Can I eat carambola during menstruation?

The significance of diet to us humans has long ceased to be just to meet the body's energy needs. Our current requirements for diet have changed a lot. We hope to obtain nutrition from diet and obtain health-preserving and health-care effects. Although many diseases are caused by diet, we must understand scientific diet and use diet to treat many diseases.

Women are prone to some bad symptoms during menstruation, so can we use diet to relieve these menstrual symptoms? The answer is yes. Women can eat more foods containing vitamin C and vitamin B during menstruation.

Carambola, also known as carambola, star peach, foreign peach, three-lianzi, etc., belongs to the phylum Angiosperms, genus Carambola. It is a fruit produced in tropical and subtropical areas and has very high nutritional value.

Small evergreen tree, 8-12 meters tall. The pinnate compound leaves are alternate. Because the leaves react to heat and light, they will slowly close when touched by external forces. The leaflets are 5-9, ovate to elliptical, 3-6 cm long, with pointed tips, oblique bases, and entire margins. The flowers are small, bisexual, white or lavender, with 5 long and 5 short stamens: axillary panicles; flowering period is late spring to autumn. The berries are ovate to oblong, 5-8 cm long, with 3-5 ribs, green or yellow-green. The fruit is in the shape of a five-pointed star, which can be seen when sliced.

Carambola lowers blood pressure and blood lipids

Star fruit can reduce the body's absorption of fat, lower blood lipids and cholesterol, and has a preventive effect on cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension and arteriosclerosis. It can also protect the liver and lower blood sugar. In addition, carambola is rich in sugars, vitamin C and organic acids, and has abundant juice, which can quickly replenish the body's water, promote salivation and quench thirst, and excrete heat or alcohol toxins from the body through urine, eliminating fatigue. Star fruit juice contains a large amount of oxalic acid, citric acid, malic acid, etc., which can increase the acidity of gastric juice and promote the digestion of food. Star fruit contains a large amount of volatile components, carotene compounds, sugars, organic acids, vitamins B and C, which can eliminate pharyngitis and oral ulcers, and prevent and treat toothache caused by wind and fire.

It is worth mentioning that carambola has high medicinal value, especially the fresh fruit is very rich in sugar content, including sucrose, fructose, glucose, malic acid, citric acid, oxalic acid, multiple vitamins, trace fat and protein, etc., which help digestion, nourishment and health care for the human body. Except for patients with kidney disease, the general public can eat it with confidence.

Dietary effects

1. Supplement nutrition. The large amount of sugars, vitamins, organic acids, etc. contained in carambola are important substances for human life activities. Regular consumption can supplement the body's nutrition and enhance the body's disease resistance.

2. Promote urination, detoxify alcohol, promote salivation and quench thirst. Star fruit is rich in sugar, vitamin C and organic acids, and has abundant juice, which can quickly replenish the body's water and quench thirst, and expel internal heat or alcohol toxins from the body through urine.

3. Soothe the stomach and help digestion. Star fruit juice contains a large amount of oxalic acid, citric acid, malic acid, etc., which can increase the acidity of gastric juice, promote the digestion of food and achieve the effect of harmonizing the stomach and promoting digestion.

4. Clears away heat and relieves sore throat. Carambola fruit contains a large amount of volatile components.

The above introduces the importance of diet to us. Many diseases are caused by what we eat. By the same token, we can also use food to treat diseases. The carambola introduced above is one of our common fruits. Carambola is rich in vitamins, especially vitamin B and vitamin C, so it is very suitable for consumption during menstruation.