Text/Yangcheng Evening News all-media reporter Xue Renzheng
Correspondent Wang Wenyu Jian Wen Yang Dai Xi'an
"Years without sugar oranges are not sweet!" The Spring Festival holiday has ended, many netizens said that they "do not leave their hands" during the holiday, and the small sugar orange has become a "foodie trap", and once it is opened, it cannot be stopped.
However, many netizens also said that they had symptoms such as yellowing of their skin and dry mouth due to excessive consumption of sugar oranges.
Why do you eat oranges and become "minions"?
How much sugar oranges to eat is "moderate"?
What are the benefits of eating sugar oranges?
Experts give you one by one answers.
▲ Spring Festival "regular" sand sugar orange
Sugar and carotene are the "culprits"
"If you eat 5-6 sugar oranges at a time, it is equivalent to eating two or two more rice." According to Li Liming, director of the Department of Pharmacy of the Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, the sugar content of sugar oranges is higher, about 10%-12%, that is, 10-12 grams of sugar per 100 grams of sugar oranges, and the calories are about 40-50 kcal, which should be eaten in moderation.
From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, sugar orange is slightly warm, sweet, and has the effect of moisturizing the lungs and relieving cough; sugar oranges have a relatively high sugar content, excessive consumption of sugar oranges, high sugar will make the mouth in a hyperosmolar state, resulting in dehydration of oral mucosal cells, so people who eat more will feel dry mouth and tongue, and even dry throat. In addition, sweet and greasy hinder the spleen and stomach transport, sugar orange is slightly warm, excessive consumption, easy to produce damp heat, resulting in spleen and stomach damp heat, fire, so it is best to eat with pears, grapefruit, mangosteen, cucumber, white radish, lotus root, water chestnut and other cool vegetables and fruits together.
"Excessive use of sugar oranges can also lead to caroteneemia, which is what we call yellowing of the skin and becoming a 'minion'." Li Liming introduced. Sugar orange contains a lot of carotene, in a short period of time to eat more sugar orange, it will lead to increased carotene content in the blood, the intestine can not be completely catabolized, resulting in yellow pigment concentration in the capillary distribution of the skin and subcutaneous tissues, forehead, nose tip, nasolabial folds, palms and feet appear skin yellow staining phenomenon.
In addition, because sugar oranges contain acidic substances such as fruit acid, it will stimulate the secretion of stomach acid in the human body. If a large amount of sugar oranges are consumed on an empty stomach, it will increase the irritation of the mucous membranes of the digestive tract and cause abdominal pain and diarrhea.
Therefore, eat sugar oranges with a degree, and must not be eaten in large quantities at one time.
It is advisable to consume 3-5 sugar oranges per day
"The consumption of sugar oranges should be controlled at about 3-5 per day according to the different physiques of individuals." Li Xiaoyan, director of the Department of Pharmacy of the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, said, "Children especially should not eat more, and adults should also control the quantity. ”
If you are diabetic, you should pay more attention to the choice of fruit, it is recommended to eat less, or even do not eat sugar oranges.
In addition, because the fruit acid contained in sugar oranges reacts with the protein in milk and coagulates, it will affect the body's absorption, resulting in abdominal pain, bloating and diarrhea, it is recommended to avoid eating at the same time.
▲Eating sugar oranges and milk at the same time is easy to cause symptoms such as abdominal pain
"Kidney disease patients should also reduce the consumption of sugar oranges." Li Liming stressed that sugar oranges also contain a lot of potassium. When the human kidney function is normal, potassium intake is more, and the kidney drainage of potassium is also increased; and the kidney function of patients with kidney disease is impaired, once the food rich in potassium ions is ingested, potassium will accumulate in the body, and high blood potassium directly inhibits heartbeat and breathing, if not effectively treated in time, it will even endanger life.
Sugar oranges are full of treasures of many uses
Sugar orange, also known as October orange, standing flower orange, rock sugar orange, rue family citrus is an evergreen tree, native to the mainland Zhaoqing Sihui City Huangtian Town Sugar Pit Village, now two Guangzhou many places have been planted, is people like the citrus variety.
Zhang Wenrui, a traditional Chinese medicine teacher in the Department of Pharmacy of the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, introduced: "Sugar oranges can be called 'the whole body is a treasure'. "Sugar orange peel can be made into tangerine peel, which has the effect of rational qi and spleen, dry and humidified phlegm, and is used to treat abdominal distension, less vomiting, coughing phlegm; orange kernel (fruit core), can rationalize qi, scatter knots, relieve pain, and is more used to treat hernia pain, testicular swelling and pain, milk carbuncle lactation. Even the orange network (the dry tendon of the inner layer of the peel) has the effect of communicating, dissolving phlegm and rationalizing qi.
Sugar orange peel contains a relatively rich volatile oil and some aromatic substances, after being absorbed by the human body, it can play a role in stimulating the stomach and intestines, accelerating the secretion of digestive juices, and can effectively improve digestive function. Orange meat contains a lot of vitamins, which can also improve human immunity.
If excessive consumption of sugar oranges leads to "fire" symptoms such as dry mouth and dry tongue and sores, doctors recommend immediately stopping eating and drinking plenty of water. Appropriate amounts of chrysanthemum tea and honeysuckle tea can also effectively alleviate symptoms.
Yellowing caused by a large amount of sugar oranges does not require special treatment, as long as the intake of carotene is reduced, pay attention to a balanced diet, reasonable nutrition, and sufficient water will naturally restore normal skin color, which can subside in about 2 weeks to 6 weeks. (For more news, please pay attention to Yangcheng Pie pai.ycwb.com)
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