Pomelo (Pamela) – the exotic fruit relating to the sort Citrus.
Generally trees grow in Southeast Asia, some states the USA and Israel.
The fruit of a pomelo is long stored and is unpretentious.
Still there is a riddle an origin of a pomelo and what hybrid of fruit it is. Many claim that a grapefruit etoraznovidnost. But this statement wrong. Most likely, grapefruit is a descendant of Pamela crossed to orange.
Vida Pamela
Distinguish three types of exotic fruit: red, pink and white.
Red
The red type of this citrus has the oval form, of the size of small grapefruit, only green color. Pulp at a fruit red. The sour taste, tastes bitter a little.
Pink
At a pink pomelo respectively pink pulp, contains many stones. On taste very sweet and juicy. Is good protivogelmintny means.
White
At white fruit form pear-shaped. By the size it is more, than the previous types, has the weight of 1-2 kg. Pulp of white color and very sweet.
Structure, nutrition value and caloric content of a product
Before purchase of exotic fruit it is necessary to know what vitamins contain in a pomelo. It is rich in vitamins of the B, A, C group, beta carotene.
Whether you know? In 100 g of pulp of a pomelo so much vitamin C how many it is necessary for the person for a covering of standard daily rate contains.
The list of useful elements which to contain in a fruit:
- potassium;
- sodium;
- phosphorus;
- magnesium;
- zinc;
- calcium;
- hardware.
Always interested people who adhere to diets how many calories in a pomelo. This exotic fruit well is suitable for satisfying of hunger and thirst, it is possible not to worry about emergence of extra kilos as caloric content at a pomelo low.
Nutrition value (100 g):
- calories – 32 kcal;
- fats – 0.2 g;
- proteins – 0.6 g;
- cellulose – 1 g;
- carbohydrates – 6.7 g.
Than it is useful
The advantage of citrus consists in its rich structure. Using a pomelo, it is possible to prevent developing of catarrhal diseases, thanks to vitamin C. Vitamin E is natural antioxidant, slows down aging and neutralizes action of free radicals in an organism who become the cause of oncological diseases.
Thanks to potassium content, vessels are cleaned from cholesterol and their walls become stronger. Also blood is purified, all slags are removed from an organism. If regularly to use a pomelo, then the intestines vermicular movement amplifies.
Fruit Pamela possesses anti-inflammatory and febrifugal action.
This product is useful at diseases of the upper airways. Also it needs to be included in a diet at changes, thanks to calcium as a part of a bone quickly heal and become stronger.
Juice of a pomelo is useful to the central nervous system of the person, reduces influences of a stress. This fruit helps to lighten the mood, to increase concentration of attention.
Still some useful properties of a pomelo:
- work of kidneys improves;
- teeth become stronger and bleeding of gums decreases;
- arterial blood pressure is regulated;
- work of digestive system, thanks to cellulose content improves.
Whether you know? China often uses flowers of a pomelo, a peel and immature fruits. They are dried up and powdered by means of which treat cough, indigestion and different hypostases.
Application of fruit
The exotic citrus is applied diversely: for preparation of dishes, in dietology, in cosmetology and also for treatment.
For treatment
Pomelos apply as the supportive application containing a lot of vitamin C at catarrhal diseases, flu, a tonsillitis.
Pamelo acts as prophylactic:
- fruit protects from appearance of oncological tumors and interferes with growth of cancer cells;
- helps at atherosclerosis of vessels, purifies blood from cholesterol, prevents formation of blood clots;
- helps work of digestive tract, increases acidity of gastric juice, positively affects an intestines vermicular movement;
- increases immunity;
- improves an emotional state and removes nervous tension.
In cookery
Pulp of an exotic fruit is used almost in all kitchens of the world. Do tasty fruit salads of it, decorate desserts, confectionery. Juice of a pomelo has the toning effect, has the pleasant refreshing aroma. The peel is used in cookery to prepare candied fruits, fruit jelly, desserts.
In cosmetology
Thanks to saturation vitamins and minerals, Pamela favorably affects skin. It is possible to make the mask providing freshness to face skin of pulp.
It is easy to prepare such mask.
It is necessary to crush a few pomelo in puree, to add as much some honey, lemon juice is twice less. Ready mix is imposed on clean face skin and maintained about 20 minutes. The mask is washed away warm water, and apply the moisturizing cream.
It is also possible to process face skin juice of a pomelo. Thanks to it the surface is cleaned from the horny cages.
In diyetologiiblagodarya the low caloric content, Pamela is an inseparable part of dietary food. This fruit very well is suitable for weight loss.
Thanks to saturated structure it well satisfies hunger. The organism is saturated with fruit water and curative substances. The general tone of an organism raises.
There is a popular three-day diet with use of this fruit:
- for breakfast it is necessary to drink coffee without sugar and to eat a half of a fruit of a pomelo;
- the lunch is included by ginger tea, stewed vegetables and a half of this fruit;
- for an afternoon snack it is necessary to make fruit bananas salad, a kiwi, oranges, a pomelo, apples and to fill with low-fat yogurt;
- the dinner consists of a stewed cauliflower, green tea with a spoon of honey and a half of exotic fruit.
Couple of dumped kilograms if to adhere to this menu will be result of this diet.
How to choose, store and eat Pamela
The form at a fruit is different, and it affects taste in any way. This fruit in February ripens.
Before it is correct to choose a pomelo, it is necessary to pay attention:
- Ripe fruit strongly smells, its aroma is felt even at small distance.
- The juicy fruit has to be heavy.
- The peel has to be brilliant and whole. Scratches, spots speak about fruit diseases.
- If to press on a surface, the fruit should not be deformed.
- Color of a peel has to be uniform and not have any spots.
- The soft top says that the fruit already began to rot.
It is possible to store citrus fruit at the room temperature about a month. Cut it is desirable to eat within 1-2 days and to store it in the fridge, having wrapped up the place of a section in food wrap. Before cleaning a pomelo, it needs to be washed up well. Then sharp to knife a peel around from a shank, to press it fingers and to remove. Inside there are segments, as well as other citrus. They need to be got and divided, then to open with a knife on each segment dense partitions of a peel and to get pulp. At the same time it is necessary to separate also stones which can be much.
There are no strict rules as is Pamela. Generally it is eaten fresh or added to salads, combining with other fruit. It is well combined with pears, bananas, avocado. Such salads fill with yogurt or cream.
It is important! If you the first time give to the child a citrus, the piece has to be the small size. After you were convinced of lack of allergic reaction, the portion can be increased.
Interestingly as eat with a pomelo in other countries. In Asian cuisine he is usually combined with seafood. In western do a stuffing for pies of him. On Philippines the mature fruits are eaten fresh, lowering pulp in mix of salt, black ground pepper and chili pepper. China adds a peel to soups for aromatization.
Contraindications and harm of citrus fruit
Pamela such fruit which has a set of useful properties, but except advantage can do also harm to a human body. If it was stored incorrectly, then consumption of such fruit can have harmful effect.
Also it is worth remembering that this fruit citrus therefore in the presence of an allergy to such products it is necessary to refuse a pomelo.
To people at whom problems with a stomach (an ulcer, gastritis) cannot be eaten fruit Pamela as it is rather sour.
It is important! If the person accepts medicines, the pomelo needs temporarily to exclude from a diet. The citrus can worsen or enhance medical effect of drugs.
If competently to use a pomelo and to use him moderately, then this exotic fruit will please you with the taste.