Persimmon (Latin Diospyros) is a multi-seed berry native to Japan, also grown in Turkey, Brazil and the United States. It is often called "date plum", "winter cherry" or "Chinese peach" for its unusual appearance and astringent sweetish-sour taste. Many people like to feast on these orange fruits in winter, unaware that sometimes the juicy pulp can cause significant harm to the body. Before buying "food of the gods" on the market (and this is how the word Diospyros is translated from the Latin), you need to figure out who is not allowed to eat persimmon, whether household members, especially small children, have allergies or individual intolerances.
Finding out who should not eat persimmons and why, it is worth first studying the composition and beneficial properties of this multi-seed berry. Indeed, in the absence of contraindications, only one juicy fruit is capable of providing the body with carbohydrates and vitamins by 25%, which is important for vitamin deficiency, maintaining a strict diet or a serious illness.
Characteristics and composition
Persimmon is a seasonal berry that has been on the shelves in Russia since mid-autumn. Most buy it already with the onset of winter frosts, when the rich astringent taste becomes less pronounced. Many also know about the beneficial properties of pulp, edible peel.
One ripe fruit contains half the daily value of ascorbic acid, and also contains vitamins, tannins, minerals, pectin, plant fibers and antioxidants. Beta-carotene in the orange berries improves vision, magnesium with potassium, calcium have a positive effect on the work of the heart, increasing the elasticity of the walls of blood vessels and thinning too thick blood. Chopped peel, drenched in milk, helps hypertensive patients to reduce blood pressure. Also, persimmon, with regular use, increases the level of hemoglobin, accelerates recovery from pneumonia and chronic bronchitis.
Due to its beneficial properties, the berry is included in the diet in the treatment of the respiratory system, vision, cardiovascular, digestive, and genitourinary systems. But despite the benefits, it can also harm human health. There are categories of people who cannot eat persimmons in large quantities (more than one piece per day) or who are not allowed to eat both unripe and ripe orange fruits.
Harm to health
Juicy orange persimmon, the benefits and harms of which are not known to everyone, sometimes causes health problems. This happens especially often when eating unripe fruits that are too astringent in the mouth. Tannin, which has not had time to disappear due to the immaturity of the pulp and rind, causes digestive problems, intestinal obstruction, prolonged constipation and abdominal pain in many people.
Also, the harm of persimmon is manifested in various diseases.
1) With diabetes mellitus. Many are interested in whether it is possible for diabetics to persimmon, because it contains a lot of carbohydrates and sugar. Doctors say it is prohibited for insulin-dependent patients. However, with strict glucose control, you can sometimes eat 100 g of pulp for type 2 diabetes. Type 1 diabetics cannot eat persimmons categorically.
2) With gastritis with high acidity. Thiamine in persimmon improves bowel function only in patients in remission. With gastritis in acute form, the tannins of the berries will only bring harm, weakening the secretory function of the stomach.
3) With pancreatitis. You can eat a small amount during remission. In acute pancreatitis, persimmon is contraindicated, since the pancreas will function with overload, and tinin will provoke severe constipation.
4) With stomach ulcers. An unripe berry can cause increased pain, constipation, a feeling of heaviness on the stomach, especially if there is not only the pulp, but also the peel.
Who shouldn't eat persimmons
Doctors and scientists, through experimental experiments, have found out who should not eat persimmons. The main contraindication concerns unripe berries with a strong astringent effect. A complete ban arises with diagnoses such as:
- intestinal obstruction;
- adhesive disease;
- frequent constipation;
- type 1 diabetes mellitus;
- allergy;
- intolerance;
Persimmon is also contraindicated for children under 3 years old, up to 7-8 years old, it can be given with caution. You can not eat berries immediately after surgery during any operation and on an empty stomach, especially with the peel. At least 3 hours should pass between meals of seafood, fish and the use of orange juicy pulp.
