It is also recorded in the book "seeking the origin of Materia Medica" that sweet potato: 'cool blood and activate blood circulation, widen stomach and intestines, relieve constipation, and remove stasis and visceral toxin. 'but many people have reported that they have constipation after eating sweet potato. What's the matter? Sweet potato contains a lot of crude fiber, which will never cause constipation. That's the wrong way to eat it.
Can eating sweet potato cause constipation
In principle, it won't, but eating raw or too much may cause constipation. Sweet potato originally contains a lot of crude fiber ingredients. Proper eating is conducive to gastrointestinal emptying, and will not cause constipation. But:
1. Eating too much may cause constipation
Sweet potato contains a kind of oxidase, which produces a large amount of carbon dioxide gas in the gastrointestinal tract, which is easy to cause abdominal distention, burping and exhaust. Take a small amount of food at a time, or avoid it. If you eat too much, eating too much sweet potato will also cause increased anal exhaust and gastrointestinal burden, which may lead to constipation. Especially for patients with gastroduodenitis, it is better not to eat sweet potato.
Moreover, sweet potato has a lot of sugar. If you eat too much at a time, your body can't absorb it all at once. The rest of it is easy to ferment in the intestine and make your abdomen uncomfortable. Therefore, traditional Chinese medicine also believes that those with dampness blocking the spleen and stomach, qi stagnation and accumulation of food should be cautious about eating sweet potatoes.
2. Eating sweet potatoes raw may cause constipation
It's very unscientific to eat sweet potatoes raw in many places. The content of sweet potato starch is much, so it is difficult to digest if you eat it raw. It may be easy to have constipation if you eat too much. So it's better to cook it. High temperature heating can also make soluble fiber easy to digest, shorten its sugar chain and increase sweet potato taste.
How much sweet potato is suitable to eat at a time
Sweet potato contains' gasifying enzyme ', do not eat too much at a time, and eat with rice noodles, and with pickled vegetables or order soup to avoid heartburn, sour water, stomach distention and exhaust. It is better not to eat more than 1 (about 150 grams) at a time, and it is recommended not to eat more than 500 grams of sweet potato in a day.
Notes on eating sweet potato with constipation
1. The sweet potato must be cooked thoroughly before eating, because the starch particles in the sweet potato are not damaged by high temperature and difficult to digest.
2. Sweet potato contains a kind of oxidase, which is easy to produce a lot of carbon dioxide gas in the gastrointestinal tract. Don't eat too much at one time. If you eat too much, it will cause abdominal distention, hiccup, farting, and may also aggravate constipation.