple fruit is a valuable food product with numerous beneficial properties.

The nutritional value Pineapple Portion 100 g Amount per serving Calories 50 Calories from Fat 1.08 % Daily value ^* Total Fat 0.12 g 0% Saturate fats 0.01 g 0% Polyunsaturated. fats 0.04 g Monounsaturated. fats 0.01 g Cholesterol 0 mg 0% Sodium 1 mg 0% Potassium 109 mg 3% Total Carbohydrates 13.12g 4% Sugar 9.85 g Dietary fiber 1.4 g 6% Proteins 0.54 g 1% Vitamin A 1% Vitamin B6 6% Vitamin C 80% Niacin 3% Thiamine 5% Iron 2% Calcium 1% Magnesium 3% * Calculation for a daily diet of 2000 kcal

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Useful properties of pineapple

The fragrant and sweet pineapple is also known for its beneficial properties due to the proteins it contains, citric and ascorbic acid, fiber, sugar, magnesium, potassium, vitamins A, C, PP, B12, B2, B1 and the substance bromelain.

The fruit reduces blood swelling and viscosity, lowers blood pressure, has a diuretic, anti-inflammatory effect, removes deposits on the walls of blood vessels, relieves pain in joints and muscles.

Due to its fiber content and low calorie content, there are many good reviews about pineapple, which is included in weight loss diets. The calorie content of pineapple is 48 kcal per 100 grams of pulp.

Application

Fresh pineapple and its juice are effective for thrombosis and thrombophlebitis, hypertension, diseases of the heart and blood vessels, kidneys, and pancreas.

Thanks to its anti-inflammatory effect, pineapple helps well with arthritis, angina, pyelonephritis, pneumonia, sinusitis. There are reviews about pineapple, a drink from which gives a quick healing effect at the first sign of a cold. To prepare a drink, 100g of fresh sweet pineapple is mixed in a blender or using a mixer with homemade kvass and lemon juice.

Regular consumption of the fruit helps prevent heart attack, atherosclerosis, and stroke. It is also proven that pineapple helps to remove free radicals, which means it is a preventive agent against cancer.

Pineapple bromelain is a biological enzyme that helps restore digestion and reduces inflammation. The evidence that bromelain makes pineapple effective for weight loss is somewhat overstated. In this process, the low calorie content of pineapple plays a more role. And bromelain tends only to increase the activity of gastric juice, it does not have an effect on the processes of burning fat. One thing to keep in mind is that bromelain's anti-inflammatory properties only appear when pineapple is consumed on an empty stomach. Otherwise, it will only act as an enzyme to help digest food. This property can be used when eating "heavy" food, which takes a long time to digest.

For weight loss, pineapple can be used as a product of a mono-diet, in which they eat only its pulp and drink juice from it.

Also pineapple for weight loss can be combined with other foods. For example, there is a diet that requires 2 kg of pineapple, 1 liter of juice, cottage cheese or poultry meat (the daily rate is 100 g), rye bread. Cottage cheese and meat can be replaced with rice without salt. The duration of such a diet is no more than two days.

Sweet pineapple is increasingly used in cosmetology. It turned out that the fruit copes well with excess fat on the face and exhibits antibacterial properties. To make the skin dull and prevent inflammation, it is recommended to wipe the face with pineapple pulp every evening.

Good reviews about pineapple used to remove corns. To do this, at night, you need to apply the pulp of pineapple to the corn, and in the morning, after steaming it, you can easily remove the keratinized skin.

Pineapple extract can be taken in place of fresh fruit. It is released in the form of a biological supplement. It is believed that pineapple extract helps to remove toxins, stimulates the function of the gastrointestinal tract and intestines, lowers cholesterol, releases vital amino acids, improves tone, and supports the microflora of the large intestine, thereby stimulating the general metabolism.

Pineapple extract, for the prevention of gum inflammation, is added to oral care products.

Contraindications to the use of pineapple

Due to its low calorie content, pineapple is successfully used to get rid of extra pounds, but it is important to remember that it has a high acidity, and this, if people with gastrointestinal pathologies follow even a short mono-diet, can have a bad effect on the condition of their stomach.

After eating this fruit, you need to rinse your mouth - the sugar and acid contained in it have a detrimental effect on tooth enamel.

Unripe fruits cause uterine contractions, so pregnant women should be careful when choosing a fruit.

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