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How many oranges can you eat daily?

Do you like eating oranges?

By VictorPublished 7 months ago 2 min read

Oranges are one of the most common fruits in the fall and winter seasons, oranges are rich in nutrients and are good for preservation, and they are still fresh when you buy them and put them in the refrigerator for a month or two. Orange pulp is rich in vitamin A, carotene, vitamin C, calcium, iron, magnesium, and other nutrients.

Then what are the specific health benefits of eating oranges in the fall? Today's explosion of nutrition classroom dietitians, to talk to you: eat an orange a day, reduce the probability of suffering from stroke, or gastrointestinal disease, but the dietitian does not recommend juice to drink.

Oranges belong to the citrus fruits, a type of fruit in the fall and winter seasons that appears very often, as tangerines, oranges, grapefruit, kumquats, and lemons belong to this category. Their common characteristics are sweet and sour taste, high water content, and high vitamin C content.

Although the vitamin C content of oranges is not as exaggerated as red dates and sour dates, oranges are more highly regarded because of their higher water content. In the Western concept, some people think that eating oranges is equivalent to supplementing vitamin C.

In addition, oranges are also rich in vitamin A. After peeling and eating the white substance on top, the dietary fiber content is very high, and eating together also has a good laxative effect.

Oranges contain a lot of antioxidants, including more than 60 kinds of flavonoids, and 17 kinds of carotenoids. Flavonoids have anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor, blood vessel strengthening, and blood clotting inhibiting effects, while carotenoids have strong antioxidant effects.

Due to the presence of these antioxidants, a study in Europe and the United States found that for adults who eat an orange a day, the chances of suffering a stroke are reduced by about 12%, and the risk of stomach cancer is also greatly reduced.

And in traditional Chinese medicine, it is believed that orange peel can eliminate food and the stomach, and promote food digestion and absorption. Indeed, the orange peel has a high content of dietary fiber, is used as a snack or made into jam, and can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, but also as a food source of beneficial intestinal bacteria, to maintain intestinal health.

However, the point to be emphasized here is that the orange peel can be broken up and made into jam to eat, after all, the orange peel directly eats the taste is very sour, but the orange flesh is not recommended to be used for juicing.

These antioxidant substances in oranges, like vitamin C, flavonoids, and carotenoids are easily oxidized by air, and there will be a large amount of loss after juicing for some time.

And orange juice is not easy to calculate the amount of intake, eating a whole orange or two will be very supportive, but juice to drink is not feeling. Often drink the equivalent of four or five oranges amount of orange juice before stopping.

At this time the intake of sugar has been seriously over the limit, it is easy to lead to obesity and increases the risk of diabetes, which is not conducive to good health.

Dear friends, do you like to eat oranges? Do you know any other health benefits of eating an orange a day? Why don't you share your life experience by leaving a comment in the comment section below?

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Victor

An interested middle-aged man, would like to share the facsinating, fabulous, interesting and useful stories with you, and hope all of the above will be welcome.

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