Eating seasonal fruits is one of the tips that are repeated by experts in nutrition and health, since, when they go in favor of the environment for consuming products that grow in their ideal time, they are usually most quality products and that provide greater benefit to our body.
Since winter began in Spain, the time of several foods was established, including mandarins. Smaller than orange but of color, smell and taste similar to this citrus, The mandas are one of the seasonal fruits at this timelasting approximately, until March.
Mandarins are perfect to take for dessert or as a snack, but also at any time of the day as snack or even as a piece of fruit to include in our breakfast. Although it can be taken in juice, the ideal is to eat it in segments, since it will give us all its nutrients.
Don’t do this when eating mandarins
Right in this line has spoken the Cristina Lora food technologistwho is also a dietary CFGs and usually sharing content on food and food security for people on their social networks. In one of her last posts, the professional has talked about the error that many people comment when eating mandarins.
«I was thinking that There are two Spain right now, those who eat these hebritas and these white philites and those who take it Because it gives them a little asquito, ”he begins by saying.
“Well, don’t do it, I’m going to tell you why. Look, These White Hebritas are called Albedo and it is the healthiest part of mandarin. It continues up to 20 times more of phenolic compounds than the segments, which are antioxidants. And a high pestine content that is fiber, which causes the blood LDL cholesterol levels to reduce. So, friend, do not throw them and eat it, ”recommends food technologist.
As the professional explains, mandarins, eating them to segments contain, among many other things, flavonoids (hesperidine, neohesperidine, nobiletin, tangageritin). «Specifically, with respect to Hesperidine (Flavanona), some studies indicate that it possesses Anti -inflammatory, analgesic, hypolipidemic, antihypertensive and diuretics effects In experimentation animals, ”they indicate from a document of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food dedicated to mandarin.
In addition, the same source indicates that the tangerine has important anti -cancer agents Thanks to the volatile substances responsible for its aroma (limonoids) located in the bark, a type of terpenes among which the D-Limonene, whose therapeutic effectiveness is being tested in cancer patients to whom they are administered orally.
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