Jujubes are a very common food in daily life, and eating them often is beneficial to the body. However, jujubes are not suitable for everyone. So, what are the taboos of eating jujubes? What are the benefits of eating jujubes? Today, I will introduce them to everyone! Let's take a look!
1. Women who are prone to edema during menstruation
During menstruation, some women experience swollen eyes or feet, which is actually a sign of excessive dampness. Such people are not suitable for eating jujubes. Because jujubes are sweet, eating too many can easily lead to phlegm and dampness. When water and dampness accumulate in the body, the edema becomes more severe.
2. Women with a 'heaty' constitution
Women with a 'heaty' constitution are not suitable for eating jujubes for nourishment during menstruation. Jujubes are sweet and warm in nature, which can easily cause excessive menstrual flow and harm health. If you are unsure of your own constitution, for safety's sake, it is best for women during menstruation not to eat jujubes.
3. Diabetics
Jujubes are rich in sugar, especially those made into snacks, and are not suitable for diabetics as they can cause blood sugar levels to rise. Other foods that can easily and rapidly increase blood sugar include: white sugar, brown sugar, rock sugar, glucose, maltose, honey, chocolate, toffee, fruit candy, preserved fruits, canned fruits, soda, fruit juice, sweet drinks, jam, ice cream, sweet biscuits, cakes, sweet bread, and sugary pastries.
4. External wind-heat
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, colds are generally classified into several types: wind-cold, wind-heat, summer-heat dampness, and deficiency-cold. If it is a wind-cold cold, characterized by an aversion to cold, little sweating, cough, runny nose, nasal congestion, and sometimes fever, or a deficiency-cold cold as seen in the elderly who are weak, with shortness of breath, listlessness, fatigue, weak coughing, or spontaneous sweating, with a pale tongue and white coating, jujubes can be consumed.
However, for wind-heat colds, characterized by fever, sweating, sore throat, and a thick white coating on the tongue; or summer-heat dampness colds, characterized by aversion to cold with low-grade fever, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, or a heavy head and headache with no sweating, or limb fatigue, these people are less suitable for eating jujubes. This is because jujubes can make it difficult for the wind-heat pathogen or summer-heat dampness pathogen to dissipate, making the cold harder to cure.
Precautions for eating jujubes
1. Chew slowly and thoroughly
Jujubes are a great nourishing food that can be eaten regularly, but be careful not to overconsume, as excessive intake can cause problems like excessive stomach acid and bloating. Moreover, the skin of jujubes is difficult to digest, so it is important to chew them slowly and thoroughly.
2. Do not eat slightly rotten ones
Although jujubes are crisp, sweet, nutritious, and delicious, they are not easy to preserve and can easily spoil. After rotting, microbes will breed, and the jujube's pectinase will continue to break down pectin into mucic acid and methanol. Methanol can further decompose into formaldehyde and methanol. Eating rotten jujubes can cause dizziness and eye damage in mild cases, and can be life-threatening in severe cases.
3. Do not eat jujubes when taking antipyretic drugs
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Eating high-sugar foods while taking antipyretic drugs can easily form insoluble complexes, reducing the initial absorption rate of the drug. Jujubes are a high-sugar food.
4. Drink plenty of water
The high sugar content of jujubes can be harmful to teeth. If you eat too many jujubes without drinking enough water, it is easy to get cavities. People with existing dental problems should especially avoid eating jujubes.
Benefits of eating jujubes
1. Can prevent osteoporosis
Jujubes contain large amounts of elements like calcium and iron, which can effectively prevent the common osteoporosis in the elderly. Middle-aged and elderly people are most prone to osteoporosis around menopause. At this time, eating more jujubes for calcium and blood supplementation is more effective than medication.
2. Beneficial for vascular health
The elderly are suitable for drinking some jujube-soaked wine regularly for health, which is beneficial for vascular health. During the soaking process, the organic matter in jujubes is more easily dissolved and extracted into the wine. After being absorbed by the body, it can promote blood circulation and has a good effect on keeping blood vessels unobstructed.
3. Can prevent asthma
Jujubes are also a traditional Chinese medicine with effects of nourishing blood and regulating organs. The elderly who often eat jujubes can prevent asthma. Elderly people with asthma who insist on eating steamed jujubes daily—generally 5 large jujubes or 8 small ones—can effectively improve asthma symptoms and enhance the body's immunity.
4. Can improve sleep quality
Jujubes have a calming effect. Lotus seed, lily, and jujube soup is a famous medicinal meal recommended in Traditional Chinese Medicine to relieve symptoms like mental restlessness and irritability. If the elderly have poor sleep quality at night, they can take this medicinal meal before bed to effectively calm the mind and aid sleep, improving sleep quality.
5. Can prevent and fight cancer
Jujubes contain a large amount of cyclic adenosine monophosphate, a substance that can inhibit the growth of tumor cells in vitro by up to 90%. In addition, a group of triterpenoid compounds in jujubes can inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells and prevent the transfer and spread of cancer cells. Therefore, the elderly who often eat jujubes can play a role in preventing and fighting cancer.
6. Can prevent gallstones
Fresh jujubes are rich in vitamin C, which can convert excess cholesterol in the body into bile acids, thereby reducing the body's cholesterol content and the risk of forming stones. Therefore, regularly eating fresh jujubes can effectively prevent gallstones.
In conclusion: Jujubes are a very common food, and eating them regularly is beneficial to health. So, who should not eat jujubes? I hope everyone is clear after reading the above introduction! I hope the above introduction can help everyone! In daily life, you must pay attention when eating jujubes!
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