Litchi is the aril (pulp) of Litchi, also known as Litchi, Litchi, Danli, Litchi, Huoshan Litchi, Litchi, Litchi Kernel and Li Le. The pulp contains as many as 37 volatile components, as well as sucrose 5%, glucose 60%, fat 1.4% and protein 1.5. It is also rich in arginine, tryptophan, glycine A and α -methylene cyclopropyl glycine. Warm in nature, sweet and sour in taste, entering the liver and spleen meridians. Has the effects of nourishing blood, invigorating spleen, benefiting qi and enriching blood. Clinical research shows that litchi has the pharmacological effect of lowering blood sugar, which is suitable for weak body, insufficient body fluid after illness, stomach cold pain, hernia pain and so on. Modern research has found that litchi can nourish brain cells, improve insomnia, forgetfulness and dreaminess, promote skin metabolism and delay aging.
What should I pay attention to when eating litchi?
Litchi can lower blood sugar, so eating more litchi will lead to litchi disease, which will lead to low blood sugar and even life-threatening.
Litchi is rich in vitamin C, which has antioxidant effect and is good for health, but we should pay attention to eating litchi. Eating too much litchi may lead to "litchi disease". Litchi itself contains a lot of water, sugar and fructose, and the pulp, especially immature litchi, also contains glycine A and α -methylene cyclopropyl glycine, which will affect or even block the gluconeogenesis process of human metabolism. Gluconeogenesis is a very important metabolic process in which our body converts non-carbohydrates into glucose and maintains the normal level of blood sugar. When the process of gluconeogenesis is blocked, the source of glucose in our blood will be greatly reduced, which will cause hypoglycemia.
At the same time, fructose in litchi can not be directly absorbed and utilized by our body like glucose, and the efficiency of improving blood sugar is also relatively low. However, the sweetness of litchi itself will make people have the illusion of "I am already eating sugar", thus ignoring some early warning signals issued by the body because of insufficient blood sugar, such as vomiting, dizziness and palpitation. Therefore, to be on the safe side, don't eat lychee on an empty stomach, and don't be greedy. Eat too many lychees at once. Eat lychees moderately, especially children, and eat no more than five lychees at a time.
Because eating too much litchi will cause fever, people with yin deficiency and fire will try to eat less or not.