09/12/2025
【Medical Talk on Fruits and Vegetables/Health Preservation - Mulberries】: Mulberries are rich in anthocyanins, vitamins (A, C, B complex), minerals (iron, calcium, zinc), and various organic acids, making them highly nutritious and hailed as the "best health-preserving fruit of the 21st century." Their benefits include nourishing yin and blood, anti-oxidation, anti-aging, promoting bowel movements, darkening hair and improving eyesight, boosting immunity, and protecting the cardiovascular system. They are especially suitable for people with liver and kidney deficiency, anemia, constipation, and poor eyesight. However, those with weak spleen and stomach, diabetes, and children should not consume too many.
(I) Main Nutritional Components:
1. Phytochemicals: Rich in anthocyanins and resveratrol, with extremely strong antioxidant capabilities.
2. Vitamins: Includes vitamins A, C, E, and B complex.
3. Minerals: High in trace elements such as iron, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, and selenium.
4. Organic Acids: Malic acid, succinic acid, citric acid, etc., aid digestion.
5. Others: Dietary fiber, active protein, carotene, fatty acids, etc.
(II) Main Health Benefits:
1. Nourishing Yin and Blood, and Anti-aging: Nourishes the liver and kidneys, replenishes blood and promotes body fluid production, rich in iron, improves anemia, and has antioxidant properties to delay aging.
2. Enhances Immunity: Multiple vitamins and antioxidants support the immune system.
3. Protects Eyesight: Protects the retina, prevents macular degeneration and cataracts, and is beneficial for dry eyes and blurred vision.
4. Strengthens the spleen and stomach and aids digestion: Dietary fiber and organic acids promote intestinal peristalsis and improve constipation.
5. Nourishes and protects hair: Nourishes hair roots, improves hair, and makes it black and shiny.
6. Maintains cardiovascular health: Fatty acids and antioxidants help lower blood lipids and prevent arteriosclerosis.
7. Anti-cancer: Anthocyanins and resveratrol have the effect of inhibiting the growth of cancer cells. 8. Mulberries have an auxiliary effect in lowering blood sugar because they are rich in anthocyanins and vitamin B1, which can promote insulin secretion and maintain normal glucose metabolism.