Peanuts are nourishing and beneficial, helping to promote longevity, so they are commonly known as "longevity nuts" in folk culture. However, peanuts are not suitable for everyone. Let's explore who should avoid eating peanuts.
Peanuts are sweet in taste and neutral in nature, rich in nutrients. They have the effects of strengthening the spleen, harmonizing the stomach, nourishing blood to stop bleeding, moistening the lungs to relieve coughs, promoting urination, and stimulating lactation. They can lower cholesterol and help prevent and treat atherosclerosis, hypertension, and coronary heart disease. Additionally, they can help prevent and treat tumor-related diseases, making them a valuable traditional Chinese medicine.
Modern pharmacological research has also found that peanuts are moist and contain a lot of oil, with a very high fat content of up to 45%-50%, of which about 80% are unsaturated fatty acids.
The protein content is also very rich, up to 25%-30%. In addition, they contain riboflavin, calcium, phosphorus, selenium, lecithin, choline, vitamin E, vitamin K, B vitamins, and more. Despite this, there are many taboos associated with eating peanuts.
First, because peanuts are very high in fat and protein, people with a cold and damp constitution, a weak spleen with loose stools, and gastrointestinal diseases should not eat them, as it can worsen diarrhea.
Second, for those with liver and gallbladder diseases, peanuts can increase the burden on the liver.
Third, people with excessive skin oil secretion and who are prone to acne should not over-consume peanuts.
Fourth, because peanuts have a hemostatic effect, they can promote blood clotting and thrombus formation. Therefore, people with high blood viscosity or existing thrombi should not eat them.
Furthermore, the peanuts we usually eat are mostly deep-fried, which can easily cause "internal heat" (上火), especially for those with "liver fire" excess and internal heat. For them, eating peanuts would be like "adding fuel to the fire." If you really want to eat them, it is best to limit consumption to boiled or stewed peanuts. At this stage, peanuts have the characteristics of being neither too warming nor too cooling, easy to eat, and easy to digest, which is also the best way to consume them for health preservation.
Four types of people should avoid eating peanuts: Hyperlipidemia patients
Peanuts contain a large amount of fat. After consumption by hyperlipidemia patients, the level of lipids in the blood will increase, and elevated blood lipids are often one of the important causes of diseases such as atherosclerosis, hypertension, and coronary heart disease. Patients who have had their gallbladder removed
The fat contained in peanuts needs bile to be digested. After the gallbladder is removed, the function of storing bile is lost. If such patients eat peanuts, there is no large amount of bile to help with digestion, which often causes indigestion. People with indigestion
Peanuts contain a large amount of fat. People with poor spleen and stomach function, such as those with enteritis or dysentery, will have their condition worsened after eating them. People with bruises and swelling
Peanuts contain a clotting-promoting factor. After consumption by people with injuries from falls and blood stasis, the blood stasis may not dissipate, worsening the swelling and pain symptoms.