Monk fruit has been used as a dietary remedy for more than 200 years. According to studies, monk fruit is rich in protein, glucose, fructose, unsaturated amino acids, and a variety of vitamins, which also contains a large amount of vitamin C, middle-aged and elderly people only need to eat 100 grams of monk fruit per day, can meet the body's needs for vitamin C for a day and night [1].
There is also a beautiful legend about the origin of the name of monk fruit. Very early on, there were eighteen arhats, at the behest of the Buddha, who went to the mortal world to do good deeds and accumulate virtue and purify all sentient beings. When passing through Yongfu County, Guangxi, it was a hot summer day, the sun was shining, they were sweating profusely, and their thirst was unbearable, and they happened to see an old woman who had just returned from farming, and several people went forward to ask for water to drink, and the old woman came home with a pot of boiling water and a bamboo basket, and the bamboo basket contained several round, tan fruits. When the arhats saw the kettle and competed to drink it first, the old woman smiled and said, "Don't worry, don't look at this kettle with little water, but soak in this fruit to make sure you quench your thirst!" With that, he cut the fruit open and put it in the water. The arhats drank a cup of belly, and the water soaked in the fruit was not only sweet, but also very thirst-quenching, and the heat had just been mostly eliminated. Later, the eighteen arhats gave this fruit a nice name--- luo han guo[1].
Luo Han Guo has a sweet and cool taste, and has the effect of moisturizing the lungs and relieving cough, quenching thirst, and moisturizing the intestines and laxatives. Modern medical research has confirmed that monk fruit contains a sweetener that is 300 times sweeter than sucrose, but it does not produce calories, so it is an ideal alternative to diabetes, obesity and other people who are not easy to eat sugar [2]. In addition, the leaves of monk fruit also have a "miracle effect" on moss, its stem can cure boils and anonymous swelling; the oleic acid and linoleic acid contained in the nuts can cure coronary heart disease and prevent hardening of arteries [3], and the small monk fruit can be described as a treasure for the whole body!
Today, I bring you a drink suitable for weight loss and fitness people - monk fruit honey drink. You need to prepare 10 grams of monk fruit, 10 grams of hawthorn, the first step is to wash the monk fruit and hawthorn and set aside, pour 250 grams of water into the pot, crush the monk fruit and put the washed hawthorn into the pot together, after cooking, the residue is filtered out and then poured into the cup, according to personal taste, add the right amount of honey, stir well to drink [4], this drink has low calories, is an excellent choice for weight loss and fitness people, sweet and sour is also very thirst-quenching, can help you maintain health in the hot summer.
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