Why not "three hundred litchi in the sun"?The answer is here

Recently, the news of "acute poisoning" after a girl after eating lychee has attracted the attention of netizens. At the current season of litchi listing, have you heard of "litchi disease"? Many netizens "Ask Reporter" platform on the Xinhua News Agency's client asked: Can eating litchi "three hundred days"? In this regard, a reporter from Xinhua News Agency interviewed relevant experts to answer.

Netizen: Can eating lychee be "three hundred days"?

Reporter: As the saying goes, "one litchi and three fires", litchi is more likely to cause health problems. Because lychee contains a large amount of fructose and glucose, eating more can easily lead to too high blood glucose concentration, which may also stimulate the body to produce a large amount of insulin used to reduce blood sugar in a short period of time. Insufficient, prone to hypoglycemia. In this regard, experts reminded that do not eat litchi on an empty stomach or overdose to prevent "litchi disease".

Netizen: Why do you get angry when you eat more litchi?

Reporter: Litchi contains a large amount of glucose, fructose, and various vitamins. Experts introduced that after consumption of lychee, a large number of hot cards will be produced. Symptoms such as cough. From the perspective of Western medicine, these symptoms are due to the excessive intake of hot cards. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, it is "getting angry".

Netizen: What is "litchi disease"?

Reporter: Experts say that "litchi disease" is a "hypoglycemia reaction syndrome" considered by modern medicine. This disease will cause this disease after eating lychee. "Litchi disease" may have a series of symptoms of hypoglycemia. For those who are mild, they will have symptoms such as dizziness, sweating, pale, fatigue, panic, thirst, hunger. Or suddenly symptoms such as coma, in severe cases, you can shock and die.

Netizen: What should I do if someone has a sudden "litchi disease"?

Reporter: Experts say that if you have symptoms of hypoglycemia after excessive lychee but have not seen other severe cases, you can eat 15 grams of carbohydrates first, raise blood sugar, and then observe for about 15 minutes. Clear carbohydrate. If the patient has convulsions, coma, unclear consciousness, etc., do not feed any food or water without permission, so as not to suffocate, and immediately call the emergency phone to send it to the medical treatment.

Netizen: How to eat litchi is safe enough?

Reporter: Experts remind that in general, you should pay attention not to eat on an empty stomach. Different people are different from the "safety amount" of lychee: for adults with normal sugar resistance, each time they consume lychee is recommended to be controlled in 15; children within 4 years of age should not eat the whole grain lychee. Children are recommended There are no more than 4 consumption at a time; pregnant women are recommended to not exceed 10 per time; elderly people with constipation, people with poor blood sugar control should not eat as much as possible; people who control weight should be as little as possible; liver disease, kidney disease, gastrointestinal diseases People should be more cautious.

(Source: Xinhua News Agency client producer: Chen Kaixing Zou Shengwen Planning: Qi Huijie: Li Xiang Xiang Zhiqiang coordinated: Xiao Lei Tao Wang Haocheng Reporter: Huang Kaiying Zhao Huan Liang Shun)

【Edit: Fu Sakura】

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