Summer is the peak season of watermelon. It's cool and sweet. People of all ages love it. Especially when it's taken out in the refrigerator, it's really cool, sweet and beautiful. So many people have to ask, why should we sprinkle salt on watermelon?
What's the effect of adding salt to watermelon
Watermelon salt can alleviate oral inflammation.
Because watermelon has the good effects of promoting body fluid to quench thirst, clearing away heat and reducing fire, reducing swelling and relieving pain. It has been a good prescription for eliminating fire since ancient times. It is regarded as a good medicine for throat and mouth by doctors of all ages. The reason why it should dip in salt is the antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effect of taking salt. Both of them work together and have a very significant effect on inflammation.
What does watermelon taste like with salt
It will taste sweeter.
Sprinkle some salt before eating watermelon. Let your mouth and tongue touch the salty taste first, and then touch the sweet taste. The sweet taste will be magnified and feel more sweet. This is a typical taste contrast effect.
Notes on eating watermelon
1. Don't eat too much, otherwise it will hurt the spleen and stomach and cause laryngitis
Watermelon is a raw and cold product. It is easy to hurt the spleen and stomach if you eat it too much. Therefore, it is better to eat less if you have deficiency of the spleen and stomach, dyspepsia, and diarrhea. If you eat too much, you will suffer from abdominal distention, diarrhea, decreased appetite, cold and dampness accumulation, resulting in diseases. If you eat too much watermelon at a time, a large amount of water in the watermelon will dilute the gastric juice, resulting in indigestion and gastrointestinal resistance.
2. Don't eat watermelon at the beginning of a cold, otherwise it will aggravate the cold or prolong the cure time
Whether it is a cold or a cold with wind and heat, it belongs to superficial disease at the initial stage, and should be treated by dispersing the pathogenic factors from the surface. According to traditional Chinese medicine, if the exterior is not solved, it cannot attack the interior. Otherwise, it will cause exterior evil to enter the interior and aggravate the disease. At the beginning of the cold, when the pathogenic factors are on the surface, eating watermelon is equivalent to taking the medicine of qinglire, which will lead the pathogenic factors into the cold, aggravate the cold or prolong the cure time. However, when the cold aggravates the fever, such as high fever, thirst, sore throat, yellow and red urine, you can eat some watermelon while taking normal medicine, which is helpful for the recovery of the cold.
3. Don't eat watermelon that has been opened for too long
High temperature, watermelon open for a long time easy to deteriorate, breeding bacteria, eating will lead to intestinal infectious diseases. Therefore, eating watermelon should pay attention to the selection of mature fresh watermelon.
4. Do not eat if you have renal insufficiency
A large amount of watermelon in a short time increases the body water content, which exceeds the physiological capacity of the human body. However, in patients with renal insufficiency, the ability of the kidney to regulate the water is greatly reduced, too much water entering the body can not be regulated and discharged from the body, resulting in a sharp increase of blood volume, which is easy to die of acute heart failure.
5. Do not eat ulcers
According to traditional Chinese medicine, the main causes of oral ulcer are yin deficiency, internal heat, disturbance of deficiency fire and burn of blood and flesh. Watermelon has diuretic effect. If people with oral ulcer eat watermelon more, they will discharge some of the normal water needed in the body through the diuretic effect of watermelon, which will aggravate the state of deficiency of Yin fluid. Deficiency of Yin will increase the internal heat and aggravate the oral ulcer.
6. Diabetes patients should eat less
Watermelon contains about 5% sugar. If diabetic eat too much watermelon, it will lead to high blood sugar, increased urine sugar and other consequences, and even lead to ketoacidosis coma. If you eat 25-50g watermelon at a time, it has little effect on diabetic patients, so diabetic patients should pay attention to appropriate amount of watermelon.