Precautions for eating fruit

Fruit is an environmentally friendly food that is beneficial to health, but we must also pay attention to many issues when eating fruit.

Constipation is a very common digestive system problem among modern people, especially among the elderly. According to clinical statistics, among the elderly over 60 years old in my country, as many as 20% have less than 3 bowel movements per week and it is very difficult, and the number of women is 4 times that of men. As we all know, one of the important causes of constipation is that there are too few food residues and water in the stool. In order to solve this problem, many people know that they should eat more fruits. Fruits are rich in dietary fiber. Although this kind of substance cannot be digested and absorbed by the human body, it can absorb and retain water, make the stool soft, and stimulate the secretion of digestive juices and intestinal peristalsis, which is beneficial to the excretion of stool and can play a role in preventing and treating constipation. However, when eating fruits to treat constipation, you should pay attention to the following aspects:

Tailored to the individual

Treat the disease according to its severity

Constipated patients with other diseases should carefully select fruits according to their condition before eating them. For example, diabetic patients should not eat fruits with high sugar content, such as longan, lychee, banana, melon, etc. Patients with heart disease and severe edema should eat less fruits, otherwise it will increase the burden on the heart and aggravate edema, so they must pay attention to the right amount. People with chronic nephritis, hypertension, and edema should not eat too many fruits with cold nature and high sodium content, such as bananas.

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