You can eat persimmons, but you can’t eat a lot of them.

Children’s gastrointestinal function is relatively weak. In their diet, they should pay attention to eating more foods that are easy to digest and not eating too much food that is difficult to digest. Therefore, it is best not to eat persimmons, or eat less. Can.

Persimmons contain a lot of tannic acid. This substance likes to combine with iron, which will affect the child's absorption of iron. Over time, it may cause anemia symptoms in the child, so if the child If you already have symptoms of anemia, it is best not to eat persimmons.

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Because persimmon cakes contain a lot of tannic acid and pectin, eating them on an empty stomach will cause gastric acid damage. Hard lumps of different sizes are formed. If these lumps cannot reach the small intestine through the pylorus, they will stay in the stomach and form gastric persimmon stones. Small gastric persimmon stones are initially like apricot kernels, but they will accumulate and become larger.

If the gastric persimmon stones cannot be discharged naturally, it will cause gastrointestinal obstruction, causing symptoms such as severe pain in the upper abdomen, vomiting, and even vomiting of blood. Gastric persimmon stones as big as a fist have been found during surgery.

The tannic acid in persimmon cakes can form compounds with calcium, zinc, magnesium, iron and other minerals in food that cannot be absorbed by the body, making these nutrients unavailable. Therefore, eating more persimmon cakes can easily lead to These minerals are deficient. And because it contains more sugar, people will feel fuller after eating persimmon cakes than eating the same amount of apples and pears, which will affect appetite and reduce meal intake.

Persimmon cakes are high in sugar and contain pectin. After eating, some of them always remain in the mouth, especially between the teeth. Together with the weakly acidic tannic acid, it can easily cause erosion to the teeth. It can cause dental caries, so it is advisable to drink a few mouthfuls of water after eating, or rinse your mouth in time.

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