Children eat dragon fruit and their urine turns red

The nutritional value of pitaya is very high. It is divided into two varieties. The flesh is white or red. The flesh of red pitaya is rich in betacyanin, which can cause changes in the human body after eating it. However, the red color will not disappear, so many people often excrete red urine after eating pitaya. Therefore, the situation where children have red urine after eating pitaya is caused by this reason.

Why does urine turn red?

Since red dragon fruit contains betacyanin (a natural pigment), it is normal for urine and stool to be light pink after eating it. The chromophore groups of red pitaya are relatively stable and not easily degraded by the human body. They will be excreted from the body with feces or urine, so the excrement will appear red.

Betacyanin is different from anthocyanin. According to experiments, betalain, a plant pigment, has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-tumor cell growth effects. It has strong coloring ability, is non-toxic and safe, and is widely used in the processing of beverages, ice cream, candy and other products. It can improve liver function and promote digestion and absorption. It is one of the ideal natural red pigments to replace synthetic red pigments.

What are the ways to eat dragon fruit?

1. Eat fresh. First, wash the dragon fruit and cut it in half; use a knife to cut the middle of the dragon fruit horizontally and vertically like cutting tofu, being careful not to cut the skin. Hold both ends with your hands and use the rest of your fingers to slowly push up from the bottom.

2. You can also make canned syrup from dragon fruit pulp

3. Wine making.

4. Stick dragon fruit with dried guava: The method is very simple: Grind the dried guava (not dried sweet potato) into powder using a dry grinder, then stick the dragon fruit slices with it and eat it.

V. Others

Dragon Fruit Sweet Potato Milk Drink

Ingredients: 100g dragon fruit, 100g sweet potato, 250ml milk

Preparation method: Cut the sweet potato into small cubes and steam it; cut the dragon fruit into cubes of the same size as the sweet potato, put them in a bowl together with the steamed sweet potato, and pour milk on it (if you like sweet food, you can use sweet milk).

How to eat: If served with a poached egg and appropriate snacks, it will become a delicious and nutritious breakfast.

Effect: Regular consumption can improve immunity and prevent constipation and colon cancer.