How to choose rock sugar? What are the benefits of stewing lemon with rock sugar?

The hot weather has been covering all parts of the country recently. At this time of year, many friends must drink lemonade, which is sour, sweet and nutritious, and can bring a touch of sweetness to our irritable mood. If you feel that the lemon is too sour when drinking it, you can add rock sugar in moderation. The following is a detailed description of the benefits of stewing lemon with rock sugar.

Contents of this article

1. How to choose rock sugar

2. What are the benefits of stewing lemon with rock sugar?

3. Under what circumstances can’t you eat lemon stewed with rock sugar?

How to choose rock sugar

To choose good rock sugar, you must be careful and check its appearance carefully. Generally speaking, the rock sugar that looks uniform in grain, slightly yellow or clear white, translucent, has a crystalline luster, and has no obvious impurities is of good quality. Of course, the whiter the color, the better, because the whiter it is, the more processing it has gone through. If it is too refined, it is not the best rock sugar. The slightly yellow naturally crystallized tower ice is often more natural.

Poor quality rock sugar often turns yellow and dark. This is because the rock sugar is damp. In addition, you should also smell the rock sugar when buying it to avoid products with strange smells.

Tips: Put a large piece of rock sugar in a container, and then put it in the microwave for 20-30 seconds. After taking it out, you can easily break it into small pieces with your hands. After the rock sugar cools down, put it in a bag and seal it for storage. It will be very convenient to use the rock sugar in the future.

What are the benefits of stewed lemon with rock sugar?

Lemon and rock sugar are combined. The citric acid contained in lemon can combine with calcium ions in the body to form a soluble combination, which reduces the coagulation effect caused by calcium ions and has a certain preventive and therapeutic effect on coronary heart disease, cerebral infarction, hypertension and other diseases. In addition, the combination of the two can also relieve heat, quench thirst, and stabilize pregnancy.

1. Prevent cardiovascular disease

Lemon can prevent cardiovascular diseases because it can relieve the effect of calcium ions on blood coagulation, thereby preventing and treating hypertension and myocardial infarction. The citric acid in lemons can shrink and strengthen capillaries, improve coagulation function and platelet count, shorten bleeding time, and have a hemostatic effect. Lemons can also prevent atherosclerosis and thrombosis, inhibit the formation of nitrites, and have anti-cancer effects.

2. Prevention and treatment of kidney stones

The ice sugar stewed lemon juice contains a large amount of citrate, which can resist the crystallization of calcium salts, thereby preventing the formation of kidney stones, and even dissolving the stones. Therefore, the effect of eating ice sugar stewed lemon can help control kidney stones, reduce them, and expel kidney stones.

3. Skin care and beauty

Lemon stewed with rock sugar has the effect of moisturizing the skin, keeping the skin white, tender and smooth, removing oil from the skin, softening the stratum corneum, stimulating the growth of skin cells, preventing and removing skin pigmentation, and achieving a whitening effect.

Under what circumstances can't you eat rock sugar stewed lemon

Generally speaking, there is no taboo about stewing lemon with rock sugar, but don't stand in the sun after drinking lemon water, as it will cause melanin to be produced in the body. If you are worried, then eat other things 15 minutes after drinking stewed lemon with rock sugar, and there will be no problem.