2023-06-26 10:00:00
Bokbunja has different tastes and uses depending on its color. Ripe black raspberry fruits with added sweetness are used for food, and unripe red raspberries are used as medicinal materials because of their strong medicinal properties, instead of strong sour taste. Let’s take a closer look at the efficacy of bokbunja, a seasonal food in summer.
Bokbunja is good not only for men’s health but also for women’s healthㅣSource: Getty Image Bank
Bokbunja, special for women’s health
Foods that replenish energy, such as eel and samgyetang, are very popular in summer when the heat is on the rise. Bokbunja, which has an attractive red and black color, is one of them. Bokbunja is rich in various organic acids such as lemon acid and malic acid, and these organic acids play an important role in the production of adenosine triphosphate related to energy.
Korea’s representative oriental medicine book Donguibogam introduces ‘Raspberry is non-poisonous and warm in nature’ and says that it is helpful for health regardless of men and women. In particular, it is emphasized that it is effective in improving women’s infertility, and it is recommended to drink it frequently. This is because bokbunja contains a lot of plant female hormones called phytoestrogens.
Phytoestrogen stimulates follicles that produce female hormones, helping secretion of estrogen, a sex hormone that plays an important role in women’s health. According to a joint research team of Chonbuk National University and Wonkwang University, when raspberry extract was fed to female rats, estrogen secretion increased by more than five times. Thanks to this, it is effective in relieving women’s menopausal symptoms and improving menstrual irregularities.
There is another reason why bokbunja is good for women. Bokbunja contains a lot of plant compound anthocyanin. Anthocyanins are powerful antioxidants that play a role in removing active oxygen accumulated in the body. Active oxygen is a toxic substance called the exhaust gas of the human body and is known to cause cardiovascular disease and aging. In addition, vitamin C, which is abundant in bokbunja, not only has antioxidant effects, but also helps control inflammation levels in the body and promotes capillary health, improving wrinkles and improving skin health.
Bokbunja is also rich in saponin. Saponin, a component found in ginseng, is known to increase immunity and prevent the proliferation of cancer cells. In addition, it has the effect of reducing LDL cholesterol, the bad cholesterol that causes various cardiovascular diseases, and helps blood circulation.
The bigger and darker the better
Bokbunja is good to choose those that have large fruits, are not soft, and are well-ripe and shiny. In addition, the darker the color, the richer the antioxidants are, so it is good to choose a darker color overall with a slight reddish tinge. However, when used as medicine, you should choose fruits that are less ripe and darker in color than those that are fully ripe and dark in color. Bokbunja is characterized by being easily soft, so it is good to eat it as soon as possible following purchase, and it is good to store the remaining bokbunja at 2-4 degrees Celsius.
If you have a disease that appears as an abnormality in female hormones, such as endometriosis or adenomyosis, you should avoid eating bokbunja. Haidak Obstetrics and Gynecology Counseling Doctor Kim Min-woo (Cheongdam Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic) advised, “If you consume too much food rich in female hormones, such as raspberries, it can combine with estrogen receptors in your body and cause adenomyosis to grow.”
Help = Haidaq Counseling Doctor Kim Min-woo (Cheongdam Obstetrics and Gynecology Specialist)
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