The season of litchi is bright red, even these people should consider eating it

Lychee is a popular fruit in the summer, but not everyone knows how to eat it to avoid harm to health. In particular, experts recommend the following subjects not to eat lychee indiscriminately.

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Litchi is a familiar fruit in summer. In Eastern medicine, lychee fruit has great heat properties, has the effect of benefiting the mind, tempering the spleen and kidneys, nourishing the blood, nourishing the liver, eliminating troubles and thirst, sobering up the spirit, keeping the mind sharp, increasing strength, and increasing the body. heat, except welding, yang yang, emphysema, beauty beautification.

According to modern medical research, litchi fruit contains up to 82% water and 16.5% Carbohydrate. Besides, litchi is also a fruit rich in fiber, vitamins C, B, E and minerals such as zinc, iron, magnesium, calcium …

Thanks to the nutrient-rich ingredients, litchi is not only appreciated as a delicious fruit but also has the effect of helping to prevent many diseases.

Some health benefits of lychee

Cancer prevention: Litchi contains flavonoids that help fight certain cancers. Furthermore, it contains flavones, quercitin and kaemferol which are powerful compounds that reduce the growth of cancer cells.

Cardiovascular disease prevention: Litchi is ranked second by scientists in the list of fruits containing the most polyphenols. This is an active ingredient that helps increase resistance to the cardiovascular system. On the other hand, the antioxidants in this fruit also strengthen the human immune system, slowing down the aging process of eye cells. A glass of lychee juice per day will help you prevent many diseases, especially related to the cardiovascular system.

Improve immune system: The next use of lychee that few people expect is its ability to strengthen the immune system. Vitamin C in litchi is an extremely effective antioxidant, helping to repel free radicals, bacteria and viruses that are harmful to the body, enhance immunity and prevent diseases.

Good for eyes: The B vitamins are usually responsible for metabolizing carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. Litchi, especially lychee, contain many B vitamins such as thiamin, niacin, folate and riboflavin. In addition, this fruit also contains a lot of beta-carotene, which is very good for the eyes. In addition, these vitamins are also involved in the metabolic processes of the skin, bones and tissues.

Helps strengthen bones: Litchi is rich in phosphorus, magnesium and minerals such as copper and manganese, which help strengthen bones. These active ingredients help increase the effectiveness of vitamin D, promote calcium assimilation mechanism, thereby maintaining bone health.

Effective digestive system support: Litchi contains soluble fibers that help the digestive system healthy, eliminate toxins in the stomach, improve taste, clean the colon, treat heartburn and burning sensation in the stomach. The astringent found in litchi seeds is also used in the treatment of intestinal problems and intestinal deworming.

Reduce wrinkles and freckles: Oligonol is a polyphenol found in abundance in litchi. Oligonol is rich in antioxidants and fights influenza virus activity. This substance also helps improve blood circulation, lose weight and protect the skin from ultraviolet rays. Oligonol helps to reduce fat, increase blood circulation, reduce fatigue during exercise, increase stamina and reduce wrinkles and freckles.

Helps with weight loss: Lychee is low in calories, has no saturated fat or cholesterol, but is rich in fiber, so it is suitable for people who want to lose weight.

For healthy hair: Vitamin C, niacin and thiamin are essential nutrients in hair growth. Vitamin C plays an active role, ensuring an adequate supply of blood to your hair follicles.

Anti-aging help: Lychee has a high content of antioxidant vitamin C and B vitamins. These substances help protect the body from aging from environmental pollution and ultraviolet rays, protecting the skin from damage. Therefore, eating a sufficient amount of lychee can help fight skin cancer or dermatitis.

People with the following diseases should not eat a lot of lychee

People with diabetes

Lychee fruit pulp contains a lot of glucose, if you eat a large amount of fresh lychee at once, it can cause a large amount of glucose into the blood to exceed the liver’s ability to metabolize and absorb. When glucose levels spike, it’s easy to quickly raise blood sugar, which is very unsuitable for people with diabetes.

People with lots of pimples

Many people, when eating too much lychee, have developed symptoms such as heat, pimples, boils due to the very high sugar content of lychee.

People who often have headaches, nausea

Eating a lot of lychee, glucose levels spike, the body reacts, insulin secretion increases to lower blood sugar levels, causing a low blood sugar reaction, also known as “clothes drunk” symptom. Common symptoms are dizziness, nausea, cold sweats, heat …

Overweight and obese people

Litchi contains 66% glucose, 5% sucrose, containing over 70% total sugar – ranking first in fruit trees.

Therefore, obese people who eat a lot of lychee will find it difficult to control the amount of sugar put into the body, making the disease worse.

Hot-mouthed person

Lychee is a famous fruit with a lot of sugar. When the body is hot, eating lychee will cause acne or red spots to appear

Pregnant women

Lychee is a sweet fruit, however, because of that, pregnant women should not eat lychee comfortably, “blamelessly” because lychee fruit has a very high sugar content, which is not good for pregnant women, especially pregnant women who are pregnant. ever had diabetes.

For normal people, only 5-10 fruits/day should be used. Only eat litchi that is ripe enough, do not eat green litchi or chew or bite lychee seeds when eating; Do not eat too much lychee at the same time because it is easy to burn the tongue, generate heat, “fluffy sickness”, lychee poisoning leads to nausea, dizziness, dizziness.

Women before and during the “red light” period

In the few days before the menstrual cycle, women often experience anxiety, depression, emotional stress due to an imbalance of the hormones estrogen and progesterone. Therefore, when you are in this stage, you need to limit eating a lot of lychee.

Note when eating lychee:

Do not eat too much lychee at once: According to physician Bui Hong Minh, former Chairman of Ba Dinh Oriental Medicine Association, Hanoi, you should not eat more than 10 lychees at a time, eating too much will cause the liver to burn, the tongue and throat to burn, more seriously, it will lead to nausea. ; Children who eat a lot will get heat, it is best to eat only 4-5 fruits/time.

Do not eat lychee when hungry: Many people think that lychee is sweet, high in sugar, should eat when hungry to supplement sugar for the body to reduce fatigue. However, according to Dr. Doan Thi Tuong Vi, former Head of the Department of Nutrition, Hospital 198, this is a completely wrong thinking.

When eating lychee on an empty stomach, it will add too much sugar, which will irritate the stomach lining causing pain, inflammation, heat or intoxication with manifestations such as dizziness, dizziness, weakness in limbs, gnawing, nausea. . It is best to eat lychee only after meals to prevent internal heat as well as other health problems.

In the event that eating too much lychee leads to a state of “litchi drunk”, it is recommended to drink 1 cup of sugar water to help improve the situation.

How to eat lychee to avoid poisoning

Drink salt water before eating

Lychee pulp has a lot of glucose, if you eat a lot at once, it will cause a large amount of sugar to enter the blood, exceeding the liver’s ability to absorb and metabolize, causing the body to increase insulin secretion to lower blood sugar levels. down, causing the symptom of “clothes sickness”.

When experiencing this symptom, we should drink 1 cup of sugar water to help improve the situation.

Users can drink a little salt water or cold herbal tea or eat 20-30g of lean meat or drink bone broth before eating lychee. Doing so has the effect of preventing fire. In addition, eating lychee after eating rice also helps to avoid heat because at this time, the body has stored enough salt water through food.

Eating the whole white membrane We can eat the whole white membrane of the lychee (the membrane that surrounds the flesh of the lychee) and will not cause fire. Although this white film is a bit acrid, when eating the flesh of the lychee, it will feel even sweeter. It is also possible to eat the white part on top of the lychee seed as well, thus preventing the fire.

Fabric care:

After buying lychee, if you don’t eat all of it, it is necessary to wash off the dirt clinging to the skin as well as remove damaged and watery lychees to preserve them longer.

The washed fabric can be put in a plastic bag and then put in the refrigerator to preserve and eat gradually every day, but it should not be stored for too long as it will damage the fabric and lose nutrients.