Who should not eat pineapple?

Doctor, doctor Ngo Quang Hai, former deputy director of the Center for Training and Directing, Central Hospital for Acupuncture, said that in Oriental medicine, pineapple has a sour taste, is calculated as average, and has a laxative effect. . This fruit also has the role of promoting digestion, anti-inflammatory and detoxification; cure arthritis, gout and reduce obesity; cure digestive disorders, gastrointestinal pain, inflammation.

However, the doctor noted that some subjects should limit eating pineapple, as follows:

The first is people with allergies. In pineapple, there is bromelin, an enzyme that hydrolyzes protein, used to treat many different diseases. But some studies show that a lot of people are allergic to this enzyme, after eating pineapple for 15 minutes or longer, bromelin stimulates the body to produce histamines, causing symptoms of abdominal cramps. hoarseness, nausea, urticaria, uncomfortable itching, numbness of the lips, worse, difficulty breathing. These cases are common and severe in patients with a history of atopic allergies such as urticaria, atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, bronchial asthma…

The second is diabetic. Pineapple has a high sugar content, providing a lot of energy, if you eat a lot, you will be at risk of being overweight or obese. If people with diabetes want to eat pineapple, they must consult their treating doctor.

Patients with high blood pressure should also limit eating pineapple. People with a history of high blood pressure, when using a lot of pineapple, can easily cause hot flushes, headaches, dizziness, etc., are at risk of high blood pressure.

Patients with tooth inflammation, stomach ulcers, mouth ulcers should also limit eating pineapple. The glucoside in pineapple has a strong irritant effect on the lining of the mouth and esophagus, and when eaten in excess, it also causes numbness in the tongue and throat. Therefore, normal healthy people should not eat a lot of pineapple at once. In addition, people with stomach disease should not eat a lot of pineapple, should only eat a very small piece because pineapple contains a lot of organic acids and some enzymes that increase inflammation of the lining of the stomach and intestines, easy to cause hangover, uncomfortable.

Finally, people who are prone to hot flashes should not eat pineapple. Many people after eating pineapple for about 30 minutes to an hour feel tired, uncomfortable, intense itching all over the body, right after that, they feel hot and have a rash. This is a burning phenomenon. For those who have had it once and have to be more careful when eating pineapple, it is best to eat less to explore.

Dr. Hai added, Three foods should not be eaten with pineapple milk, radish and eggs. Milk and dairy products, including yogurt…, when eaten at the same time with pineapple, will reduce the nutritional effect of milk, reacting with substances in pineapple with protein in milk, forming indigestible substances, causing indigestion. abdominal pain or diarrhea. Similar to eggs, the protein in this food and the fruit acids in pineapple combine to make the protein solid, causing discomfort and indigestion.

Pineapple and radish when eaten together will destroy vitamin C, reducing other nutrients. In addition, they also promote the conversion of flavonoids in pineapple into dihydroxybenzoic acid and ferulic acid, inhibiting thyroid function, causing goiter. Therefore, patients with thyroid dysfunction should pay special attention.

Thuy Quynh