Why can't you eat persimmons on an empty stomach?

Everyone knows that persimmons are delicious fruits, but do you know why you can’t eat persimmons on an empty stomach ? Let me introduce it to you.

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Persimmons are rich in nutrients, containing a variety of sugars, vitamins and trace elements. Persimmons also have the effects of clearing away heat and moistening dryness, resolving phlegm and relieving coughs, and are one of the most suitable health fruits for patients with chronic bronchitis. The weather has suddenly cooled down recently, and there are more and more patients with colds and coughs. If you can eat a persimmon after a meal, it will have a good auxiliary therapeutic effect on coughs.

Why can't you eat persimmons on an empty stomach?

Persimmons contain a large amount of persimmon tannin and a soluble astringent called red tannin. The content of these two ingredients is highest in unripe persimmons and the peel of ripe persimmons.

Persimmon tannin and red tannin will condense into lumps when they meet acid. If you eat a lot of persimmons on an empty stomach or eat them with acidic food, persimmon tannin and red tannin will condense into hard lumps with stomach acid or acidic food, forming "persimmon stones". If there are "persimmon stones" in the stomach, it will cause stomach pain, nausea, and vomiting. If you still don't pay attention and continue to eat persimmons on an empty stomach, the lumps will get bigger and bigger, the pressure in the stomach will increase, causing gastric expansion and causing illness. Therefore, persimmons should be eaten after meals. Because stomach acid has been combined with food, it is not easy to form "persimmon stones"