If you eat too much litchi, you will get litchi disease. Litchi is a unique fruit in southern China. It is very delicious. But litchi should not be eaten more, otherwise litchi disease may occur. Because most of the monosaccharides contained in litchi are fructose, fructose can be converted into energy-supplying glucose or stored glycogen after being absorbed by human body and catalyzed by a series of enzymes, which is oxidized by tissues and cells.
What is litchi disease? Litchi disease is actually hypoglycemia, the main symptoms are dizziness, sweating, pallor, fatigue and palpitation, and some patients may have symptoms such as thirst, hunger, abdominal pain and diarrhea. People who eat 2 kilograms of litchi every day may get litchi disease, most of whom are children. Eating too much litchi will not only cause litchi disease, but also lead to tongue sores, bad breath, dry mouth and even nosebleeds. Litchi will get angry if you eat too much. The doctor said that there is a saying in Chinese medicine that a litchi has three fires. People suffering from chronic tonsillitis and pharyngitis, eating more lychee will aggravate the deficiency fire.
Litchi has the pharmacological effect of lowering blood sugar. Eating a lot can cause hypoglycemia, which is manifested as dizziness, nausea, fatigue, abdominal pain and diarrhea, pallor and so on. , to lethargy, coma, convulsions, arrhythmia, blood pressure drop and even life-threatening. The main cause of the disease is sudden hypoglycemia caused by eating a lot of litchi on an empty stomach, which is called litchi neck and is more common in children. Damp heat constitution or people with poor gastrointestinal function should not eat more.
For children, litchi is the same as mango, longan and other fruits. Children with heavy internal fire had better not eat, and normal children should eat as little as possible. For the elderly, elderly people with constipation should try not to eat; Especially patients with liver disease, kidney disease, diabetes and gastrointestinal diseases should be more cautious. If you eat too much litchi, you will be unconscious or even die. If you eat too much litchi and too much fructose at a time, your blood sugar (blood sugar refers to the concentration of glucose in your blood) will be much lower than normal, which will cause hypoglycemia.