5 groups of people who should absolutely not eat longan
People with diabetes, fatty liver, and acne should eat a lot of longan because it can make their condition worse.
LabelLongan is a familiar fruit, loved by many people, but not everyone can eat longan. According to Oriental medicine, longan pulp is sweet, neutral, has the effect of nourishing the nervous system, improving intelligence, and calming the nerves. Longan pulp can treat weakness, anemia, nervous breakdown, and insomnia.
However, some people absolutely should not eat longan such as:
1. People with diabetes, fatty liver:Longan is a fruit with high sugar content, it provides both a lot of energy and a large amount of sugar in the blood. For people with diabetes, eating longan is not beneficial because it causes blood sugar to suddenly increase, which is very dangerous.
2. People with acne:Eating too much longan can also cause acne, rashes, etc. Because longan contains a lot of sugar, eating too much will increase blood sugar, affecting the skin. If you have internal heat or acne, when eating longan, you need to supplement enough water (2-2.5 liters/day) and green vegetables (200-300g/day).
3. Pregnant women:According to Oriental medicine, longan has a sweet aroma and warm properties, has the function of nourishing the heart and spleen, benefiting qi, nourishing blood and calming the spirit, and can also produce body fluids and moisten the five internal organs. It is a delicious and nutritious fruit. However, longan has a sweet aroma and warm properties, so people with internal phlegm and heat should not eat it, especially pregnant women should abstain.
Pregnant women, most of them have deficiency of yin fire, have symptoms of internal heat and often have phenomena such as constipation, red urine, dry and yellow tongue coating, bitter mouth, sore throat, need to nourish yin and clear heat, cool blood and stabilize pregnancy, if at this time eat longan, not only does not have a nourishing effect, but also increases internal heat, miscarriage, bleeding and abdominal pain, lower abdominal pain, even damage the fetus, leading to miscarriage, especially pregnant women in the early stages up to 7-8 months, must abstain from eating longan.
4. People with high blood pressure:Like mango or jackfruit, longan is also a fruit that people with high blood pressure should not eat because these fruits are high in heat. If eaten, it will put pressure on the heart, leading to high blood pressure, which is not good for health.
5.Overweight, obese people:Many people often think that eating a lot of fruit will not make them fat. This is a correct concept if you know how to choose the types of fruit to eat and follow the principles of time and dosage.
When eaten in large quantities, these fruits will provide the body with a large amount of energy. For example, if you eat two 100g bananas, the energy is equivalent to eating a bowl of rice; eating a custard apple, a 200-250g mango, eating 300g jackfruit, or lychee, longan is equivalent to eating a bowl of rice. Therefore, when you skip rice but eat a lot of sweet fruit, you will gain weight. If you want to avoid getting fat or lose weight, you should eat fruits with low sugar content.
