Jingchu Net News (Chutian Golden Paper) In the golden autumn season with abundant fruits, friends who love fruits can indulge themselves. Faced with a dazzling array of colorful fruits, how should one choose the right ones? How can one eat fruit healthily? What are the specific considerations for eating fruit in the autumn?
Fruits are extremely beneficial to human health. Especially in the dry autumn climate, people are prone to dry skin and a sore throat, and their bodies require more moisture. Nutrient-rich fruits can help alleviate these symptoms. Additionally, fruits are rich in various vitamins and minerals. Eating more fruits not only improves health but also helps with beauty.
Fruits are categorized as cool, warm, or neutral
Before eating fruit, it's best to understand its nature and choose varieties based on your own constitution. Generally, fruits can be divided into three categories: cool, warm, and neutral. Cool fruits include citrus, bananas, pears, persimmons, and watermelon. Warm fruits include jujubes, peaches, apricots, longans, lychees, grapes, cherries, pomegranates, and pineapples. Neutral fruits include plums, prunes, hawthorns, and apples. People who are weak, have a pale complexion, or have a cold constitution should choose warm fruits. Those who are prone to "internal heat" should choose some cool fruits.
A nutritional showdown among fruits
Apples are rich in various vitamins and potassium. They are not only beneficial for patients with cardiovascular diseases, but apple juice can also stop diarrhea. Eating them on an empty stomach can treat constipation. However, due to their high sugar and potassium content, patients with diabetes, coronary heart disease, or nephritis should eat them in moderation.
Pears have a sweet and cool nature, can promote the production of body fluids, moisten dryness, clear the heart and reduce fire, and resolve phlegm and stop coughs.
Jujubes strengthen the spleen and replenish qi. They are beneficial for people with a weak spleen constitution.
Persimmons are relatively high in iron and can be eaten more by patients with anemia. However, they should not be eaten on an empty stomach because the tannins in persimmons can easily combine with stomach acid to form "persimmon stones," which can damage the gastric mucosa. Patients with gallstones or kidney stones should also be cautious when eating persimmons to avoid worsening their condition.
Pineapples promote urination and are beneficial for patients with nephritis and high blood pressure. Citrus fruits can suppress coughs, moisten the lungs, and strengthen the stomach.
Grapes have a sweet and neutral nature, can replenish qi and blood, and strengthen the stomach and promote urination.
Sugarcane is nourishing and can clear heat. It can improve symptoms such as dry stools, difficult urination, deficiency-heat cough, and high fever with thirst. However, it is cool in nature and is not suitable for people with a weak spleen and stomach.
The pulp of pomegranates is crystal clear, sweet and sour, and promotes the production of body fluids. It has a moistening and astringent effect, can quench thirst, promote salivation, and stop diarrhea. However, eating too many can damage the teeth and produce phlegm.
Pomelos are sweet and sour, cool in nature, and contain insulin-like substances, vitamins, sugars, calcium, iron, phosphorus, etc. They can reduce inflammation, aid digestion, and sober up, and also have a certain effect of lowering blood sugar.
Tips for choosing fruit for patients
Fruits suitable for patients with coronary heart disease and hyperlipidemia include hawthorn, citrus, pomelo, and peach. They contain relatively high amounts of vitamin C and niacin, which can lower blood lipids and cholesterol and relieve vascular sclerosis.
Fruits suitable for patients with hepatitis include oranges, jujubes, kiwis, and apples. They are rich in vitamin C, which is beneficial for improving the condition.
Fruits suitable for diabetic patients include pineapple, pear, cherry, bayberry, and grape. They contain relatively more pectin or fruit acids, which can promote insulin secretion and moderately lower blood sugar.
Fruits suitable for patients with respiratory diseases include pear, loquat, and pomelo. They can resolve phlegm, moisten the lungs, promote salivation, and stop coughing, effectively improving symptoms like sore throat, cough, and phlegm.
Therefore, although autumn offers a rich variety of fruits, one must also carefully choose the types that are suitable for oneself to truly absorb the nutrients of fruits and improve health.