Health Benefits of Lychee Fruit
By Yanti
Lychee Fruit
Lychee fruit (litchi chinensis Sonn) derived from Kwantung and Fukien province in South China, and spread to northern Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, India, southern Japan, Taiwan, and the United States.
Lychee fruit is a subtropical plant belonging to the Family Sapindaceae or soapberry. Known with some of the terms, such as lichi, litchi, lichee, laichi, Leechee, or lychee. lychee fruit has a high price, both in fresh and in processed form.
Lychee fruit usually start flowering and fruit early rainy season between September to October. And when the fruit is ready for harvest, characteristics fruit color has changed from green to be reddish and fragrant of the typical
In general, fruit Lychee is very easy to recognize. Fruit small oval-shaped and slightly rounded at the horde has a thin stalk reddish color. Surface of the fruit skin nodule, so opened and white meat contains a lot of clear water.
Nutrition and health benefits lychee fruit has many health benefits because it contains different types of nutrition in the fruit lychee. vitamin and the most prominent in the fruit is vitamin c. lychee degree to 71.5 mg vitamin C per 100 grams of pulp. eat 100 grams of fruit lychee, can meet the needs of more than 100 percent of vitamin C per day. Vitamin C is the natural antioxidants that are very useful for attacks against free radicals, causes early old process, and various cancer diseases.
Mineral prominent in the fruit lychee is potasium 171 mg, phosphorus 31 mg, 10 mg magnesium, calcium and 5 mg. Even with a low degree, lychee substance also contains iron, Zinc, copper, natrium, selenium, and other minerals.
Calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium is a mineral essential triad for the formation of bone and framework of the normal body, so that it is required of children who are in a period of growth and also by adults to prevent osteoporosis.
Copper minerals (Cu) can form a complex enzyme system with antioxidants Superoksida Dismutase (Sod), which play a role in neutralism radical superoksida.
Lychees treat coughs and can be trusted to have any effect cure gastralgia, tumor, and gland swell
Fat content in the fruit lychee very low, so very good to be consumed by all age groups, including those who are diet to maintain or lose weight. Therefore, there is no limit how many lychee that should be consumed each day.
Consume fresh lychee fruit every day to refine the skin. The fruit is also believed to lychee can enrich the blood and improve physical strength. Therefore, for those who completed the recommended treatment because of illness consume fruit lychee to help restore power.
Please help me – How to find out that Bottled Litchi drink available in the market are genuine extract from Litchi fruit.
I used to drink bottled natural juices. I do not take other soft drinks available in the market because they are artificial and contains sugar and other chemicals and essense.
Thanks
May be you can go tho the organic store that sell the products, if you can’t get how about you search on the search engines, Hope you will get it from one of them
you can go to a oriental food store to find lychee’s fruits and the juice
I love this article because I came across some of these Litchi fruits and at first I was told to eat the red part. When I did it was quite bitter but as I cut it open more the middle was like a firm jelly like substance and very sweet. I have to get more.
lychee fruit and fruit can be found at any chinese/vietnamese supermarket
Is it true that you are not allowed to eat litchi when your driving, or are about to drive?
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When you are driving, It is good if you don’t do anything that make dangerous for you and others such eating, drinking, or answering the cell phone
im 45 and already can see the effect on my skin plus the energy it gives me….awesome….
Thank you soo much for the nutrition information on the lychee fruit. I live in an apartment and my neighbors and i found a lychee tree on a unowned lot! Score!
So glad to finally find out where to get Lychee. I first found it in the exotic fruit display at my local market. It was years ago, and they never sold it again. Now I will try an asian market. Thank you.
As a doctor I highly appreciate whatever you psoted here about the health benefits of luchee fruit. Thanks mate for such a good portion.
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