In early BC the "Book of Songs" have a kiwi fruit records, Li Shizhen in the "compendium of Materia" just described its fruit shape and color said: "pear shaped, its color is like peach, and monkey eating, so it is its name." Tang Shenzhi in the "classified Materia Medica" said: sweet sour, health Valley, tree growth, round leaves hairy, the fruit like duck goose, the brown skin, the cream was sweet edible." This kind of acid, sweet, fragrant and pleasant, nutrition rich fruit, actually sleeping for thousands of years, human beings really understand and use it, but more than 100 years of history, has long been a monkey "fairy fruit" food.
At the beginning of this century, the United States, New Zealand, the former Soviet Union and other countries successively from China imported wild kiwifruit, domesticated cultivation, the years of a contemptuous disregard of the wild fruit, it became a star in the fruit all over the world.
Kiwi fruit is a very high nutritional value fruit, the soluble solids content is 14 - 20%, containing leucine, phenylalanine, isoleucine, tyrosine, valine, alanine and other more than and 10 kinds of amino acids, rich in minerals, every 100 grams of fruit 27 mg of calcium, phosphorus 26 mg, iron 1.2 mg, also contains a carrot and a variety of vitamins, including vitamin C content of 100 mg (hectogram pulp) above, some varieties of up to more than 300 mg, is 5 - 10 times of citrus, apples and other fruits of the 15 - 30 times, so in the world known as the "king of fruits".
As a result of a rich and comprehensive nutrition, kiwi fruit also contains some of the important human body material, therefore, to maintain human health, disease prevention and treatment has an important role. More edible kiwi fruit can prevent osteoporosis in the elderly; inhibit the deposition of cholesterol in the inner wall of the artery, so as to prevent arteriosclerosis; can improve cardiac function, prevention and treatment of heart disease, etc.. In cancer, can inhibit the mutagenic effect of intestinal nitrosamines on tissue. Some cancer after eating kiwi fruit, can reduce anorexia and cachexia, can also reduce the patients for X-ray irradiation and chemotherapy side effects or toxicity in. More edible kiwi fruit, but also has to prevent excessive production of peroxide in the body, to prevent the formation of senile plaques, delaying the body aging.
At present, the world's largest consumer of the first 26 kinds of fruits, the most abundant nutrition, the most comprehensive. Vc, Mg and trace element contents in the fruits of the fruits are the highest in the developed countries, and it is an important nutrient for maintaining cardiovascular health. In the top three low sodium and high potassium fruits, the kiwi fruit is the first place because it contains more potassium than bananas and oranges. According to the international science and technology literature published data and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDN) issued by [>10%DV (excellent human daily demand for measuring Daily (>20%DV) and excellent definition of nutrition content, Vc content of kiwifruit and edible cellulose content reached the standard of excellence, at the same time, VE and VK content in the tricotyledon is excellent kiwi fruit, low fat and no cholesterol. Unlike other fruit is the kiwi containing nutrients broad, most fruits rich in one or two kinds of nutrients, but each kiwi can provide 8%DV 8%DV 8% copper, folic acid, pantothenic acid, 6%DV 4%DV calcium and magnesium, iron and vitamin B6, 2%DV and trace VA (P - carotene) and other vitamins and minerals.