Hawthorn snacks sold in supermarkets and shopping malls, such as hawthorn slices, hawthorn cakes and preserved hawthorn fruits, are mostly processed with food, although the main ingredient is hawthorn. Although the taste is sweet and sour, the sugar content is greatly increased. Long-term eating without paying attention to oral hygiene can easily lead to dental caries in children. In addition, eating too much high-sugar food will affect digestion and absorption and aggravate loss of appetite.

Hawthorn contains many kinds of organic acids. Oral administration can enhance the acidity of gastric juice, increase pepsin activity, and promote the digestion of protein. The acidity of hawthorn stimulates gastric mucosa and promotes gastric juice secretion.

Lipase contains hawthorn, which can promote the digestion of fat; Hawthorn contains vitamin C and other ingredients, which can increase appetite if taken orally. Hawthorn can regulate gastrointestinal motility, inhibit gastrointestinal smooth muscle in sputum state and excite smooth muscle in relaxation state.

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People who are not suitable for eating hawthorn

1, pregnant women in the first three months of pregnancy

Hawthorn has the function of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis and stimulating uterine contraction. The placenta of newly pregnant women is not firm, and eating hawthorn may lead to miscarriage. However, pregnant women who are about to give birth can eat hawthorn properly to stimulate uterine contraction. In addition, women with postpartum lochia, postpartum congestion and abdominal pain can eat more appropriately.

2. Spleen and stomach weakness

Hawthorn contains lipolytic enzymes, which can promote the digestion of fatty foods, organic acids and dietary fiber, which can promote the secretion of gastric juice, help digestion and increase appetite, but this effect is not achieved through the function of strengthening the spleen and stomach, so people with weak spleen and stomach should not eat too much.

3. Children in tooth changing period

Children in the period of tooth replacement, eating hawthorn or hawthorn slices and hawthorn cakes for a long time, will also be detrimental to tooth growth. Children with dental caries should not eat too much.

4. Hypolipidemia.

Hawthorn has the function of lowering blood fat, and people with low blood fat will affect their health if they eat more hawthorn.

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People in people's network-level 4 should not eat hawthorn.