Mangoes can often be seen in large grocery stores. The fruits are both ripe and not quite ripe. Which is better to take, and most importantly - how to eat it correctly?
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What it is?
Mango is a fruit that is the fruit of Indian mango. This fruit is very popular in tropical countries. The fruit has a fibrous structure and a sweet taste. The skin color has a hue of green, red or yellow. The color of the pulp can be orange or yellow.
Unripe Mango Fruit
Unripe mango is a storehouse of starch. As the fruit ripens, starch transforms into glucose, maltose, and sucrose. In addition, unripe fruit contains a large amount of pectin. After a hard bone is formed in the mango, the amount of pectin becomes significantly less.
If you try an unripe fruit, it will turn out to be very sour. Unripe mango has such a taste due to the fact that it contains 4 types of acid: citric, oxalic, succinic and malic.
Among other things, unripe mango fruit is rich in vitamins. It contains vitamin C, B1, B2 and niacin.
Ripe mango
If we taste the fully ripened mango, we will see that it is very sweet. A ripe fruit has few acids, but many different sugars and vitamins. Vitamin A contained in the ripe fruit has a very good effect on vision. If you regularly eat the fruits of mangoes, then immunity will improve, you will be less likely to get colds. Ripe mangoes can be used to lose weight, as they contain a lot of carbohydrates and vitamins.
Side effects
Even if you like the taste of mangoes, don't get carried away with it. If you consume more than 2 unripe fruits per day, you may get colic, as well as irritation of the gastrointestinal mucosa. If you overdo it with ripe fruits, then this can lead to constipation, allergies and indigestion.