Can eating more sapodilla rice improve your beauty? Its real effect is...

" Eating more sapodilla rice can beautify your skin !"

If women don't want to age quickly, they should eat more sapodilla rice. It is sticky and has a high collagen content, which can beautify the skin, make the skin tighter and the complexion better.

Rumor Analysis

This statement is incorrect.

The reason why soapberry rice becomes sticky after being boiled is because it contains a non-starch polysaccharide, which is a water-soluble dietary fiber. Eating it does not have a beauty-enhancing effect, but it has some benefits for intestinal health and can relieve and prevent constipation to a certain extent.

In addition, it has a strong sense of fullness and can be helpful in weight control and weight loss.

In recent years, soapberry rice has become a new generation of internet celebrity health fashion. Many people claim that it is a natural beauty product. It is rich in collagen and can beautify the skin.

What are the nutritional properties of sapodilla rice? Can it really beautify the skin?

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How nutritious is soapberry rice?

Gleditsia sinensis, also known as Gleditsia sinensis, also has a romantic name - Snow Lotus Seed. Because there is a "rice" in the name, many people think it is a grain, which is completely wrong. In fact, it is the fruit of the Gleditsia sinensis tree, not a grain.

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In my country, sapodilla rice is mainly grown in Yunnan and Guizhou, and is rarely grown in other places. Therefore, the planting volume of sapodilla rice is relatively small and the output is "scarce". Yunnan and Guizhou also plant and promote it as a local specialty industry.

However, from a nutritional point of view, sapodilla rice is indeed similar to staple food. More than 95% of dry sapodilla rice is carbohydrates, and the protein content is about 3%. It is a high-calorie, high-carbohydrate, low-protein, and low-fat food.

Can soapberry rice beautify your skin?

Soapberry rice tastes sticky, and many people believe that it is collagen, so it can beautify the skin.

In fact, this sticky thing is polysaccharide, not collagen. Polysaccharide is a kind of sugar, while collagen is a kind of protein, and it only exists in animal food. The two are not the same thing at all. Even if you take collagen, it will be digested into amino acids and then distributed by the body to where it is needed . It will not act specifically on the skin.

When we wash white fungus and antlers with water, we will feel sticky. This is because the polysaccharides in them are dissolved in the water. This kind of plant polysaccharide belongs to soluble dietary fiber. It can only stay in the large intestine and cannot be further digested and absorbed, let alone enter the human body to play a role. It can't have any effect on our skin, let alone beautify it.

Therefore, the claim that soapberry seeds have beauty benefits has absolutely no scientific basis.

Is soapberry rice worth eating?

Although the polysaccharides in soapberry rice are not helpful for beauty, it does have its advantages and you can still buy it and eat it.

These polysaccharides are also a kind of soluble dietary fiber, which can also help prevent and relieve constipation, because the dietary fiber in them can promote intestinal peristalsis and have a strong sense of fullness. Eating some sapodilla rice can keep you from being hungry for a longer time and let you eat less other things. From another perspective, it is equivalent to helping you "control your mouth". Eating less is also helpful for controlling weight and losing weight.

So, sapodilla rice cannot beautify your skin, but because it is rich in polysaccharides, it is also good for intestinal health and weight control. If conditions permit, or if you want to try something new, you can eat it. But if you expect to beautify your skin by eating sapodilla rice, you may be looking for fish in a tree.

Looking in the mirror of rumors

Everyone loves beauty, but unfortunately, there is no food that can beautify and nourish the skin.

Many people "stay up late at night and eat the most expensive health foods." Instead of doing this, it is best to adjust to a healthy diet and lifestyle.

Author: Ruan Guangfeng, Deputy Director of Kexin Food and Health Information Exchange Center

Review | Zhang Yu, researcher/PhD, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, national health science expert