Guava tastes sweet and juicy, with smooth flesh and few seeds. Regular consumption can supplement the nutrients that the human body lacks, strengthen the body and improve the physical quality. Compared with apples, guava has 38% lower fat content and 42% lower calories.
Guava is also widely used in food processing industry, the main purpose is to increase the content of vitamin C in food, so that the nutrition of food can be strengthened and improved.
Guava can be eaten raw or cooked as fresh fruit, and the cooked guava can be made into various sauces such as water jam, jelly and hot and sour sauce. Guava can also add flavor when making sauces, fruit salads, pies, puddings, ice cream, yogurt and some drinks. Guava can be eaten with or without skin. Before eating, the fruit should be divided into two parts, which can be added according to cooking needs.
2. Nutrition
Guava itself is rich in nutrition, especially protein and vitamin C, and also contains vitamins A and B and trace elements such as calcium, phosphorus, iron and potassium. Guava is also rich in dietary fiber, carotene and fat. In addition, guava also contains nutrients such as fructose, sucrose and amino acids.
3. Medicinal use
Leaf fruit: sweet, astringent and flat. Astringe, stop diarrhea and stop bleeding. Can be used for treating infantile diarrhea, dysentery and dyspepsia. Fresh leaves: for external use for traumatic injury, traumatic bleeding and scabies.
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The benefits of guava
1, guava can improve the symptoms of pain, and female friends can eat a small amount of guava because guava is a hot fruit, which will not aggravate the phenomenon of menstrual pain.
2, guava has a strong antioxidant effect, because guava contains a lot of lycopene, which can discharge the garbage in the human body and play a role in detoxification. Female friends can drink more guava juice.
3. Guava also contains a lot of cellulose, which can clean up human intestinal waste and prevent constipation. Guava is especially suitable for eating in winter.
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