At home during the holidays, snacks can't stop. Peanuts, melon seeds, all kinds of nuts, and the necessary sugar oranges... But eating too much will also be "happy and sad", either mouth ulcers, or sore throat, whenever this time, the elders in the family will say: "This is on fire".
So, what exactly is "on fire"? And how can it be prevented?
01 What is Upper Fire?
In fact, "on fire" is a common name. The concept of "fire" comes from the traditional Chinese medicine view of the body and disease, and many modern scientists are studying the mechanism and cause of "fire", but there is still no unified conclusion, so in the medical system, there is no corresponding disease name, and there is no objective physical and chemical examination indicators.
In general, the concept of "on fire" is still relatively vague and general, and people often refer to symptoms such as red and swollen eyes, sores in the mouth and tongue, dry throat, dizziness, hot nose, nosebleeds, toothache, constipation and other symptoms as "on fire".
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02 Will these foods "catch fire"?
Eat oranges, eat melon seeds, eat nuts, drink drinks... Will it really catch fire?
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Many people will have symptoms such as dry throat, astringency, and even nosebleeds after eating oranges, causing "fire".
In fact, this is due to the high sugar content of oranges. Due to the high sugar content of oranges, they may induce some acute inflammatory reactions, while excessive intake of sugar can also make the throat feel dry.
For example, the sugar content of sugar oranges is about 11%, generally eat about 10, which has reached the limit of a person's sugar in a day. Although sugar oranges have a lot of nutrients, such as vitamin C, but the calories can not be ignored, if a meal really eats 20-40, it is basically equivalent to the calories of a meal.
So, oranges are delicious, don't eat too much at once.
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The corners of the mouth are foaming
Melon seeds are a small snack that is always prepared at parties, but many people will foam the corners of their mouths the next day after eating.
This is actually mainly because the melon seeds are too dry and salty.
On the one hand, melon seeds are very dry, and now many commercially available melon seed shells have some salt, snort, mouth touch, mouth touch... Then it was salty and the skin of the mouth was dry. Melon seeds are relatively rough and easy to scratch the mouth, so that to make things worse, it is easy to cause inflammation, and even lead to foaming at the corners of the mouth, which has become what people often call "on fire".
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After eating nuts, sore throat and foreign body sensation
It is said that nuts are healthy, and now many people will buy some nuts at home during the New Year holidays. But some people experience a sore throat and even a foreign body sensation after eating nuts.
This could be an allergy or because the nuts are too dry and salty.
On the one hand, nuts are one of the common allergen-prone foods. If you feel uncomfortable every time you eat nuts, even if you eat very little, it is most likely an allergy, so try not to eat them.
On the other hand, nuts are made by high-temperature baking, very little moisture, many delicious nuts will also add salt, pepper and other seasoning, if you eat a lot at a time it is easy to make the pharyngeal mucosa hyperemia, lymphatic follicle hyperplasia, swallowing a foreign body feeling, so that many people also think that it is on fire.
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Eating lychee dizziness, low blood sugar
Many people will experience dizziness, fatigue, palpitation and other symptoms of hypoglycemia after eating lychee, some people say that this is on fire, and some people call this phenomenon "lychee disease".
The reason for this situation is mainly because the sweetness of lychee mainly comes from fructose, empty or short-term intake of fructose, not only can not be converted into the glucose needed by our body to supply energy in time, but also stimulate insulin secretion, so the symptoms of "hypoglycemia" will appear.
In addition, lychee also contains two toxins: hypoglycin-A and α-ethylenecyclopropyl glyc α ine (MCPG), especially in unripe lychees, they also affect the body's sugar metabolism. Therefore, if you "fasting" and "eat a lot" a lot of lychees, lychee disease may occur.
Therefore, eat lychees during the Spring Festival, everyone try to pick ripe lychees to eat, you may wish to eat something else before eating, do not eat on an empty stomach, you must not eat, just eat lychees, especially children. At the same time, lychees should also be eaten in moderation and not too much.
According to the dietary pagoda recommendation, eat no more than 200-350 grams of fruit per day, probably no more than 20 lychees.
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Eating too much meat, heat, thirst and even constipation, especially lamb
The Spring Festival is indispensable for big fish and meat, many people will feel hot after eating too much meat, and some people will have a more obvious feeling of eating mutton. This is because meat has a greater "food heat effect" and produces more heat.
Because meat is rich in protein, protein consumes a lot of water when digested, absorbed and metabolized, while a high-protein diet will increase the body's heat dissipation. Consuming different types of meat can cause the body to produce calories, but the degree of difference in heat production depends on the protein contained in the meat.
In the case of lamb, its protein is a powerful promoter of postprandial thermogenesis, and thyroid hormones may contribute to this effect. Studies have also found that eating a lot of mutton will increase the body's antidiuretic hormone and aldosterone release, affect the body's water and salt metabolism, renal tubules and collecting ducts to strengthen water reabsorption, resulting in reduced urine output, dry and hard feces, which is one of the reasons why some people feel that they are more likely to have "hot" symptoms such as heat and constipation after eating mutton.
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Drink sweet drinks and eat desserts
During the Spring Festival, a variety of desserts and sweet drinks are naturally indispensable. Many people drink sweet drinks and eat sweets and get acne, which is also considered to be on fire.
In fact, this is because of too much sugar. Male hormone levels are positively correlated with blood glucose levels, and sebum secretion is regulated by male hormones, so a diet with a high glycemic load will aggravate acne growth.
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03 How to prevent "fire"?
A study conducted a survey of 1051 college students, and found that students who often stay up late (61.4%), crave spicy food (59.1%), and stress (55.2%) are prone to "heat" symptoms, and the common manifestations of their fire are dry mouth and dry lip (50.7%), mouth ulcers (49.6%), irritability and insomnia (40.6%).
Therefore, we can roughly think that bad life rules, eating habits and excessive mental stimulation will make people more likely to have "hot" symptoms.
In order to reduce the "fire" trouble, I recommend that everyone pay attention during the Spring Festival:
First, try to eat light.
Try to keep your diet light and don't choose heavy flavors. During the Spring Festival, family and friends gather together, happy mood is inevitable to let go of themselves, but I hope everyone should still pay attention to restraint, life is still very long, the opportunity to get together is still there, health and longevity is the key. You may wish to remind yourself to try to pay attention to a light diet during the festival and eat less heavy foods such as pepper and salt, spicy and so on.
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Second, eat in moderation and don't overeat.
Festival diet should also pay attention to the appropriate amount, do not overeat, for example, eat melon seeds, nuts can not "stop", the daily amount is almost grabbed a handful of shelled nuts, do not eat too much; Although eating meat and drinking alcohol is refreshing for a while, it is not good for health; Although the fruit is healthy, it has a lot of sugar, and it is not good to eat too much.
Third, drink plenty of water.
If water is not replenished in time, the body's metabolic reaction will naturally be affected, remind yourself to drink more water. Priority to drink white water, all sugary drinks (including sweet herbal tea) or less touch, really want to drink sweet, you may wish to choose sugar substitute drinks.
Fourth, stay up less late.
During the New Year and holidays, many people will play cards, mahjong, and games with relatives and friends, fight all night until dawn, and if they do not rest well, their bodies will be more likely to have problems such as "fire". Try to rest yourself as well as possible, don't stay up late if you don't stay up late.
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Author: Ruan Quang Feng, Director of Science and Technology Department, Kexin Food and Nutrition Information Exchange Center
Reviewed: Shuang Song, associate researcher at the Institute of Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
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