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When it comes to food properties, Chinese medicine has the so-called "four qi", which means that when food enters the body, it will have the functions of "cold, hot, warm and cold". If it is neither warm nor cold, it belongs to "flat", and each fruit has its own properties, which are generally divided into three categories: "warm", "cold" and "sweet".
Warm fruits
The so-called warm fruit refers to the fruit with high calorie density and high sugar content. After eating, the reaction of glucose phosphorylation in the liver is accelerated, the synthesis of liver sugar is increased, the ratio of insulin to furosemide is increased, the synthesis of fatty acids is improved, and the synthesis of triglyceride is also improved. When the liver is full of fat and sugar to be sent out, it is easy to get angry, and the body energy is increased, which makes it "hot".
Warm fruits include: jujube, chestnut, peach, apricot, longan, litchi, cherry, pomegranate, pineapple and so on. People with hot constitution should eat this kind of fruit in moderation.
Cold fruits
People with deficiency and cold constitution should use this kind of fruit with caution. Cold fruits include: tangerine, orange, water chestnut, banana, Sydney, persimmon, lily, watermelon and so on.
Ganping fruit
Ganping fruits include: grapes, papaya, olives, plums, plums, loquats, hawthorn, apples and so on. This kind of fruit is suitable for people of all kinds of constitutions.
Looking at fruit from the perspective of traditional Chinese and western medicine
Chinese medicine-Chinese medicine emphasizes balance and harmony between yin and yang, so people with hot constitution should eat more cold and cool food, and people with cold constitution should naturally eat more warm food. The principle of eating fruit is the same. At the same time, topography and climate will also affect physiology and diet. For example, Guangzhou is subtropical, and it is difficult to get hot in midsummer. Due to the influence of hot weather and ground heat, people often have headaches, body heat, thirst and upset. In order to achieve a balance, it is best to eat some cold and cool food.
Western medicine-western medicine doesn't talk much about physical fitness and food attributes. If a patient feels uncomfortable after eating some fruits, it is not suitable and should be avoided.
Eating too much of any kind of fruit, no matter how good the body is, will be unbearable. For example, apples, although we often say "an apple a day keeps the doctor away", eating too much will hurt the spleen and stomach. In addition, eating too much litchi will reduce digestive function, affect appetite, and produce nausea, vomiting, cold sweat and other phenomena; Excessive consumption of apricot will get angry and induce acne; Because melons and fruits contain a lot of water, eating too much will dilute gastric juice, causing indigestion, abdominal pain and diarrhea; Litchi and longan are easy to get angry and irritable when eaten too much. A balanced diet should not only pay attention to "quality", but more importantly, care about "quantity", so remember to use your brain when eating and carefully consider whether it suits you. The following is to introduce you to the ingredients contained in various common fruits, some of which are not suitable for eating more.
Persimmon-contains a lot of tannin and persimmon powder, and tannin has strong convergence, so constipation patients should not eat more. In addition, eating persimmons on an empty stomach or eating persimmons after eating crabs is easy to produce persimmon stones. Therefore, patients with gastritis, hyperacidity, spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, and after fasting and fatigue, it is best not to eat persimmon or eat less.
Apple-contains a lot of sugar and potassium salt, too much intake is not conducive to heart and kidney health care. People with coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, kidney disease and diabetes should not eat more.
Banana-cold, containing more sodium salt, people suffering from chronic nephritis, hypertension, edema should be careful to eat. Because of the high sugar content of bananas, diabetics should not eat more.
Watermelon-with high water content, it is a good fruit to relieve summer heat in midsummer, but the meat is cold, and it is easy to have abdominal pain or diarrhea if the elderly and weak eat more. Patients with heart failure and severe edema should not eat more.
Citrus-old people with cold nature and deficiency of stomach, intestine, kidney and lung function should not eat more, so as not to induce abdominal pain, soreness of waist and knees and other symptoms. When oranges are eaten too much, it is easy to get angry, causing sores in the mouth, redness and swelling, and inducing hemorrhoids.
Litchi-if eaten in large quantities continuously, it will make people pale and cause dizziness, palpitation, cold sweat, yawning, fatigue and other symptoms. This is caused by exogenous hypoglycemia caused by litchi, which is called "litchi disease" in medicine.
Durian-durian may not be affordable for everyone, because it is hot and stagnant, quite dry, and it is not suitable for young people with heavy dry fire; However, its tonic value is quite high, and it has the function of nourishing and strengthening the body. It can cure cold pain in the heart, stomach pain and skin diseases. When it is used to stew chicken soup, it is fragrant and sweet, and it is the most nourishing for the elderly who are weak and cold, and one soup is effective. Remember that people with kidney or heart diseases should eat less durian.
It is best to eat fruit before meals.
Eating fruit or drinking 1 cup of juice 30~40 minutes before meals can reduce the calories absorbed during meals by about 20%~40% compared with usual. If the calorie intake of each meal is reduced according to this range, there will be obvious weight loss effect.
Wash and peel fruits when eating them.
In order to prevent pests, fruit farmers will spray pesticides, and the peel will have a good chance to accumulate pesticide residues. If you eat uncleaned fruits for a long time, the toxic substances in your body will increase greatly, ranging from vomiting, diarrhea, anorexia, chest tightness, skin allergies and other reactions, to gastrointestinal damage and endangering human health. Therefore, when eating apples, pears and other fruits, it is best to peel them and eat them.
Not suitable for eating with seafood.
Fish, shrimps and algae in the sea all contain a lot of protein and rich minerals such as calcium and iron. If they are eaten together with fruits containing more tannic acid (such as pomegranate, hawthorn, persimmon, olive, grape, sour pomelo, lemon, apricot, begonia, plum, sour plum, etc.), it will not only reduce the nutritional value of protein, but also easily combine calcium and iron in seafood with tannic acid. This substance can irritate the stomach and cause discomfort. In severe cases, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain may occur. Therefore, these fruits should not be eaten with seafood at the same time, and it is advisable to eat them after 2~3 hours.