Food safety consumption tips eating lychee and being drunk driving this may be...

"The shell is like red ribbon, the membrane is like purple silk, the flesh is as white as ice and snow, and the slurry is as sweet as yogurt
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" Lychee, the "world's precious fruit" that Bai Juyi praised so painstakingly in his pen and ink, is now appearing on the shelves of large and small supermarkets.

Because “Zise” is so tempting, many people have the urge to follow the example of the antiques to “snap three hundred per day” when they eat lychees
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However, experts from the Chinese Society of Food Science and Technology remind consumers that although lychees are delicious, there are many taboos.
Faced with the temptation of “the thicker and more fragrant ice”, if you can’t keep your mouth shut or eat it awkwardly, it’s possible.
Bring discomfort to the body, and even risk of being "drunk driving"
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Rinse your mouth immediately after eating lychees

"Nanzhou June Litchi Pill, thousands of them are clustered together
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The crimson snow is beautiful and the red brocade is rotten, and the Yuhu shining crystal is cold

However, every time when lychees are on the market, there are always several news that "lychees cause drunk driving"
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Eating lychees and being "driving under the influence", the two things seem to be "unstoppable", is this true?

Professor Fan Zhihong, an expert member of the Chinese Society of Food Science and Technology and the Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, China Agricultural University, said in an interview with a reporter from "China Consumer News" that if you really accidentally encounter this situation, it is most likely to be in the lychee.
Sugar is causing trouble
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Professor Fan Zhihong said that the sugar content in litchi is very high, up to about 17%
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In order to preserve the freshness of lychees during transportation and storage, ice cubes are usually added and sealed for preservation

As for the production of trace amounts of alcohol after the fruit is overripe, this is a common situation, not limited to lychees
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Many other fruits, such as grapes, mulberries, soft pears.

Nevertheless, eating lychee and being drunk driving is actually a small probability event
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Generally speaking, the alcohol produced by eating a few lychees is very small, the main effect is in the mouth, and the time in the human body is also very short.

The more you eat lychee, the more you have to eat

"One litchi has three fires", because litchi is hot, it is easy to get angry if you eat too much
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Therefore, even the Cantonese who are delicious and able to eat have reserved and reserved "love" for lychees

There is a saying that eating lychee on an empty stomach is prone to "lychee disease": eating a lot of lychee on an empty stomach may cause dizziness, fatigue, pale face, cold sweats, palpitation, thirst, hunger and other hypoglycemic reactions
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However, Fan Zhihong believes that the statement that you cannot eat lychee on an empty stomach is actually not accurate.

The blood sugar-lowering toxins contained in lychee will not only lower blood sugar, but also hinder other energy sources of the human body.
In severe cases, the brain will lack energy supply and cause fatal danger
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Because too much lychee is eaten, the amount of appetite is reduced or even not eaten when eating, which will aggravate the symptoms of hypoglycemia

Some people who are greedy for lychee are more prone to "lychee disease"
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The first is young children; the second is the frail people with weak gastrointestinal function and insufficient muscles.
After eating lychee, they often cannot eat food, and the glycogen reserves in the body are relatively small, which is prone to hypoglycemia; third, People with poor blood sugar control ability, such as diabetic people, are particularly prone to hypoglycemia before meals
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They should be more careful when eating lychees .

Choose Lychee Four Steps

Eating lychee gets "Lychee disease", not only because the lychee is too "sweet", but it may also be related to its immaturity
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Studies have shown that immature lychees contain hypoglycine and α-methylenecyclopropylglycine, these two amino acids can inhibit the process of converting body fat into glucose, making it more likely to have "hypoglycemia" symptoms on an empty stomach
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When lychees mature, their content becomes very low
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Therefore, in order to avoid "lychee disease", Fan Zhihong suggested that one is not to eat immature raw lychees; the second is not to eat too much; the third is to avoid excessive consumption of lychees at night, especially from midnight to the next morning.
Fasting time is long, more need to convert fat into glucose to maintain normal blood sugar
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However, it is true that some businesses, out of interest, pick and ripen the lychees before they are fully mature
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And how to tell whether lychees are ripened, the following four tips may help you:

Method 1: Observe the color
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Normally ripe lychees, the skin will be dark red or dark gray
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The ripening lychees are mostly too brightly red, and some are half blue and half red, and the color transition is unnatural
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Method 2: Smell the smell
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Naturally mature lychees will smell a light scent, while the ripened lychees will smell a little bit sour
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Method 3: Look at the shell
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The joints of the small particles of the red lychee skin are very tight, while the joints of the normal mature lychee particles will have small cracks
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Method four: taste the taste
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Naturally mature lychees have a sweet and soft taste.
With a light bite with your teeth, the juice will overflow naturally
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The ripened lychees taste very compact, without elasticity, and have a bitter taste
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●Consumption tips

How to preserve unfinished lychees

Lychee is a delicate fruit that is "sweet and old".
"The color changes in one day, the fragrance changes in the second, the taste changes in the third day, and the color and fragrance disappear in the fourth day
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Although thanks to modern preservation technology, lychees can be preserved for a longer period of time
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But most of the lychees we bought have been away from the branches for at least two or three days
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Therefore, it is recommended that consumers buy lychees as much as they eat, and do not store them for one day after eating them
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If you really can’t finish it, you can refer to the following preservation method:

Method 1: Put it in a plastic bag, tie the mouth of the bag tightly, and store it in a cool place
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Cut off the lychee stalks that are too long, then put the lychees into a plastic bag, tie the mouth of the bag tightly, and place it in a cool place
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After being stored for a few days, the color, aroma and taste of lychees remain unchanged
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Method 2: Put it in a plastic bag and put it in the fresh-keeping layer of the refrigerator
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The lychees are soaked in salt water for half an hour with their shells, dried out and put in the refrigerator.
This way, the lychees will not become hot, and the taste will become more delicious, which can relieve greasiness and promote appetite
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Professor Fan Zhihong said that lychees can be frozen if they are too much to eat
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When frozen desserts, replace unhealthy sweets, eat a small amount each time, it is also a good way to eat in summer
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