These patients include the following categories:
Diabetic patients: Mooncakes are high in sugar and should be avoided by diabetic patients. If patients indulge in them for a momentary pleasure, it often causes metabolic disorders in the body, weakens the natural effect of insulin, causes a sharp increase in blood sugar, worsens the condition, and may even induce acidosis leading to coma.
Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular patients: Such as patients with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease, and cerebrovascular disease. Eating too many mooncakes will increase blood lipids, make the blood thicker and flow slower, and make platelets more likely to aggregate and form thrombi. Not only does blood pressure tend to rise, but it also more easily obstructs the coronary arteries that nourish the heart, directly affecting blood supply to the heart muscle and triggering angina. Obstruction of the common carotid artery will seriously affect blood supply to the brain, which can induce a stroke due to ischemia. This is because many types of mooncakes are made with lard as the filling. Such foods high in animal fat are extremely detrimental to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular patients, especially those with high cholesterol.
Gastrointestinal patients: Such as patients with gastritis, gastric ulcers, and duodenal ulcers. If these patients eat too many mooncakes, it will cause a large secretion of gastric acid, further damaging the already damaged mucosa, and may cause gastrointestinal bleeding.
Patients with cholecystitis and cholelithiasis: Patients with cholecystitis should avoid greasy food, and mooncakes contain a lot of animal and vegetable oil. Eating too much of this food can easily cause the gallbladder to contract, leading to an obstacle in bile excretion and causing severe pain in the upper right abdomen. Patients with gallstones often experience acute attacks with severe abdominal pain after eating too many mooncakes.
Hepatitis patients: Foods high in sugar are not good for hepatitis patients. Eating too much can easily lead to fatty liver, worsen the condition of patients with fatty liver, and weaken the liver's detoxification function.
Cirrhosis patients: Cirrhosis patients eating too many mooncakes can make the lower esophagus and gastric fundal veins more delicate and fragile. Mooncakes are low in moisture, relatively dry, hard, and rough, and eating them can easily cause the delicate blood vessel walls to rupture.
Nephritis patients: Nephritis patients should avoid salty food. Some mooncakes contain a relatively high amount of salt, and after eating them, patients often feel thirsty and dry in the mouth, tend to drink too much water,加重 the burden on the kidneys, worsen renal hypertension, and are prone to edema.
Patients with seborrheic skin diseases: Such as seborrheic dermatitis and acne. The occurrence and development of these skin diseases are related to excessive consumption of sugar and fat. Eating too many mooncakes will increase the sebum secreted by the sebaceous glands, which is unfavorable for the relief of the condition. Furthermore, sugar is also a nutrient for bacteria, and eating too much will further worsen the condition.
Patients who have been ill for a long time and are just recovering are still very weak. Although their appetite has improved, their digestive function is still not strong. Therefore, these people should only taste mooncakes and must avoid eating too much.