Description
Description
The prickly pear, with certified organic production, is offered as a fresh fruit, but is also used in the preparation of different products, such as jams, jellies, distilled beverages, liqueurs, diet products, ice cream, yogurts and oils produced from the seeds (for the cosmetics industry, among others).
Benefits
- It has astringent properties: it prevents bleeding and helps calm the mind;
- It is antidiarrheal, being used to avoid this discomfort and its consequences;
- It works against asthma when consumed baked in the oven;
- Relieves coughs when ingested in the form of juice or infusion;
- It acts against scurvy due to its concentration of vitamin C and its astringent power;
- It helps reduce cholesterol: the fibers present in prickly pear absorb cholesterol and remove it from the body without causing harm;
- Prevents eye diseases, such as cataracts;
- Prickly pear helps you lose weight due to its high fiber content, which provides satiety and improves bowel function;
- Prickly pear leaves can be chewed to improve bad breath and ulcers. Don't forget to gargle well with water afterward to remove any remaining pieces.
Nutritional Declaration
- Water: 87.55 g
- Energy value: 41 kcal
- Protein: 0.73 g
- Total fat: 0.51 g
- Carbohydrates: 9.57 g
- Dietary fiber: 3.6 g
- Calcium: 56 mg
- Iron: 0.3 mg
- Magnesium: 85 mg
- Phosphorus: 24 mg
- Potassium: 220 mg
- Sodium: 5 mg
- Zinc: 0.12 mg
Name
Small Red Fleshed Prickly Pear
Conditions of Conservation and/or Use
Dry and cool place
Origin
Portugal
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