Feijoa - a berry, growing on an evergreen shrub in the subtropics. For the first time, feijoa was discovered in Brazil in the XIX century, from where it gradually spread across the Caucasus, California and the Mediterranean.
The fruits of feijoa have a green peel and a transparent flesh. In the complete absence of external similarities, to taste they are one to one strawberries.
The use of feijoa in a rich composition, and, above all, in the presence of iodine. Feijoa, along with seafood is considered the best natural source of iodine.
What are the benefits of feijoa?
As we have already mentioned, the use of feijoa for the body in high iodine content. This berry - just a find for those who suffer from a deficiency of this substance and can not boast of high productivity thyroid. In this case, iodine in feijoa is in a bioavailable form, in a water-soluble form.
In addition, feijoa contains a lot of vitamin C , and the more mature the fruit, the more ascorbic acid it contains. And since the fruits, in general, fall on our counters in November-December, they become a real find on the eve of the influenza-catarrhal season.
Feijoa really can raise immunity, strengthen the body's resistance to viruses, and also help when the disease is already coming in - berries have anti-inflammatory properties.
Feijoa berries are useful in eating disorders. They should be consumed together with skin for diarrhea and digestive disorders - true, since in the skin, in fact, contain all the tannins, it is not very pleasant to the taste. Here you can cheat - Feijoa, along with the skin and sugar, must be ground to a homogeneous mass in a blender.
Also, the feijoa peel is often dried and then added to tea, which also becomes a good remedy for diarrhea.
For tea it is enough to brew 1 tbsp. dried skin of 200 ml of boiling water.
Feijoa accelerates metabolism and the cause is, again, iodine. Slowed metabolism is often a consequence of a decreased function of the thyroid gland, therefore, putting the body to a shock dose of iodine and antioxidants, you can really disinhibit your endocrine glands.
For the same account, berries are useful in losing weight - you eat 400 g of fruit, and the body works at a completely different speed.
Benefits and harms of feijoa berries
The benefits and harms of feijoa are due to the same substance - iodine. Someone does not have enough, and someone has a thyroid gland, on the contrary, one must pacify.
Feijoa is contraindicated in people with hyperthyroidism - an increased thyroid function when too many hormones are produced. Recognize this ailment is easy - if after consuming feijoa , you have all the symptoms of an iodine overdose (anxiety, memory loss and performance, changeable temperature and accelerated heartbeat), then you need to learn to live without these berries.
In addition, feijoa is not well combined with milk - in most cases, this combination leads to a stomach upset with diarrhea. We are dealing with an exotic fruit, to which our organisms are not used
Also bypassing the counter with feijoa will have diabetics too much sugar in them.
Well, as this product has the property to strengthen, it would be foolish to consume it to people with chronic constipation.
Feijoa is unripe, it should be ripe already at your house. When buying this berry, leave it 2-3 days for ripening - the fruit should be eaten only when it becomes soft, but not rotten!