Tangerines are brightly colored, sweet and sour, and are a common and delicious fruit in autumn and winter.
Tangerines have a high nutritional value and are very rich in protein, organic acids, vitamins, and essential elements such as calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, and sodium, making them one of the most common fruits in daily life.
The efficacy and function of tangerine
1. Appetizing
Tangerine is a common fruit in daily life with, sweet and sour taste, which contains a lot of citric acids.
appropriate to eat can play an appetizing effect, and can also improve the symptoms of indigestion.
2. Laxative and laxative
Tangerine contains a lot of dietary fiber and crude fiber, can stimulate intestinal peristalsis, can also effectively improve the symptoms of constipation, and promote the discharge of stool.
3. Delay aging.
The fruit has a high content of vitamin C, which is a strong antioxidant and can replenish the nutrients needed for the skin to play anti-aging effects.
4. Prevent arteriosclerosis.
The smell emitted from tangerines has a certain antihypertensive effect. In addition, tangerines have the effect of lowering cholesterol, which can prevent atherosclerosis.
Tangerine selection tips
1. Bright color, the color difference is small, the shape is proportional, the outer skin is intact tangerine quality is better.
2. Feel delicate, the skin is thin, and more water tangerines are fresher.
3. Fresh tangerines have a faint aromatic smell.
If you eat too many tangerines in a period, the skin of your hands and feet or even your whole body will turn yellow. Some people will wonder if the tangerines are dyed.
Because tangerines are rich in carotenoids, if you eat a lot of tangerines, your body will take in too many carotenoids, which are not metabolized in time, and the content in your blood will be too high, causing your skin to turn yellow, which is called "hypercarotenemia".
However, it only affects the "face" for a short period and does not affect health.
If you stop eating tangerines temporarily, your skin tone will return to normal after a week or two, and no special treatment is usually needed.
Moreover, in addition to citrus, carrots, pumpkins, papayas, mangoes, and other fruits and vegetables are also rich in carotenoids, if you eat a lot of them, you will also become a "little yellow man".
If you find that recently a little yellow face, you may want to review, you are not the recent intake these fruits and vegetables too much.
