Recently, a large number of them have been put on the market. Some people have been hospitalized after eating them! Doctors warn →

Every autumn and winter

Selling on the street

Sweet and sour sugar fried hawthorn

Not to mention how delicious it is

But Mr. Zhang (pseudonym), 47 years old

He ate himself into the hospital

A man who ate half a pound of hawthorns developed stones in his stomach. " It can't be colon cancer ..."

Mr. Zhang had been experiencing loss of appetite, bloating, and nausea for nearly half a month. He also found that his abdominal pain had intensified and he had black stools. He went to the Department of Gastroenterology at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University for treatment. Upon examination, it was found that Mr. Zhang's intestines were healthy, but there was a 5*8 cm stone in his stomach. How did such a large stone come from?

The doctor carefully reviewed Mr. Zhang's diet and found that when autumn came, Mr. Zhang liked to lie on the rocking chair in the yard and eat chestnuts and candied hawthorns. Two days before being admitted to the hospital, he ate half a pound of hawthorns in one go.

Mr. Zhang is not the only one who likes this kind of "autumn and winter limited" food. In autumn, many people will buy sweet and sour hawthorn to taste. Many netizens have posted that they have stomach discomfort after eating a lot of hawthorn↓

Why is it easy to develop kidney stones if you eat a lot of hawthorn?

Autumn and winter are the seasons when hawthorn, persimmon, black dates and other fruits mature and are on the market. These fruits contain a large amount of tannic acid, gum, pectin and dietary fiber.

Tannic acid can combine with protein to form tannic acid protein. When there is more gastric acid, tannic acid protein will aggregate with pectin, cellulose and other components in food to form gastric stones.

△Gastric stones after a patient ate a lot of hawthorn

Doctors say that whether or not stones are formed is largely affected by individual differences and the amount of food consumed, and that the tannic acid content of hawthorn will be reduced after being de-astringented. For healthy people, even if a small amount of tannic acid protein precipitates are produced, they can be excreted from the body with gastrointestinal peristalsis. However, in autumn and winter, you still need to be more careful when eating high-tannic acid foods.

How to avoid stomach stones?

When eating foods high in tannic acid, remember the "four don'ts":

Do not consume on an empty stomach.

Do not consume in large quantities.

Do not eat unripe fruits. When purchasing foods such as hawthorn, persimmon, and black dates, make sure that the fruits are ripe to reduce the tannic acid content.

People with a history of gastric surgery, diabetics, hypothyroidism patients, as well as the elderly and children should moderate or reduce their intake of foods high in tannic acid.

In addition, you also need to improve gastric motility: eat regularly, exercise appropriately, and maintain a happy mood. This can increase gastric motility and improve digestion ability.

Notice

Once gastric stones occur

Do not try local methods on your own

To avoid more serious gastric perforation and intestinal obstruction

Seek medical attention promptly if you feel unwell