Eating too much litchi may cause hypoglycemia. Fructose in litchi is a monosaccharide, which can not only provide nutrition for various organs of the human body, but also be converted into glucose in the liver. But eating too much litchi may cause hypoglycemia. Eating too much lychee may cause nausea and vomiting.
Litchi eating taboo:
1, not suitable for eating on an empty stomach;
2, it is not appropriate to eat a lot of lychee;
3. People with diabetes should eat carefully;
4. Try not to eat litchi with blisters.
Extended data:
Many people will have hypoglycemia and dizziness after eating litchi. Some people call this phenomenon "litchi disease". However, some people think that litchi disease is not hypoglycemia caused by litchi, but an acute nervous system disease, but many patients have hypoglycemia symptoms at the same time. At first, people thought it was caused by fructose in litchi.
Because there are two toxins in litchi: glycine A and α -methylene cyclopropyl glycine ester, they will affect the glucose metabolism of human body. This study was published in the 20 17 issue of The Lancet. Children are at higher risk of litchi disease because their physical development is not yet fully mature. Although the toxin in litchi may cause litchi disease, there are two important prerequisites: "fasting" and "eating a lot".
Many children with litchi disease play in the orchard, and when they are tired, they eat a lot of litchi on an empty stomach. Because of the large amount of litchi, I went home at night without dinner, and the symptoms of "litchi disease" began to appear in the middle of the night. Therefore, as long as you don't eat a lot of litchi on an empty stomach, you don't have to worry.
People's Health Network-Eating a lot of litchi on an empty stomach is harmful to health.