At the end of the autumn season, unusual exotic fruits, known to few people, appear in stores. This is feijoa. Useful properties and contraindications of this product we will learn from this article.
Description of the fruit and its composition
The birthplace of this exotic plant is South Africa. Today it can be found in Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, the Caucasus, and the Crimea. Feijoa is a dark green oval fruit with an aroma reminiscent of a mixture of strawberry, kiwi and pineapple. It is transported unripe, because when fully ripe the product becomes brittle and soft. Before you start using this gift of nature, you need to know the composition of feijoa, useful properties and contraindications, because it can be harmful.
This type of fruit contains a lot of iodine, which is easily absorbed by the human body. It also contains essential oils, vitamin C, sucrose, fiber and pectin.
How to eat feijoa?
Many do not quite understand how to eat this exotic product. Everything is simple here: the fruit is cut intoparts, eat the pulp with a teaspoon. It is an excellent dessert or an ingredient for an exotic dish. If the pulp is cut into pieces, sprinkled with sugar, add sour cream and mix everything, you get a very tasty treat. Just be careful not to eat too much: combining this fruit with dairy products can cause indigestion.
Feijoa. Benefits and harms
Due to the high content of iodine, doctors recommend this product to those people who suffer from diseases of the thyroid gland, kidneys and gastrointestinal tract. Feijoa is useful to consume during the period of active viral infections, because its essential oils reduce the risk of infection, and when taken regularly, the immune system naturally strengthens. This fruit also has a positive effect on digestion. It is also actively used in cosmetology for its positive effect on the skin.
The pulp of the product is a natural laxative because it contains a large amount of pectin. Feijoa fruit is harmful to those who are prone to allergic reactions. These people may develop redness on the skin. It is undesirable to use it for people with diabetes or obesity. There have been cases of individual intolerance to this unusual fruit.
Feijoa peel. Useful properties and contraindications
You can’t throw away the peel of this exotic gift of nature, because it contains useful elements (catechins and leukoanthocyanins) that keep you young and prevent the appearance of cancerdiseases.
It is recommended to drink tea brewed from dried feijoa skins. The drink will be very useful. It prevents various poisonings. The pulp of the fruit is a laxative, but the skin is a fixative for the intestines.
Recipe: 1 tbsp. a spoonful of crushed dried skins pour 200 ml of hot water, insist a little. The drug should be taken half an hour before meals.
How to make the right choice?
Now you know a lot about feijoa: useful properties and contraindications, what kind of dessert can be made, how to make tea. If you decide to buy this fruit in a store, it is important to make the right choice, because the content of useful elements in it depends on the quality of the product. It will be great if the seller allows you to cut the fruit in half. In a ripe fruit, the flesh should be almost colorless. White color indicates that the product is still green, and brown indicates that it is not suitable for food. It is better to take an unripe feijoa, because it will successfully ripen at home in a couple of days.
