The doctor reminds that if the elderly often eat red dates in the morning, it will not take half a year, and the body may have these 4 changes

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Do many people think that jujube is a good thing that is versatile and versatile? Especially for the elderly, a bowl of millet porridge, a handful of red dates, or simply make a few red dates as morning tea in the morning, I feel that it is very good for the body. But I have to warn you: do you really think that jujube is a "natural supplement" suitable for everyone?

Do you really think that as soon as you eat red dates in the morning, you can "make up" all the problems of your body? I have worked in the hospital for most of my life, and I have seen too many elderly people who think they are maintaining their health, but when they are not careful, they become more and more weak, and even raise some changes.

Below I will pick the most typical 4 changes, and explain them to you one by one, so that you can eat with peace of mind and eat in measure.

Digestive function becomes "sluggish"

I once treated an elderly man in his early sixties, who was not fat and did not have a big appetite, but he always felt that he was "deficient", and he always said that he had no energy and his legs and feet were weak. Later, I learned a method from a health program, saying that eating a few red dates in the morning can replenish qi, strengthen the spleen, and nourish the stomach, so I developed the habit of eating five to ten red dates on an empty stomach every morning.

At the beginning, he did feel that his appetite was a little better, and he was more energetic, so he persevered every day. But after three or four months, the problem came, he began to feel bloated frequently, he felt "blocked" in everything he ate, his appetite became worse and worse, his bowel movements were not smooth, and he was always deflated.

When he came to see me, I asked a little more carefully to find out that this old man actually not only eats red dates in the morning, but also likes to chew them with peanuts and walnuts, thinking that this is "full of nutrition".

But he didn't know that the skin fiber of jujube is particularly rough, the sugar content is high, and the walnut flowers are high in oil, and these two things are put together, for an old man whose stomach and intestines have not fully "started" in the morning, it is like letting the stomach and intestines go on high speed early in the morning.

This combination of high burden not only makes gastric acid secretion disorder, but also makes the gallbladder and pancreas participate in digestion too early and too violently.

Later, I asked the old man to move the red dates from the morning to the afternoon tea time, cook them with some warm boiled water and eat them, and the number was reduced to less than 3, and after a month, he obviously felt that his stomach was much easier and his bowel movements were smoother. The most feared thing about health preservation is "raising the wrong one", you think you are making up, but in fact you are tired. Especially for the elderly, the gastrointestinal function is already poor, and if you give it a "heavy dish" early in the morning, how can it stand it?

Blood sugar rises unconsciously

Another old man I met was more typical. His body is quite tough, his blood sugar is usually not abnormal, and he has never been diagnosed with diabetes, but he feels that he is fine, and he soaks a dozen red dates every morning, and sometimes adds some honey water to drink together.

He said that he liked the feeling of "sweet silk", and as soon as he drank it, he was refreshed, and he knew that one day after a physical examination, his fasting blood sugar was 8.3, and his glycosylated hemoglobin was over 7, and he suddenly changed from a "normal person" to "pre-glycemic + early diabetes".

He was stunned, and said that he usually doesn't eat cakes or drink drinks, how can he have high blood sugar? I told him, "Your ten jujubes a day have more sugar than a can of drink." ”

Many people misunderstand the "natural" label of jujube, thinking that it is "fructose", not white sugar, so it does not hurt the body. However, the actual situation is that whether it is glucose, fructose or sucrose, after entering the body, it will eventually be metabolized by insulin, and the key to diabetes is the failure of the insulin regulatory system.

Especially for the elderly, insulin sensitivity is already declining, and if you still consume a lot of sugar in the early morning, when the "islet work is the weakest", it is equivalent to forcing the islet onto the cliff. It's like if you ask someone who hasn't woken up to run a marathon in the morning, and you can't run a few steps before you collapse.

The old man later accepted the reality and began to control sugar regularly, and the red dates were changed to a few decorated in the soup, and the blood sugar slowly stabilized. He also told me: "I will never dare to treat red dates as 'harmless' in the future." "Sweet is sweet, but what the body remembers is not the taste, but the metabolic pressure you put on it.

The skin begins to itch and flaky

There is an old lady who has a dry physique, and always feels that her hands and feet are cold in winter, so she heard that red dates can "replenish qi and blood and nourish yang qi", so she began to soak a small handful of red dates in water every morning to drink.

She is the kind of person who is particularly delicate, and she also pays attention to cooking with ginger slices, wolfberries, and brown sugar. She felt that she had "looked better" after drinking, but within a few months, her skin had problems, her hands and feet began to dry out, scaly, and even scratched, and she began to sleep unsteadily.

At first, she thought it was spring skin allergies, and it was useless to apply a bunch of moisturizers. After I examined her, I ruled out skin diseases, and it was basically determined that it was a reaction caused by excessive "internal heat" in the body, metabolic disorders, and rising liver fire.

She doesn't understand, why is it obvious that health preservation is "on fire"? I told her that jujube itself is warm and hot, and the sugar content is high, and the sugar metabolism process will exacerbate the metabolic load in the body, especially for the elderly who have a hot constitution or uncoordinated liver and spleen function, it is like adding fuel to the fire.

Experiments have shown that some natural saponins contained in jujube will react with certain metabolites to form pro-inflammatory factors in the process of intestinal metabolism, resulting in a decrease in skin barrier function, especially in the elderly.

If it is coupled with the accumulation of "internal fire", it is easy to manifest as dry itching, scaling, and itching. Moreover, the fructose metabolism in jujube will also cause damage to the collagen structure of the skin and accelerate skin aging.

I asked her to stop the jujube water and replace it with rose + light bamboo leaves to soak in water, and after a month, her skin improved significantly, and she was no longer so irritable. She herself said: "The supplement is too fierce, but the body can't stand it first." "Red dates are not wrong, they have to look at the season according to their physique, and they can't be drunk as a "daily drink" every day.

I can't sleep well at night

There is also an old man who impresses me, who does not sleep well all year round, always wakes up at night, and has been trying to find a "natural way to calm the nerves". One day he saw an article saying that red dates can calm the nerves, so he changed to eating red dates every morning, thinking that during the day to replenish qi and nourish blood, it is not easy to "be bored and insomnia" at night.

But the more he ate and slept, the worse he became, lying in bed at night and tossing and turning, and during the day, he became more sleepy, and the more he made up, the more tired he felt. He was very puzzled, he said that red dates were a good thing, why couldn't he sleep even more after eating them?

I told him that in fact, jujube has a calming effect, but its calming effect comes from the gentle regulation of the central nervous system by polysaccharides and certain plant alkaloids, and this effect will not take effect immediately, and more importantly - it must be eaten at the right time.

If you eat it early in the morning, its energy metabolism peak will appear from noon to afternoon, and the result is that your brain is more active at night, how can you sleep well?

Moreover, for the elderly, high sugar intake in the early morning will disrupt the blood sugar rhythm throughout the day, so that the sympathetic nervous can be excited early, thereby affecting the secretion of melatonin.

I suggested that he replace the red dates with a few boiled in warm water after dinner, and add a small piece of lotus seed core, and a week later he said to himself: "I can sleep until three o'clock in the evening." "That's a big step forward for people who sleep shallowly. Eating red dates to calm your nerves is not wrong, but eating at the right time to make a difference. At the wrong time, it becomes a "stimulant" that tosses nerves.

I hope that after you understand this truth, you will not only "know how to supplement red dates", but also "know how to eat". Health is never about eating too much, but about eating right and eating smartly. The body is not well raised when you say "raise", it only listens to how you live each day. Don't wait for the problem of eating, only to know that the red date also has a "sharp side".

The above content is for reference only, if you feel unwell, please consult a professional doctor in time

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Resources:

[1] Zhu Daoyuan. Analysis of nutritional value and health care efficacy of jujube[J].Modern Food,2023,29(20):142-144.)