Excessive consumption of citrus fruits, including many of our favorite tangerines, can cause severe allergies even in people who are not prone to allergic reactions. However, is this the only dangerous thing about "sunny" fruits, which are so popular in winter, so often decorate the New Year's table?
Mandarins are naturally excellent antidepressants. They cheer up, tone up, give vigor and energy. Eating these citrus fruits improves digestion. They charge the human body with vitamins. However, tasty and juicy tangerines, so popular in winter, can cause really serious harm to health if you eat a lot of them regularly. They can be especially dangerous in childhood, although an adult can face adverse consequences.
Dangerous effects of tangerines on humans
The first danger lies in the peel of these citrus fruits. Mandarins, like many other fruits and vegetables, are subjected to special chemical processing. This is done for faster ripening of fruits and so that tangerines look attractive and tasty for a longer time, lying on store shelves. Having brought tangerines home, it is not enough just to rinse them with running water, if there are plans to eat zest, peel. Mandarins must be doused with boiling water, and then wiped very well with a clean dry towel. Wet fruits will deteriorate very quickly, so they should only be stored dry. If you exclude the detailed washing of citrus fruits, then you can provoke serious poisoning.
Mandarins easily cause allergic reactions, especially those typical of childhood. Allergy can manifest itself as itching, sneezing, redness of the eyes and watery eyes, red spots on the surface of the skin, headache, body aches. In another form, an allergy to tangerines can manifest itself in the form of indigestion, general malaise. If the amount of tangerines in the daily diet is huge, this will provoke the development of hypervitaminosis.
These tasty and juicy fruits contain a lot of sugar. Excessive consumption of tangerines in food leads to a jump in sugar in the body, disrupts metabolic processes. Tangerines, so harmless in appearance, can cause the development of diabetes mellitus, including in childhood. In addition, they stimulate weight gain. Therefore, leaning on tangerines, you must definitely lead an active lifestyle and very carefully monitor your well-being. 3-4 ripe small tangerines a day are unlikely to cause serious harm to health, but consuming more citrus fruits on a regular basis will entail disastrous consequences for well-being.
Despite the fact that tangerines perfectly improve digestion and relieve irregular stools, constipation, they can provoke severe diarrhea, especially in a child. These citrus fruits are extremely acidic. Therefore, tangerines strongly irritate the mucous membranes of the intestines, stomach, esophagus. They can even cause inflammation of the gums and throat, especially sour varieties of tangerines. It is not recommended to consume these fruits on an empty stomach. Carefully they should be eaten by people prone to stomach acidity and heartburn. If you eat tangerines too actively, you can provoke inflammation and even cause an ulcer.
Mandarins are a good diuretic. They help the body get rid of toxins, toxins, and other unnecessary and harmful elements. But this significantly increases the load on the kidneys and bladder. Gradually, this can lead to the development of severe and dangerous painful conditions, when immediate medical attention is required.
Tangerines cause severe damage to the liver. They force this organ to work more actively, which can lead to various disorders. Mandarins can provoke or aggravate inflammatory processes affecting the liver, gallbladder.
For what diseases it is strictly forbidden to eat tangerines: a list
- Ulcerative diseases. Ulcerative colitis.
- Gastritis, especially with high acidity.
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
- Any inflammatory processes in the gastrointestinal tract, bleeding of the digestive system, damage to the esophagus.
- Liver disease in the acute stage, hepatitis of any form.
- Diabetes.
- Allergy tendency. Individual intolerance to tangerines.
- Nephritis, renal failure, any inflammatory (including viral) processes in this paired organ, the presence of kidney stones.
- With sore throat and just a red throat, it is not recommended to eat tangerines, so as not to further worsen the state of health.
- Cholecystitis of acute or chronic form, other pathologies of the gallbladder.
- Obesity or obesity tendency.
- Diarrhea (diarrhea), including nerves.
