Lychees, along with bananas, pineapples and longan, are known as the "four major fruits of the southern country". Lychee is native to southern China, the ancients called it "immortal fruit on earth", China's folk known as "lychee market, hundred fruits give way" said. It can be seen that everyone likes lychees.
As one of the four best fruits in Lingnan, successive generations of literary heroes have praised the delicious taste of lychees. Du Mu had a poetry cloud: "A red dust concubine laughs, and no one knows that it is a lychee coming." Su Dongpo also has a poem that sighs: "Three hundred lychees in a day, do not quit being a Lingnanian." "You can see the delicious taste of lychees. So, can cancer patients eat lychees?
Is lychee highly nutritious?
First of all, let's understand, is the nutritional value of lychee high? Lychee contains up to 60% glucose, in addition to containing sucrose, protein and vitamins A, B, C, etc., and contains folic acid, arginine, tryptophan and other nutrients, which is very beneficial to human health.
The rich nutrients of lychees can bring many benefits to the human body:
Replenish energy
Lychee pulp is rich in glucose, sucrose, the total sugar content of more than 70%, ranked first in a variety of fruits, with the role of supplementing energy and increasing nutrition. Studies have proved that lychee has a nourishing effect on brain tissue, which can significantly improve insomnia, forgetfulness, fatigue and other symptoms.
Strengthens immunity
Lychee meat is rich in vitamin C and protein, which helps to enhance the body's immune function and improve disease resistance. So, eating lychees helps improve resistance.
Prevent freckle removal
Lychee is rich in vitamins, often eating lychee can promote blood circulation in the micro-blood vessels, prevent the occurrence of freckles, but also make the skin more smooth.
Fresh lychees should not be eaten on an empty stomach
Fresh lychees have a high sugar content, and eating too much fresh lychees on an empty stomach will cause "hyperosmolar coma" due to the sudden infiltration of excessive high sugar into the body.
Lychee is a high fructose food, the human body on an empty stomach or a short period of time after eating a large amount of lychee, will stimulate the gastric mucosa, resulting in stomach pain, stomach bloating. At the same time, fructose can not be converted into glucose in time, and at the same time, it will stimulate the pancreas to secrete a large amount of insulin and decompose blood sugar, resulting in symptoms of "hypoglycemia", which is called "lychee disease".
Therefore, from the perspective of Western medicine, cancer patients are best not to eat more lychees, which is easy to cause gastrointestinal damage. From the perspective of Traditional Chinese medicine, lychee sex is hot, yin deficiency fire is strong, and people with hot and humid constitution will rise in "false fire" when they eat it. Therefore, it is often said that one lychee has three fires and cannot eat more.
Cancer patients themselves are weaker than normal people, so they should pay more attention to diet. If you really want to eat lychees, it is best not to exceed 3 a day.