Watermelon and taboos

To take advantage of the benefits of watermelon, we need to keep in mind a few things when eating this very good fruit.

As we all know, watermelon is considered a fruit rich in vitamins such as vitamin C or vitamin A in the form of vitamin A precursor (beta-carotene). In addition to the above substances, watermelon also contains a lot of lyopene, when the above substances are introduced into the body, it will resist free radicals that are harmful to the body.

It is also the presence of lycopene in watermelon that has anti-cancer properties, such as prostate cancer, breast cancer, endometrial cancer, lung cancer, and colon cancer... However, to take advantage of these benefits, we need to know how to avoid the following taboos when eating watermelon:

* Do not eat too much: Although watermelon is very good for health, it is a cold food, so do not eat too much. Otherwise, it will cause diarrhea, bloating, loss of appetite... 94% of watermelon flesh is water, with such a large amount of water, it will dilute gastric juice, cause indigestion and affect digestive function.

* Easily converted into fat: Watermelon is a fruit that is good for the skin, but because it has a very high sugar content, it is easily converted into fat, so women who are planning to lose weight should consider when choosing this fruit.

* Do not eat watermelon when your body is cold: You may have a cold or a cold or any other reason, so you should not eat watermelon. Because this food is cold, it will aggravate the symptoms of cold. When the cold increases, it will cause high fever, thirst, sore throat, dark urine...

* Once the watermelon has been cut open, it should not be left for too long: Because the high temperature in summer is suitable for bacteria to grow, it will help bacteria invade and cause pollution, leading to digestive diseases.

* People with kidney failure should not eat: Because weak kidneys reduce the function of excreting water as well as "purifying" substances harmful to the body, so swelling of the feet often occurs.

Eating too much watermelon will increase the amount of water in the body, and at the same time, it will not be able to excrete water from the body in time, leading to the amount of water in the body exceeding the body's water storage capacity, increasing blood volume, leading to increasingly serious swelling, causing fatigue and exhaustion.

Therefore, it is recommended that people with weak kidneys or kidney disease should eat less or not eat watermelon to ensure their health.

* Do not eat when you have mouth inflammation or ulcers: Because Oriental medicine believes that the cause of mouth inflammation and ulcers is due to internal heat deficiency and upper fire deficiency.

Watermelon has diuretic properties. If people with this disease eat too much watermelon, it will cause the body to excrete water quickly and excessively, causing dehydration in the oral cavity, making the mouth drier, causing yin deficiency, internal heat, and the disease process will last for a long time and be difficult to treat completely.

* Diabetics should limit eating watermelon: Because watermelon contains more than 5% of sugar, mainly glucose, cane sugar, and fructose, so after eating watermelon, blood sugar levels increase.

In normal people, the body secretes insulin to help maintain stable blood sugar and urine sugar levels. People with diabetes are completely the opposite. Eating a lot of watermelon in a short period of time not only causes blood sugar levels to increase, but also disrupts the body's metabolism (especially in people with severe diabetes), causing poisoning and even endangering life...

* Pregnant women: Eating too much watermelon during pregnancy will cause high blood sugar levels.

During pregnancy, many women's psychology is unstable, physiology also has many changes, the amount of insulin secreted is not enough, causing the effect of blood sugar not to decrease, pushing blood sugar levels up, causing diabetes.

Eating cold watermelon can easily cause stomachache and diarrhea. Therefore, pregnant women should not eat too much watermelon, especially not watermelon kept in the refrigerator, no matter how hot the summer day is.

* Do not eat watermelon before and after meals: Because watermelon is a fruit that contains a lot of water, if eaten right before and after meals, the ingredients and amount of water in watermelon will dilute the digestive juices in the stomach, affecting the body's ability to digest and absorb food.

At the same time, a large amount of water entering the body will take up most of the stomach's capacity, causing a feeling of fullness, reducing appetite stimulation, and affecting health (especially the health of children and pregnant women).

But people who want to lose weight can eat a moderate amount of watermelon right before meals to limit the amount of food entering the body.

* Don't eat too much cold watermelon: In hot summer weather, eating cold watermelon is always the first choice to quench thirst and relieve the heat.

However, that greatly affects the stomach, so it is necessary to ensure the temperature to keep the watermelon fresh is best, not too cold.

The simplest and most effective way is to put the whole watermelon in the bottom compartment of the refrigerator, kept at a temperature of 8-10oC. This temperature ensures the watermelon is fresh and delicious while preserving its flavor. Each time you eat, you should not exceed 500g, eating slowly is best.

According to Nongnghiepvn