Taboos and side effects of eating litchi

1, eating more is easy to get angry

Litchi is a kind of hot fruit. Although it is full of juice, it is easy to get angry if you eat too much. It is suggested that patients with constipation need to restrain their desires and taste it to avoid adverse effects.

2, diabetes can not eat

Litchi tastes delicious because it is rich in sugar, so patients with diabetic symptoms can't eat it, otherwise it will easily increase the sugar content in the blood, and even lead to life-threatening shock.

3, may cause allergies

Litchi is also a fruit that may cause human allergies. If you are allergic, it is recommended to eat less. If you can't help it, you can try one first, and then eat it if you don't feel unwell.

4. Don't eat on an empty stomach

Try not to eat litchi on an empty stomach, because eating it at this time may lead to hypoglycemia in the human body, which is what people usually call "litchi disease".

5. Don't eat it if it goes bad.

Litchi is very easy to deteriorate at room temperature, so it is recommended to keep it frozen when it is not eaten. It is necessary to observe the color of litchi after peeling. Normal litchi is translucent with a little white. If it is pure white, it means deterioration. Normal litchi tastes sweet, while deteriorated litchi tastes sour.

6. Eating too much will cause abdominal pain.

Although litchi is very delicious, it should not be eaten in excess, otherwise it is prone to abdominal distension, abdominal pain and other adverse effects, and even become weak in limbs. If this happens, you need to boil water with litchi shells to drink, and the symptoms will be alleviated.

What should I pay attention to when eating litchi?

Not suitable for eating on an empty stomach

Fresh litchi litchi has a high sugar content. Eating it on an empty stomach will stimulate the gastric mucosa and cause stomach pain and bloating. Moreover, eating too much on an empty stomach will lead to a "hyperosmotic coma" due to the sudden addition of too much high sugar in the body.

It is not advisable to eat litchi in large quantities.

Eating a lot of litchi and eating very little can easily lead to sudden hypoglycemia, dizziness, thirst, nausea, sweating, stomachache, palpitation and other phenomena, and in severe cases, coma, convulsions, arrhythmia and so on. These symptoms are sudden hypoglycemia after eating a lot of litchi, which is called acute poisoning of litchi in medicine, also called "litchi disease". Because most of the monosaccharides in litchi are fructose, fructose can be converted into glucose for energy supply or glycogen for storage after being absorbed by the body, and it can be oxidized and utilized by tissue cells. If you eat too much litchi at a time, your blood sugar content will be much lower than normal, which will lead to hypoglycemia. Therefore, litchi disease is an acute disease caused by hypoglycemia, which is characterized by early morning onset, often with early symptoms such as sweating, cold limbs, fatigue and diarrhea, and then suddenly convulsions and coma. If there are symptoms of excessive internal heat, you can eat some cold watermelons to relieve fever.

Do not eat more than 10 lychees at a time. Eating more lychees will cause liver fire to rise, dry throat and tongue, and serious discomfort such as nausea, limb weakness and dizziness. Especially for children, take 3-4 capsules, which is easy to cause fever.

Try not to eat blistered litchi.

Many lychees on the market now are soaked in water and contain a lot of water. After a large amount of water enters the gastrointestinal tract, it will dilute the digestive juice, cause loss of appetite or indigestion, and also cause temporary hypoglycemia.

Some blister lychees may contain toxic ingredients such as detergents, which may also cause dizziness.

Pregnant women should eat litchi in moderation.

Litchi is a warm food. If it is used in large quantities for a long time, it will easily cause excessive internal heat and high blood sugar, which will easily lead to a huge fetus, weighing up to 4 kg or more, and it is easy to be complicated with dystocia, delayed delivery, stillbirth, postpartum hemorrhage and infection. Therefore, pregnant women should eat litchi in moderation, and it is appropriate for pregnant women to eat litchi at100-200 grams each time.