However, not everyone can eat watermelon. Even if it can be eaten, from a health perspective, one must pay attention to how to eat it.

Watermelon is mainly eaten raw, but it can also be eaten cooked. There are many ways to cook it. Here are a few examples.

■Raw food 1. Cut into pieces and eat directly; 2. Watermelon juice: Peel and seed the watermelon, put it in a food processor, and squeeze the juice; 3. Cold watermelon rind: Thick-skinned watermelon is best, and the rind and pulp are separated.

, remove the outer green hard skin (exocarp) of the melon, leaving the light green part (mesocarp and endocarp), slice or shred, put on a plate, add sesame paste or favorite sauce and serve; 4. Watermelon

Cup: Wash the watermelon, cut off 1/5 of the cap, cut the top and bottom into zigzag shapes, scoop out the pulp, remove the seeds and squeeze the juice; wash the apples, remove the seeds and slice them; blanch the cherry tomatoes and peaches in boiling water.

Peel and cut into small pieces; remove seeds from grapes and squeeze juice.

Mix grape juice, watermelon juice and honey thoroughly, pour into the watermelon cup, add white fungus (canned white fungus), peach slices, cherry tomato slices and apple slices, cover, put in the refrigerator, take it out when eating.

■Cooked food 1. Steamed: Wash the watermelon, dig a small hole in it, and steam it in a pot; 2. Watermelon rind and pork ribs soup: Treat the watermelon rind in the same way as cold watermelon rind, cut into large strips; wash and put in the ribs.

Boil water in a pot to remove blood foam; put the ribs and watermelon rind into a casserole, add 3-4 slices of ginger, cook until cooked, add a little salt, pour in olive oil and serve.

Diabetic patients: Watermelon contains about 5% sugar, mainly fructose, glucose and sucrose, which means that eating watermelon will increase blood sugar.

If a diabetic patient eats too much watermelon in a short period of time, or eats watermelon multiple times a day, not only will his blood sugar rise, but in severe cases, metabolic disorders may lead to acidosis, which can even be life-threatening.

It is recommended that diabetic patients should eat no more than 200 grams of watermelon, and preferably eat it between meals, such as around 9 a.m. or 3 p.m., and reduce the intake of staple food accordingly to avoid aggravating the condition.

Patients with weak stomach, cold stomach, loose stools, and indigestion. Patients with weak spleen and stomach, abdominal pain, diarrhea, indigestion, loose stools, frequent nocturia, and white and greasy coating should not eat watermelon, otherwise it may aggravate the condition.

Patients with colds in the early stages. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that whether it is a cold with wind-cold or a cold with wind-heat, the symptoms are superficial in the early stages, and divergent treatment methods should be used to relieve the pathogenic factors from the surface.

He also believes that attacking the symptoms before the symptoms are resolved will aggravate the condition.

Watermelon has the effect of clearing away heat, so eating watermelon at this time will make the cold worse.

People with renal insufficiency: People with renal insufficiency have a greatly reduced ability to excrete water from the body, so edema of the lower limbs or the whole body often occurs.

Watermelon contains about 93% water. If patients with renal insufficiency eat too much watermelon, they will take in too much water, and the kidneys will not be able to discharge the excess water in time, which will lead to aggravation of edema and may easily induce acute heart failure.

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People with oral ulcers: Traditional Chinese medicine believes that oral ulcers are caused by internal heat due to yin deficiency and interference from deficiency fire.

Due to the diuretic effect of watermelon, if people with oral ulcers eat more watermelon, too much water will be excreted for the recovery of oral ulcers, which will aggravate yin deficiency and internal heat, prolong the course of the disease, and make it difficult to heal.

Maternity Maternal physique is relatively weak. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that eating too much watermelon will damage the spleen and stomach due to excessive cold.

It is not advisable to eat too much watermelon before or after meals because the large amount of water in watermelon will dilute the digestive juices in the stomach. Eating it before or after meals will affect the digestion and absorption of food. In addition, eating a large amount of watermelon before meals will occupy the stomach volume, making it difficult to digest food.

The intake of various nutrients during meals is greatly reduced, which is harmful to health.

It is not advisable to eat too much at one time. Watermelon is raw and cold in nature. Eating too much at one time can easily damage the spleen and stomach, and because it contains a lot of water and sugar, eating too much will often lead to poor appetite.

Don’t be greedy for iced watermelon. Although eating iced watermelon on a hot day is very effective in relieving heat, cold food is very irritating to the stomach. Eating iced watermelon that has been refrigerated for too long is more likely to damage the spleen and stomach.