Can I eat watermelon when I visit my aunt? What are the taboos on eating watermelon in summer?

　　Watermelon is the most commonly eaten fruit in our daily life. Eating watermelon has many benefits for the body. Watermelon can produce fluid and quench thirst. At the same time, watermelon contains many beneficial effects on the body. healthy There are many beneficial trace elements. It can be said that eating some watermelon appropriately has many benefits for the body. So for female Generally speaking, you should be very careful about your diet during menstruation, because accidentally eating the wrong things will aggravate menstrual discomfort. So can women eat watermelon when they are pregnant? What are the taboos about eating watermelon in summer? Next, I will introduce them one by one for your reference.

　　Can I eat watermelon when I visit my aunt?

　　It is best not to eat or eat less watermelon during menstruation. Female friends should avoid raw and cold foods during menstruation, and watermelon is a typical cold food. Although watermelon contains a lot of water, a variety of amino acids and sugars, and has the effect of clearing away heat, relieving summer heat, and refreshing thirst, watermelon is cold and slippery, also known as "cold melon". Even normal people should not eat it in excess, and women during menstruation should eat it with caution.

　　If women eat raw or cold food during menstruation, firstly, it will hinder digestion, and secondly, it will easily damage the human body's yang energy, causing internal cold and stagnant coldness, which can make the menstrual blood flow sluggishly, resulting in too little menstrual blood, or even Dysmenorrhea . Therefore, it is definitely not advisable for those who choose to lose weight by eating watermelon during menstruation. Not only that, experts also suggest that it is best not to eat very cold food during menstruation!

　　If a female friend eats cold watermelon during menstruation, the blood will be stimulated by the temperature change, resulting in poor circulation, easy to produce blood clots, and cause menstrual pain.

　　During the menstrual period, you should eat light, flat-flavored foods rich in nutrients. It is not advisable to eat spicy foods with strong irritation. It is also not advisable to smoke or drink alcohol to avoid stimulating blood vessel dilation and causing early menstruation and heavy menstruation. Fresh, easy-to-digest foods should be eaten, and raw, cold, and difficult-to-digest foods should not be eaten. Fried food is also a taboo for menstrual women. Due to the influence of endocrine progesterone, sebum secretion increases in women during menstruation. skin greasy, while the capillaries dilate and the skin becomes sensitive.

　　7 taboos on eating watermelon in summer

　　1. Don’t eat watermelon that has been opened for too long

　　If the temperature is high, watermelon will easily deteriorate and breed germs if left open for too long. Eating it will lead to intestinal infectious diseases. Therefore, when eating watermelon, you should pay attention to choose ripe and fresh watermelon.

　　2. People with renal insufficiency should not eat it.

　　Eating a large amount of watermelon in a short period of time will increase the water content in the body and exceed the physiological capacity of the human body. In patients with renal insufficiency, the ability of the kidneys to regulate water is greatly reduced. Excessive water entering the body cannot be regulated and excreted from the body, resulting in a sharp increase in blood volume and easy death from acute heart failure.

　　3、Oral ulcers Don't eat it

　　Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the main cause of oral ulcers is internal heat caused by yin deficiency, which causes deficiency and fire to disturb the flesh and blood vessels. Watermelon has a diuretic effect. If people with oral ulcers eat more watermelon, some of the normal water required in the body will be excreted through the diuretic effect of watermelon, which will aggravate the deficiency of Yin fluid. Yin deficiency will increase internal heat and aggravate oral ulcers.

　　4、cold Don’t eat watermelon in the early stages

　　Do not eat watermelon in the early stages of a cold, otherwise it will aggravate the cold or prolong the recovery time. Whether it is a wind-cold cold or a wind-heat cold, the initial stage is a superficial disease, and should be treated by dispersing the pathogenic factors from the surface. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that you should not attack the inside until the outside is resolved, otherwise the evil from the outside will enter the inside and worsen the condition. In the early stages of a cold, when the pathogenic factors are on the surface, eating watermelon is equivalent to taking medicine that clears away heat, which will attract the pathogenic factors into the cold, aggravating the cold or prolonging the cure time. However, when a cold worsens and symptoms such as high fever, thirst, sore throat, yellow and red urine occur, you can eat some watermelon while taking normal medicine, which will help the recovery of the cold.

　　5. Eat less ice watermelon

　　Although eating ice watermelon on a hot day is very effective in relieving heat, it is very irritating to the stomach and can easily cause damage to the spleen and stomach, so you should pay attention to the temperature and quantity of the delicious food. It is best to put watermelon in the bottom layer of the refrigerator compartment. The temperature here is about 8-10°C. This temperature also tastes best. The amount you eat at a time should not exceed 500 grams, and you should eat it slowly. People with dental caries (cavities), tooth allergies who feel soreness and pain when exposed to cold, and people with poor gastrointestinal function should not eat iced watermelon.

　　6. Pregnant women should not eat more watermelon

　　Maternal physique is relatively weak. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that eating too much watermelon will cause excessive cold and damage the spleen and stomach. It is not advisable to eat it before or after a meal because the large amount of water in watermelon will dilute the digestive juices in the stomach. Eating it before or after a meal will affect the digestion and absorption of food. Moreover, eating a large amount of watermelon before a meal will occupy the volume of the stomach, greatly reducing the intake of various nutrients during the meal. It will especially have a greater impact on the health of children, pregnant women and wet nurses. For people who want to lose weight through dieting, eating some watermelon before meals is a good way to reduce food intake.

　　7. People with diabetes should eat watermelon in moderation.

　　Watermelon contains about 5% sugar, mainly Grape Sugar, sucrose and some fructose, which means that eating watermelon will cause blood sugar to increase. Normal people can maintain blood sugar and urine sugar at normal levels because they secrete insulin in a timely manner. People with diabetes are different. If you eat too much watermelon in a short period of time, not only will your blood sugar rise, but in severe cases, metabolic disorders may lead to acidosis, which can even be life-threatening. The amount of carbohydrates (sugar) that diabetics eat every day needs to be strictly controlled. Therefore, if you eat watermelon many times a day, you should reduce the amount of meals and flour products (carbohydrates) accordingly to avoid aggravating the condition. If you eat 25-50 grams of watermelon at a time, it will have little effect on people with diabetes, so people with diabetes should pay attention to the appropriate amount when eating watermelon.