The climate is quite cold in winter. Some people are very sensitive to the cold and even shiver uncontrollably. Today, the editor recommends a fruit to you, hoping it will be helpful to friends who have a cold stomach and are afraid of the cold.
Many people believe that eating too many oranges will cause "internal heat" (上火). Experts point out that oranges are warm in nature and belong to the category of heaty fruits. The sensation of heat in the mouth is not caused by them. Individuals with a constitution of excessive internal heat are naturally prone to it, and when combined with factors like drinking less water, talking a lot, staying up late, and dry weather, internal heat and external dryness can easily trigger mouth ulcers. Oranges have medicinal effects such as moistening the lungs, stopping coughs, resolving phlegm, strengthening the spleen, regulating qi, and quenching thirst. They are especially excellent fruits for the elderly, and those with acute or chronic bronchitis and cardiovascular diseases. People with a cold stomach, who are afraid of the cold in winter, have anemia, or have heavy menstrual bleeding can eat more oranges. They are particularly beneficial for elderly patients on antihypertensive medication as they help supplement potassium. However, those with excessive internal heat, fever, infectious diseases, or women in menopause should try to eat fewer oranges.
Which foods should not be eaten with oranges?
Winter is the season for eating oranges. Oranges not only have the effects of moistening the lungs, stimulating the appetite, regulating qi, resolving phlegm, stopping coughs, and sobering up, but they are also the best source of vitamin C and potassium. Medical research has shown that regular consumption of oranges can prevent the occurrence of stroke, hypertension, coronary heart disease, and cerebrovascular diseases. However, which foods should not be eaten with oranges?
Oranges should not be eaten with cucumbers.
The vitamin C decomposing enzyme in cucumbers will destroy the various vitamins in oranges, thereby reducing the nutritional value of the oranges.
Oranges are not suitable to be eaten with radishes.
After radishes are consumed by the body, they can quickly produce a substance called thiocyanate, which is rapidly metabolized into thiocyanic acid in the body. The flavonoids in oranges are converted into p-hydroxybenzoic acid and ferulic acid in the intestines. These substances can enhance the effect of thiocyanate in suppressing the thyroid, thus inducing or causing goiter. In addition, oranges are rich in fruit acids and vitamin C, which can increase the concentration of stomach acid after being consumed by patients with stomach ulcers. Oranges should be avoided when taking vitamin K, sulfonamides, spironolactone, triamterene, and potassium supplements. Eating too many oranges at once can lead to symptoms such as oral mucosal ulcers, blisters on the tip of the tongue, and a sore throat.