Summer is here. If you want to choose your favorite fruit, which fruit would you choose? I believe many people will choose watermelon and lychee .
Lychee has been a favorite fruit since ancient times. Because of its unique fragrance and sweet taste, it is unforgettable. However, although lychees are delicious, their shelf life is very short. In ancient times, when transportation technology was not developed enough and storage technology was not perfect enough, generally only the royal family, nobles or dignitaries had the opportunity to taste it.
In history, there is even a saying and record that Yang Guifei had a special liking for lychees. Du Mu, a poet in the late Tang Dynasty, once wrote a poem: "When a concubine rides on the red dust, no one knows that the lychees are coming."
Although the main purpose of the poem is to use the past to satirize the present, it also highlights the preciousness of lychee and Concubine Yang's love for it.
Today, with such advanced technology, lychees are no longer a hard-to-find fruit, , but a bigger trouble has highlighted , which is the possible consequences of eating too many lychees.
Lychee tastes so sweet. The most easily associated thing is its relationship with blood sugar. Some people have heard the news that eating too many lychees can cause hypoglycemia, and they may think that eating lychees can lower blood sugar. This is a misunderstanding.
If you want to understand this, you must first understand what is in such sweet lychees.
Lychee is a fruit rich in nutrients. Each 100g of lychee contains about 71 kcal of energy. Lychees have less protein and fat content. Each 100g contains about 16g of carbohydrates , and the rest is water, minerals, and various vitamins.
Modern research has found that eating lychees can help the body nourish brain cells, improve insomnia, forgetfulness, dreaminess and other symptoms, and can also play a role in beauty and anti-aging. But even this fruit, which seems to be very beneficial to the human body and delicious, may not be suitable for some people, and it may also cause discomfort to healthy people after eating a large amount of it.
It is true that eating too many lychees may lead to hypoglycemia, but this is not a benign adjustment . In addition to water, most of lychees are carbohydrates, which can also be commonly known as sugars. The sugars in lychees mainly include glucose , sucrose and fructose . Among these three types of sugars, glucose and fructose are monosaccharides and do not take too long to be absorbed after entering the human body. Therefore, it is very easy to cause blood sugar to rise. The glycemic index of lychee is 71, which is a high glycemic index food.
Hypoglycemia caused by eating lychees is mainly related to excessive secretion of insulin.. Even for healthy people, eating too many lychees in a row will cause blood sugar in the body to rise quickly or the brain will receive a signal that too much sugar has entered the body. At this time, a large amount of insulin will be secreted. Healthy people's insulin secretion mechanism is relatively sensitive and is also sensitive to the use of insulin. After a large amount of insulin is secreted, it begins to regulate blood sugar. As this process develops, it may lead to excessive insulin regulation and hypoglycemia.
Therefore, diabetic patients cannot take advantage of the problem that lychees will cause hypoglycemia to eat a lot of lychees. There are three main reasons.
1. The insulin secretion and utilization mechanism of diabetic patients is inherently abnormal.
The reason why diabetic patients have elevated blood sugar levels and cannot be regulated and controlled by the body is that there are problems with the body's endocrine system .Insulin may not only be insufficiently secreted, but may also be caused by a decrease in the sensitivity of the target organ, causing the problem of insulin resistance .
If you use lychees to promote insulin secretion, it cannot guarantee its normal secretion, let alone adjust the sensitivity of target organs to insulin.
If this is the case, not only will it not be able to regulate blood sugar, it may also lead to poor control of blood sugar levels due to excessive sugar intake.
2. Lychee has a high sugar content and cannot solve the problem of glucose tolerance in patients with diabetes.
Even if eating more lychees can promote the secretion of insulin, consuming so much sugar may not be well utilized and metabolized, which is very detrimental to blood sugar levels and can even be dangerous.
3. If a diabetic patient suffers from hypoglycemia due to eating a large amount of lychees, it is actually a more serious problem.
In addition to raising blood sugar, patients with diabetes should also pay attention to the possible dangers of hypoglycemia. Eating too many lychees will lead to excessive secretion of insulin, which is not conducive to the healthy regulation of the body's endocrine system.
If hypoglycemia is caused again during this period, it may lead to dangerous situations such as physical weakness, heart palpitations, abnormal sweating, and even coma.
Generally speaking, although lychee is a nutritious fruit, its glycemic index and sugar content are not very suitable for diabetics. If blood sugar level is controlled within the normal range , you can try a small amount of lychee , but do not eat too much to avoid causing physical discomfort and blood sugar elevation. If your blood sugar is not well controlled, it is still not recommended to eat lychee.
In the hot summer, if diabetics want to eat some fruit, how should they eat it? Two suggestions are given below.
1. When choosing fruits, pay attention to the sugar content and glycemic index.
There are many types of fruits, each with its own flavor and taste. Diabetic patients are advised to refer to the sugar content and glycemic index of fruits when choosing fruits.
Among fruits, the ones that are more suitable for diabetics include apples, strawberries, grapefruits, etc. You can also eat some watermelon, but watermelon has a high glycemic index and is not recommended when your blood sugar is poorly controlled. Of course, no matter what kind of fruit you eat, it may have an impact on blood sugar, so be sure not to eat too much fruit.
2. In addition to paying attention to the amount of fruit, you should also pay attention to the way you eat it.
Eating too much nutritious food is not good for the body, and the same is true for fruits. It is not recommended for diabetics or other people to eat excessive amounts of fruit to avoid metabolic burden.
At the same time, it is also recommended that diabetic patients should not eat fruits all at once to avoid sudden intake of too much sugar. You can choose a fruit and eat it in small portions many times, which can provide a buffering process for the body's metabolism .
In daily life, it is still recommended that diabetic patients take medications as prescribed by their doctors, obtain energy through a healthy and scientific dietary structure, and do some appropriate exercise to avoid the problem of excessive weight base . When maintaining good blood sugar levels, eating will not be so burdensome.
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