Lychee

The lychee fruit is about 1½ to 2 inches in size, oval to rounded heart shaped and the bumpy skin is red in color. Once you peel the skin off, the crisp juicy flesh of a lychee fruit is white or pinkish, translucent and glossy like the consistency of a grape, but the taste is sweeter. Lychees have a sub acid sweet taste and have a wonderful freshness to them that is hard to describe. Lychee fruit is high in the antioxidant Vitamin C and the essential mineral Potassium. The fruit is eaten as a food and used for medicine. People take lychee for cough, fever, pain, to invigorate the body, and to promote urination. In foods, lychee fruit is peeled and eaten alone or as part of a dish.

Benefits :

Lychees contain higher levels of polyphenols than several other fruits. The fruit is a storehouse of epicatechin that may improve heart health and reduce risk of cancer and diabetes .

Lychee contain a lot of vitamin E, which helps to heal sunburn that causes pain and irritation and also keep the skin healthy and glowing.

The flavanols in lychees have anti-inflammatory properties. This help is fighting flu and infections during the summer months.

Nutrients Per Serving:

Nutrition per 100 g of lychee

Calories             66

Protein               0.83 g

Fat                      0.44 g

Carbohydrate    16.5 g

Fiber                    1.3 g

Vitamin C            71.5 mg