There are limes and yellow lemons, and many people have the impression that lemons are yellow, so what are the effects and functions of lime?
Uses of limes.
1. Health effects
Lime can promote blood circulation and calcium absorption in the human body. It is rich in vitamin C, which can not only prevent cancer and food poisoning but also lower cholesterol, eliminate fatigue and increase immunity.
It can overcome diabetes, high blood pressure, anemia, cold, and osteoporosis.
2. Seasoning
In Thai cuisine, lime is often used as a seasoning for food. Squeezes lime juice into almost every dish to give them a fruity fragrance.
3. Enhances brain power
According to medical reports, due to the deterioration of blood circulation function, the blood circulation in the brain is blocked, which hinders the normal work of brain cells and causes memory deterioration.
Lemon contains water-soluble vitamin C with an antioxidant effect, which can effectively improve the problem of poor blood circulation. Therefore, daily consumption of lime can help strengthen memory and improve the flexibility of thinking and reaction.
4. Eliminate fatigue
Rub a piece of lime on the sore area to relieve fatigue.
If your feet are sore, you can squeeze the juice of a lime and mix it with hot water to soak your feet, which is very effective.
5. Strengthen resistance
It contains a large amount of vitamin C and citric acid, which can help digestion, promote blood production, improve body resistance and accelerate recovery from wounds.
6. Prevent and cure diseases
Citric acid combines with calcium ions to form soluble complexes, which can relieve the effect of calcium ions to promote blood clotting and can prevent and treat hypertension and myocardial infarction.
Citric acid has the effect of contracting and solidifying capillaries, reducing permeability, improving coagulation function and platelet count, shortening clotting time and bleeding time by 31% to 71%, and having a hemostatic effect.
Lime epidermis contains vitamin P, which can prevent the development of human vascular sclerosis, and improve hypertension and myocardial infarction symptoms to relieve the condition is very beneficial.
7. Antiseptic
Lime contains niacin and rich organic acid, and its taste is extremely sour.
Citric acid juice has a strong bactericidal effect, experiments have shown that lemon juice with strong acidity can kill all the bacteria in sea shells within 15 minutes.
8. Promote digestion
Lime can promote the secretion of proteolytic enzymes in the stomach and increase gastrointestinal motility. It can be used as a substitute for vinegar in daily life to make cold dishes and pickled foods.
9. Prevention of kidney stones
Lemon juice contains a lot of citrates, of which potassium citrate can inhibit calcium salt crystallization, thus preventing the formation of kidney stones, and even the stones can be dissolved.
The consumption of lemon can prevent and control kidney stones, and make the stones of some chronic kidney stone patients reduced and smaller.
10. Prevent scurvy
The large amount of vitamin C contained in lime is a wonderful medicine to prevent scurvy.
In short, lime has a lot of benefits, try adding lime to your food list.
