Many patients in the clinic think that fruits are rich in vitamins and many kinds of nutrients, so they should eat more to be good for their health. In fact, there are certain principles for eating fruits. First of all, you should eat locally produced fruits. As the saying goes, “one side of the land feeds one side of the people”, foreign fruits are more suitable for local people’s physical needs due to the influence of local climate, soil quality and environment. Second, must be in line with the season. For example, there are snow pears in autumn and watermelon in summer. If you eat pears in summer, due to the seasonal humidity will aggravate the dampness in the body. Eating watermelon in winter will chill and hurt the body. In addition, it also depends on whether it meets the needs of their own body. Many of the fruits are cold, eaten for a long time, a lot of easy to damage the spleen Yang.
Some patients will also often say: fruit heated is not cold! In fact, the cold fruit heated does not change its nature. It is like drinking chrysanthemum tea, although it is made with boiling water, drinking hot mouth, but it is still clear heat down the fire. Finally, the Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine says: “five grains for nourishment, five fruits to help, five animals for the benefit, five dishes to fill.” That is to say, the grain crop five grains is the body necessary to cultivate, five fruits, five animals, five vegetables are the seasoning of the goods, you can not eat fruit as a meal.