Another feature of living in a foreign country in the third paragraph of the fruit essay refers to kiwifruit. What are its characteristics?

Kiwi is a specialty of New Zealand. In fact, its ancestral home is in China, formerly known as "Kiwi". /kloc-More than 0/00 years ago, a New Zealand headmistress discovered kiwifruit while traveling in China, and brought it back to New Zealand, from which she began her immigration career. Kiwi and kiwifruit are the same kind of fruit, and it is only because of their cultivation and improvement in New Zealand that they have gained international reputation. As for why it is called kiwi, it is because it resembles kiwi, the national bird of New Zealand. Kiwi is not only rich in vitamins C, A, E, potassium, magnesium and cellulose, but also contains rare nutrients in other fruits-folic acid, carotene, calcium, lutein, amino acids and natural inositol, so it is called "the source of nutritional vitality" by nutritionists. According to analysis, every 100g of fresh exotic pulp contains 100 to 300 mg (even more than 400 mg) of vitamin C, which is 20 to 80 times higher than that of apples and 5 to10 times higher than that of oranges.

The origin of "kiwifruit"

1962, a company run by an American lady named Frida Kaplan (now called Frida Company) began to import kiwifruit from New Zealand at the request of customers. Because Americans were not familiar with kiwifruit at that time, the first batch of 65,438+0,000 kiwifruits took Kaplan several months to sell out. Some fruit merchants suggested that Kaplan name the fruit with kiwi birds unique to New Zealand, because kiwi birds also have furry feathers like kiwi fruit, and the colors are not far apart. Kiwi is a flightless bird with short tail and wings. It is so precious that it can only be seen in the secluded jungle of New Zealand, so it has become the national bird of New Zealand. Kiwi is proud of New Zealanders. They also call themselves Kiwi. So Kaplan told this idea to growers in New Zealand. Of course, they are very happy, so they named it kiwi fruit, which sounds like a fruit native to New Zealand. Others think that this name was first used in the 1950s.

In Webster's English dictionary published in the United States, the word kiwifruit first appeared in 1966. In any case, kiwifruit has gradually become popular since then and is world-famous under this name. Kiwifruit has been cultivated in China for more than 300 years, and was introduced to foreign countries as early as 1849. Britain, the United States, New Zealand, etc. They are the earliest introduction countries, and now they have been introduced to Europe, America and Australia. At present, kiwifruit has become one of the pillar industries of fruit industry in New Zealand, Italy and other countries.

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No wonder kiwifruit is listed as an anti-cancer fruit in the Classic of Food Anti-cancer, because vitamin C, an antioxidant, can effectively prevent the carcinogen ammonium nitrite from forming in the human body. Scientists in Henan once did an experiment: taking 900 mg of vitamin C every day, the content of ammonium nitrite in urine decreased by 60%.

The medicinal value of Monkey Peach has been recorded in medical books of past dynasties in China. It is believed that it can "regulate middle-jiao and lower qi" and has the functions of nourishing and strengthening the body, clearing away heat and diuresis, invigorating the stomach and moistening dryness. As a folk prescription, eating 60 grams of monkey peach raw and peeled can cure internal heat and anxiety, and prevent scurvy, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, cancer and so on. The pharmacological action is that its vitamin C can prevent the formation of carcinogenic nitrosamines, and its pulp can reduce blood cholesterol and triglycerides. It is said that Monkey Peach has unique skills in treating digestive tract cancer and lung cancer.

The root of the monkey peach also has medicinal effects, but unfortunately, there are few pharmacies here now. Kiwi seems a little fruity to some people, and it has a bitter feeling after eating it. Eating while coughing may aggravate the condition, but whether it is allergic or not is unknown.