Food Of Vietnam      FOODOFVIETNAM.COM   

Home page Restaurant Search Vietnamese Recipe Search
Google
 
Diet & Fitness Food to Enhance Look Fitness Activities Guide
Vietnamese Art Vietnamese Music Vietnamese Clothing
Grocery search History of Vietnamese Food Vietnamese Food Calories
As Health Food Ingredients & Nutrition Popular Dish Nutrition
Restaurant Menu Asian Grocery Online Vietnam Travel Guide
Vietnamese Cuisine Cooking Utensil  Cooking tips Eat & Travel in Vietnam
Vietnamese Culture Vietnam Towns in America Asian Communities in America
Picture Tour Show How to Cook Beef How to Cook Chicken How to Cook Fish How to Cook Pork How to Cook Shrimp Using Herbs- Spices Using Cooking Oil
  Vietnamese Dessert

  As Health Food 

[ Fruit Health Benefits ] Herb Health Benefits ] Spice Health Benefits ] Vegetable Health Benefit ] Traditional Medicine ]

Fruits

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_food

Durian (sầu riêng)

Durian fruit contains a high amount of sugar, vitamin C, potassium, and the serotoninergic amino acid tryptophan, and is a good source of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. It is recommended as a good source of raw fats by several raw food advocates, while others classify it as a high-glycemic or high-fat food, recommending to minimise its consumption.

In Malaysia, a decoction of the leaves and roots used to be prescribed as an antipyretic. The leaf juice is applied on the head of a fever patient.The most complete description of the medicinal use of the durian as remedies for fevers is a Malay prescription, collected by Burkill and Haniff in 1930. It instructs the reader to boil the roots of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis with the roots of Durio zibethinus, Nephelium longan, Nephelium mutabile and Artocarpus integrifolia, and drink the decoction or use it as a poultice.

The fruit can weigh from 150-600 grams and the flesh, which is eaten raw, is mildly sweet and low in calories. Eating the fruit is sometimes likened to that of the kiwifruit due to a prevalence of sesame seed-sized black crunchy seeds found in the flesh of both fruits which make for a similar texture upon consumption. The fruit may be converted into juice or wine; the flowers can be eaten or steeped as tea. Although the tiny pitaya seeds are eaten with the flesh, the seeds are indigestible.

Pitaya - dragon fruit (thanh long)
  • The red flesh variety is rich in antioxidants.
  • The pitaya fruit is rich in vitamins.
  • The pitaya fruit helps the digestive process due to its fiber.
  • The pitaya fruit helps prevent colon cancer and diabetes.
  • The pitaya fruit helps to neutralize toxic substances such as heavy metal, reduce cholesterol levels and high blood pressure.
  • Consumed regularly the pitaya fruit can help against asthma and cough.

Dragonfruit is rich in fiber, Vitamin C and minerals. The typical nutritional value per 100g of dragonfruit is as follows:

Dragonfruit is also rich in phytoalbumins which are highly valued for their antioxidant properties. Antioxidants prevent the formation of cancer-causing free radicals. In Taiwan, diabetics use the fruit as a food substitute for rice and as a source of dietary fiber.

Lychee (vải)

The nutrition  per 100 grams of lychee fruit:

  • calories: 66

  • carbohydrates: 16.53 g

  • lipids (fat): .44 g

  • fiber: 1.3 g

  • sugars: 15.23 g

  • calcium: 5 mg

  • magnesium: 10 mg

  • potassium: 171 mg

  • phosphorus: 31 mg

  • vitamin c: 71.5 mg

 

Longan (nhãn)

Longans and lychees bear fruit at around the same time of the year. Dried longan (Chinese: 圓肉; Pinyin: yuánròu; literally "round meat") are often used in Chinese cuisine, Chinese food therapy and herbal medicine and Chinese sweet desert soups. In contrast with the fresh fruit, the flesh of dried longans is dark brown to almost black.

 

Mango (trái xoài)

The fruit flesh of a ripe mango contains about 15% sugar, up to 1% protein, and significant amounts of vitamins A, B and C. It is very sweet, with a unique taste. The texture of the flesh varies markedly between different cultivars; some have quite a soft and pulpy texture similar to an over-ripe plum, while others have a firmer flesh much like that of a cantaloupe or avocado, and in some cultivars the flesh can contain fibrous material.

Guava (ổi)

It is rich in vitamins A, B, and C (a guava fruit contains more vitamin C than a typical citrus fruit – the rind contains over five times more vitamin C than an orange). It also contains high amounts of calcium – which is unusual in a fruit. Guava leaves are used for medicinal purposes, as a remedy for diarrhea, and for their supposed antimicrobial properties. The same anti-diarrheal substances which are useful in folk medicine may also cause constipation in the case of consumption of large amounts of guava fruits. In Cuba their leaves are also used in barbecues providing a nice smoked flavor and scent to the meat. In recent studies, Guava is believed to have sugar lowering properties to help diabetics lower their sugar count. While testing is not fully conclusive, results have been promising as a natural means to help diabetics combat high sugar

Soursop (mãng cầu xiêm)

Nutritionally, the fruit is high in carbohydrates, particularly fructose. The fruit also contains significant amounts of vitamin C, vitamin B1, and vitamin B2. The fruit, seeds, and leaves have a number of herbal medicinal uses among indigenous peoples of regions where the plant is common. The tea, fruit, and juice are used medicinally to treat illness ranging from stomach ailments to worms.

Water apple (mận)

In the Pacific Islands, this fruit is known as Mountain Apple. In the Fiji Islands it is common in the outskirts of forests. Called "Kavika" in Fiji, it is well-documented as a medicinal plant (particularly the bark of the Kavika tree).

Watermelon (dưa hấu)

A one-cup serving of watermelon will provide around 48 calories. Watermelon is an excellent source of vitamin C and vitamin A, with one serving containing 14.59 mg of vitamin C and 556.32 IU of vitamin A. Watermelon also provides significant amounts of vitamin B6 and vitamin B1, as well as the minerals potassium and magnesium. Pink watermelon is also a source of the potent carotenoid antioxidant, lycopene.

Watermelon seeds are rich in fat and protein, and are widely eaten as a snack, added to other dishes, or used as an oilseed. Specialized varieties are grown which have little watery flesh but concentrate their energy into seed production.

Acerola (xê-ri)

The fruit is edible and widely consumed in the species' native area, and is cultivated elsewhere for its high vitamin C content.

Green star apple (vú sữa)

Infusions of the leaves have been used against diabetes and articular rheumatism. The bark is considered a tonic and stimulant, and a bark decoction is used as an antitussive. The fruit also exist in two colors, dark purple and greenish brown. The purple fruit has a more dense skin and texture while the greenish brown fruit has a thin skin and a more liquid pulp.

Persimmon (hồng)
  • In traditional Chinese medicine the fruit regulates ch'i
  • The raw fruit is used to treat constipation, hemorrhoids, and to stop bleeding. As such, it is not a good idea to consume too many persimmons at once- they can induce diarrhea.
  • The cooked fruit is used to treat diarrhea and dysentery
Papaya (đu đủ)

Women in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and other parts of the world have long used papaya as a folk remedy for contraception and abortion.[citation needed] Medical research in animals has confirmed the contraceptive and abortifacient capability of papaya, and also found that papaya seeds have contraceptive effects in adult male langur monkeys, possibly in adult male humans as well. Unripe papaya is especially effective in large amounts or high doses. Papaya is not teratogenic and will not cause miscarriage in small, ripe amounts. Phytochemicals in papaya may suppress the effects of progesterone.

 

 

Vietnamese Dessert

Home page Restaurant Search Vietnamese Recipe Search
Google
 
Diet & Fitness Food to Enhance Look Fitness Activities Guide
Vietnamese Art Vietnamese Music Vietnamese Clothing
Grocery search History of Vietnamese Food Vietnamese Food Calories
As Health Food Ingredients & Nutrition Popular Dish Nutrition
Restaurant Menu Asian Grocery Online Vietnam Travel Guide
Vietnamese Cuisine Cooking Utensil  Cooking tips Eat & Travel in Vietnam
Vietnamese Culture Vietnam Towns in America Asian Communities in America
Picture Tour Show How to Cook Beef How to Cook Chicken How to Cook Fish How to Cook Pork How to Cook Shrimp Using Herbs- Spices Using Cooking Oil