Fruits are free to eat during the Spring Festival. Can’t stop eating them? Beware of “fruit disease”!

It is sweet and sour and lovely

It's fresh and crispy and tastes good

But if you eat too much of it, it can also turn into a "killer" and make you feel unwell. Fruits are delicious, but you should also be wary of "fruit diseases". During the Chinese New Year, when people gather together, various fruits are indispensable on the family table. Fruits contain sufficient water and have many benefits for the human body. However, it is easy to eat too much delicious fruit, and some troubles will ensue. Zhang Lishuang, director of the Clinical Nutrition Department, reminds everyone that although fruits are delicious, do not eat too much and be careful of "fruit diseases".

Pineapple is sweet and fragrant, but it contains bromelain. People who are allergic to bromelain are prone to abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, headache and other symptoms after eating pineapple. In addition, the serotonin in pineapple can cause blood vessels to constrict and blood pressure to rise. Therefore, eating too much pineapple may also cause headaches.

Zhang Lishuang, a clinical nutrition expert, suggested that pineapples should be soaked in salt water before eating to decompose allergens and reduce the occurrence of allergic reactions. Cooking the pineapple before eating is also a method.

Some people will experience numbness of lips, itchy throat, or a small rash after eating or touching mangoes . Some may also develop mild edema, accompanied by abdominal pain, diarrhea, etc.

Experts recommend that people who feel slightly uncomfortable after eating mangoes should wash their hands immediately after peeling the mangoes. People who are allergic to mangoes can try cutting the mangoes into small pieces and eating them directly to avoid contact with the skin of the lips or blending them into mango juice with a straw. People who have suffered from severe mango dermatitis should avoid eating mangoes.

Citrus fruits are rich in carotene. Eating too much at one time or for several consecutive days can easily lead to a large amount of carotene accumulation that cannot be converted in time, and deposited in the superficial tissue of the skin, causing yellowing. This is citrus disease. Skin yellowing usually starts from the palms and soles of the feet. In severe cases, the whole body will turn yellow, accompanied by symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, fatigue, etc.

Don’t eat too many tangerines during the Chinese New Year, even though they are sweet. If you eat a lot of citrus fruits in a short period of time, drink plenty of water to promote the excretion of excess carotene in the body.

Persimmons contain a large amount of tannic acid, phenol and pectin. When encountering gastric acid, they combine with proteins under the action of gastric digestive enzymes to form clots. The longer they stay in the stomach, the stronger the clots are. This is called persimmon stone disease. Continuously eating a large amount of persimmons or persimmon cakes to form larger persimmon stones may block the pyloric orifice or the small intestine and cause intestinal obstruction, and symptoms such as fullness, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain will appear. The best time to eat persimmons is half an hour after a meal. Eat them without the skin. Do not eat them with high-protein crabs, fish, shrimps, milk, etc. If you experience gastrointestinal discomfort after eating persimmons, please seek medical attention as soon as possible. In addition, there are some fruits that you should try not to eat with other fruits, so please pay attention!

Strawberries and Cherries

Red fruits and vegetables such as strawberries and cherries are rich in vitamin C and other elements, but they should not be eaten too much. Excessive consumption can easily cause internal heat. Don't eat them together. Eating the two fruits together will aggravate the symptoms of internal heat.

Oranges and lemons

Oranges and lemons have higher acidity than other fruits. Eating them in large quantities will promote the secretion of gastric acid and aggravate ulcers. Lemons are particularly acidic and should not be eaten on an empty stomach, otherwise they can easily hurt the stomach and damage the gastric mucosa.

Cantaloupe and Banana

Friends who particularly like fruit salad, please note that it is not recommended to eat cantaloupe and banana together, because cantaloupe has a very high potassium ion content. Bananas are also rich in potassium. Therefore, people with renal failure should not eat bananas and cantaloupe, which are both high in potassium, at the same time, so as to avoid being unable to effectively remove excess potassium. Too high blood potassium can cause serious abnormalities in cardiac conduction and contraction, making the condition worse.

The so-called "fruit disease" is mainly caused by side effects of excessive consumption or allergic reactions caused by certain special substances in fruits. Fruits are nutritious foods, but everyone should understand whether their physical constitution is "friendly" to the fruits they eat. So even if you can enjoy free fruits during the Spring Festival, don't be greedy!