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Can you eat litchi on an empty stomach

Now it's the season for litchi to go on the market. Many people like the sweetness of litchi. We all know that eating too much litchi is easy to catch fire. But it's estimated that many people don't know that litchi can't be eaten on an empty stomach. Why can't litchi be eaten on an empty stomach? Come and have a look with Xiaobian!

Can I have litchi on an empty stomach

Litchi can't be eaten on an empty stomach. Litchi is a fruit with high sugar content. If you eat litchi on an empty stomach, it may cause discomfort. In addition, the amount of litchi to be eaten at one time should not be too much. It's better not to exceed 300 grams per day.

Eating litchi on an empty stomach is easy to cause sudden hypoglycemia, dizziness, thirst, nausea, sweating, stomachache, palpitation and other phenomena. In serious cases, coma, convulsion and arrhythmia will occur. These symptoms are sudden hypoglycemia after a large number of eating litchi. They are called "litchi acute poisoning" or "litchi disease" in medicine. No more than 10 litchi should be eaten at a time. If you eat more litchi, your liver will rise, your throat will dry and your tongue will be dry. If you eat more litchi, you will suffer from nausea, limb weakness, dizziness, etc. Especially for children, eat 3-4 capsules, and eat more easily.

At the beginning of litchi disease, there were some hypoglycemia manifestations, such as dizziness, palpitation, fatigue, cold and wet skin, pale complexion, etc. some patients had thirst and hunger, abdominal pain and diarrhea. In severe cases, there may be sudden coma, paroxysmal convulsions, skin cyanosis, blood pressure drop and other symptoms, or even death.

What's going on with eating litchi on an empty stomach

Eating litchi on an empty stomach and causing dizziness is actually a sudden hypoglycemic reaction.

Litchi contains a lot of fructose, which can stimulate the secretion of insulin, but the main substance used by insulin is glucose. If fructose is to become glucose, it must be treated by liver invertase. After eating too much litchi, the supply of invertase is in short supply, not only can't transform fructose, but also can make the glucose in the blood insufficient, and the insulin that plays the role of reducing glucose can automatically reach the peak of secretion, and hypoglycemic reaction will appear.

If there is obvious hypoglycemia after eating a lot of Litchi on an empty stomach, the patient can be given glucose water directly; the patient in coma must be sent to the emergency department of the hospital immediately, injected with glucose and checked accordingly. At the same time, the patient should lie flat, do not exercise, and rest more.

Eating taboo of Litchi

1. Not suitable for eating on an empty stomach

The sugar content of fresh litchi is very high. Eating it on an empty stomach will stimulate the gastric mucosa and cause stomach pain and distention. In addition, if you eat too much on an empty stomach, you will suddenly add too much high sugar to your body, resulting in a 'hypertonic coma'.

2. Not suitable for eating litchi in large quantity

Eating litchi in large quantity and rarely, it is easy to cause sudden hypoglycemia, dizziness, thirst, nausea, sweating, stomachache, palpitation and other phenomena. In serious cases, coma, convulsion, arrhythmia and so on will occur.

3. Take care of diabetes patients

Litchi has a high sugar content, so people with diabetes should be careful. At the same time, people who have the symptoms of yin deficiency and fire are not allowed to eat, so as to avoid aggravating the symptoms of fire. Dry sore throat, gums swelling pain, epistaxis and other diseases should also be avoided.

4. Try not to eat water soaked lychees

At present, many litchi in the market are soaked with water, which contains a lot of water. A large amount of water will dilute the digestive fluid after entering the gastrointestinal tract, causing anorexia or dyspepsia, and also causing temporary hypoglycemia. Some water soaked litchi may contain toxic ingredients such as detergent, which may also cause dizziness.