Just last night, Aunt Zhang, who lives downstairs, was nagging me about how her daughter, in order to achieve the goal of losing weight, used dried hawthorn to make tea and drink it instead of eating normally. Hearing what she said, my heart suddenly tightened, but when the words came to my lips, I swallowed them back. How should I express it? It is a red, small fruit that looks harmless to humans and livestock. It tastes both sour and sweet, and is very delicious. However, it is really not the kind of object that can be "pampered" casually.
Take advantage of the free time today to explain this matter clearly. It's also a reminder to myself.
Is hawthorn nutrition really "all-powerful"?
Hawthorn is really something famous. The vitamin C content of fresh hawthorn is 2.4 times that of lemons and 13 times that of apples. It is also known as the "King of Pectin". Its pectin content is higher than that of strawberries and cherries. This substance can help intestinal peristalsis. Does this sound extremely healthy? However, don't forget that it is sour. There are many organic acids and tannic acids hidden in that unique sourness. This is the most important thing.
Can hawthorn lose weight? Stop dreaming
It is said on the Internet that hawthorn can help with weight loss, presumably because of the words "aiding digestion". The logic is roughly as follows: good digestion = no food accumulation = weight loss. Innocent and slightly cute. Eating a little hawthorn after a meal can indeed promote the secretion of digestive juices and help you relieve the discomfort caused by overeating. However, it is wishful thinking to expect to use it to "digest" the heat of that hot pot meal. Especially those products made from hawthorn, such as hawthorn cake, fruit peel, and candied haws. Are you not sure how much sugar is added to cover up the sour taste? Relying on eating to lose weight is no different from drinking sugar water to lose weight. It will only make you gain weight quietly.
What can’t be eaten with hawthorn? This is life-saving knowledge
To be honest, there are many situations where food is incompatible with each other, just to scare people. However, hawthorn is a bit special, and its "enemies" must be kept in mind, otherwise you will be the one to suffer.
## Don’t eat hawthorn after a seafood meal
Knock on the blackboard! Pay attention to this situation! After just eating fish, shrimp and crab, don’t be in a hurry to eat hawthorn. Seafood is rich in protein and calcium, and hawthorn contains a lot of tannic acid. When the two meet in the stomach, they can easily cause problems. Tannic acid will form a precipitate, tannic acid protein, with protein. This precipitate is insoluble in water and can cause nausea, vomiting, stomachache and other conditions. It is not a trivial matter. If you really want to eat hawthorn, wait for two hours before eating it.
## Don’t join in the fun with pork liver and carrots
Metal ions copper and iron are present in pig liver. They are the "natural enemies" of vitamin C. Once they meet, they will oxidize and destroy vitamin C, which is a waste. Carrots, cucumbers, and pumpkins contain vitamin C-degrading enzymes. In the same way, eating them with hawthorn is equivalent to causing the most nutritious part of the hawthorn to "self-destruct." Although he was not poisoned, he suffered a loss.
## Duck meat and Houttuynia cordata? Big cold party
Duck meat has the property of cooling, and hawthorn is also slightly cold. If these two cold dishes are placed together, those with weak spleen and stomach will immediately run to the toilet. Houttuynia cordata is also an item with cooling properties. Eating it together with hawthorn is like pouring cold water on the spleen and stomach.
Why can’t we eat more hawthorn? If I talk too much, I will shed tears.
The key point appears! The most misleading aspect of hawthorn is that it can cause you to overeat without realizing it, and then go to the hospital for treatment.
## "Snowballing" in the stomach, rolling out stones
The tannic acid present in hawthorn, after reaching the stomach, mixes with gastric acid, protein in food, and pectin, and it is extremely easy to condense into a group, thereby forming stomach stones. Just like a snowball, it gets bigger and bigger. Doctors from the Third Hospital of Peking University once said that every autumn and winter, patients suffering from stomach stones due to eating hawthorn and persimmons would appear in droves. Some people still eat sweet potatoes (crude fiber) and hawthorn together, which is like "delivering ammunition" to stones.
## Overflowing stomach acid, heartburn and acid reflux
If people who originally have high stomach acid levels continue to eat hawthorn, the situation will be like pouring fuel towards Mars. That kind of extremely sour feeling will make you unable to lie down at all in the middle of the night, and the heartburn will be so severe that you can't sleep. If this happens for a long time, the gastric mucosa will be irritated, and gastritis and gastric ulcer will come to your doorstep.
The correct way to eat hawthorn
Having expressed so many things, it does not mean that I will simply stop eating just because I choke on something. Hawthorn is a beneficial item, but you must "know how to eat it correctly." Keep these few points in mind:
1. Don’t exceed 10 hawthorns a day . Fresh hawthorns are enough. Don’t be greedy.
2. Don’t eat it on an empty stomach . It’s best served as a snack about an hour after a meal.
Such people include those with weak gastrointestinal function, pregnant women, and those with poor dental conditions. They should eat as little food as possible, and it is best to cook it before eating.
You see, there are so many simple and crude "good things" in this world. All gifts from fate are actually weighted secretly. The same is true for hawthorn.
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