I believe that many people have such experiences:
After eating a dragon fruit, it didn't take long for his stomach to grunt and attack, and as soon as he arrived at the bathroom, he transformed into a "spray warrior".
If you eat the red heart dragon fruit and forget, you may be frightened by the red poop, thinking that there is a big bleeding somewhere.
Red Poop: Sorry, I didn't mean it
🧐 If you don't understand, ask:
"Why do you have diarrhea when you eat dragon fruit?"
Dragon fruit does make people pull more smoothly, which is related to its rich oligosaccharide composition.
Oligosaccharides are not sugars, but the equivalent of dietary fiber that is "cut small". It cannot be absorbed by the body, but can be broken down and utilized by bacteria in the intestine.
The substances produced by the decomposition of oligosaccharides will form a hypertonic environment in the intestine, absorb more water into the intestine, and it can also promote intestinal peristalsis.
Imagine a food scrap mixed with dragon fruit, with a lot of water, before it could dehydrate into shape 💩, it was pushed and accelerated towards the anus... So there is the "rarity" that everyone feels.
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"Then why do I have diarrhea when I eat a little,
And no one else will?"
There are many reasons, some people may be more sensitive to their own stomach, many foods are easy to make them diarrhea; some people are intolerant of oligosaccharides in dragon fruit; and some people are affected by some adverse factors that affect intestinal function, such as irregular life, emotional fluctuations, psychological stress, etc.
If you eat dragon fruit, the number of stools increases to more than three times a day, and you feel uncomfortable, you should pay attention. How much to eat, or not to eat, should be done according to their own situation.
If only the bowel movements are more smooth and there is not much discomfort, then "eating fruit" and "passing the intestines" are two birds with one stone, and there is nothing wrong with it
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0308814609013181
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