Will eating lychees cause "lychee disease"? In fact, eating lychees this way is more "safe"

There are N+1 reasons to fall in love with summer, and the abundance of fruit varieties is one of them.

For example, watermelon, cherry, bayberry;

For example, peaches, mangoes, and grapes;

For example, "lychee" has been loved by many literati and poets throughout history.

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Ancient lychee "crazy fans" "A horse gallops through the dusty world and the concubine smiles, no one knows it is the lychees coming."

This well-known line of poetry is about Yang Guifei, the royal representative of the Tang Dynasty who loved lychees.

There is an ancient record that “The concubine loved lychees and had to have them delivered fresh, so she sent riders to deliver them. The lychees traveled thousands of miles and the taste was still the same when they arrived at the capital.” Ma died countless times just to make the beauty smile. He was worthy of his reputation as a famous lychee lover in the royal family.

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Emperor Qianlong, who was also a representative of the royal family, also liked to eat lychees. However, the lychee tent in the Qing harem was not as simple as portrayed in Qing palace dramas.

A book says:

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The queen, who was of noble status, could only get one lychee!

In comparison, Su Shi is much more impressive, after all, he could "eat 300 lychees a day"~

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If Su Shi lived in modern times, he would definitely become an excellent food broadcaster. His appetite and ability to sell goods are amazing!

Lychees must be picked like this to stay fresh. Lychees were particularly precious in ancient times, mainly because it was extremely difficult to keep them fresh.

Lingnan is far away and transportation was inconvenient in ancient times, so people would change color if lychees were off the branches for one day.

This is because oxidase reacts with anthocyanin in the lychee shell to form a black-brown compound.

The aroma changes two days after being removed from the branch, and the taste changes three days after being removed from the branch. This is because the lychee flesh itself has a high water content and is extremely easy to deteriorate and become sour and astringent.

If no measures are taken, the color, aroma and taste will disappear after four or five days. The rapid development of the logistics industry and preservation technology have freed us from this problem. We can now eat all kinds of lychees without much effort.

But even so, there is no guarantee that all the lychees sold at the fruit stalls are fresh, and the store will not tell you. Please remember the three steps to selecting lychees:

“Look, smell, and feel”

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【see】

Choose lychees with red skin with white hues, large cracks on the surface, and regular distribution.

If the skin appears black or brown, the lychee may not be fresh.

【smell】

If the lychees have unusual smells such as alcohol or sourness, they are no longer fresh.

【cut】

The lychees feel a little harder and more elastic.

There are many ways to eat lychees. In order to achieve lychee freedom, foodies have unlocked various ways to eat lychees.

It can be eaten cooked, frozen, or made into exploding lychee ice cream.

Frozen lychees will be sweeter because most of the sugar in lychees is fructose, and the lower the temperature, the sweeter the fructose.

If you are interested, you can also try dipping it in soy sauce, which has a unique taste.

But you can't eat too much lychees. Many people will experience symptoms such as dry and sore throat, bleeding gums, etc. after eating lychees, which is the so-called "getting angry".

This may be because the lychee sugar content is relatively high, and the mouth is in a hyperosmotic state, which will cause dry mouth and tongue, which can be relieved by gargling or drinking water.

Among all fruits, lychee has a moderate effect on blood sugar, so do not eat a large amount of lychees on an empty stomach. You can choose to eat them half an hour after a meal.

The recommended daily consumption for adults is about 300g.

Taking Feizishao as an example, there are about 12 pills.

Elderly people with degenerated pancreatic islet function and children with immature pancreatic islet function should not take more than 5 capsules at most. Remember this.

Will eating lychees lead to drunk driving? Lychees have a high sugar content, and alcohol will be produced due to fermentation during storage. Alcohol will remain in the mouth after eating lychees.

Many people are obsessed with lychees, I wonder if it’s because of the tipsy feeling they give you.

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We tried it ourselves. We ate 3 lychees at once and then blew air immediately after that. The value was really off the charts!

But after three minutes, the reading returned to normal.

It seems that the alcohol intake from eating lychees is relatively small, and most of the alcohol remains in the mouth after eating.

Friends who drive, please pay attention: eating lychees while driving is something you must not do!

If you eat lychees, please drink some water and wait a few minutes before driving. It would be embarrassing if you are stopped by a traffic policeman and asked to blow your breath.