Many people are eagerly awaiting the arrival of the second half of summer, when the long-awaited season of watermelons and melons comes. Gourds enjoy popular love due to their delicious and healthy fruits. This article will discuss whether melon can be consumed by people with liver problems, as well as what benefits or possible harm this can bring to the human body.
Melon Properties for the Liver
Medicine has long been known about the strengthening properties of melon. In ancient times, it was believed that the fruit has a beneficial effect on the internal organs of a person, especially on the liver. The benefit lies in the content in the pulp of the fetus of elements and minerals necessary for the proper functioning of the liver. In addition, the human intestines do not have to exert any effort to digest melons.
But you need to remember that just eating melon pulp is not enough, because it is not able to make up for other missing nutrients needed for the proper functioning of this body.
Did you know? Japanese melon variety Yubari King is the most expensive variety of these fruits. At an auction for one fruit, the buyer can pay up to $ 10,000. Such a high price is due to the delicious, very sweet, delicate and aromatic pulp.
Can I eat melon with liver disease
If a person suffering from liver disease does not currently have an exacerbation of the disease, then melon pulp will benefit his body. The main thing is to adhere to the golden rule: "There is medicine in a spoon, poison in a barrel." Adhering to the recommendations of doctors, without abusing and choosing the right time for admission, the patient will not be able to harm himself with this product.
In the presence of liver diseases, you should definitely discuss with your doctor the possibility of consuming melon and cleansing it
How does melon affect the liver and pancreas
Recent studies have shown that melon flesh provokes the removal of toxic elements from the human body, and also cleans it of toxins. The use of this fruit helps to cleanse the gallbladder, liver and pancreas. Obviously, melon is best used as a cleanser. It contains organic acids, so the fruit is not recommended to eat in large quantities to people who have problems with the pancreas.
Benefit
Ancient medicine of the East claimed that a person eating a melon would be beautiful and healthy. Modern medicine also confirms that this product is very useful for the human body.
- Useful properties of melon:
- The fruit contains a large number of healthy minerals. Iron serves as an indispensable support for people with anemia, and for women who complain of malfunctions in the menstrual cycle. To withstand rapidly onset weakness and fatigue, a person needs potassium and magnesium, abundantly contained in a melon.
- This representative of gourds is also rich in vitamins A, B and C. Vitamin B is needed to turn food into energy, vitamin A has an anti-aging effect and prevents the formation of free radicals in the body, and vitamin C stimulates the human immune system, preventing colds, flu and strengthening muscle tissue.
- The fibers contained in the pulp of melon contribute to the proper functioning of the intestines, counteracting constipation.
- Due to its high water content, this fruit is ideal for proper urine output (urine volume), cleanses the kidneys and helps lower blood cholesterol.
- The fetus also contains adenosine, which is an anticoagulant, an important element in the prevention of diseases such as heart attack and stroke.
Harm and contraindications
Doctors recommend eating raw melon separately from other foods, between meals, for example, between lunch and afternoon snack, but not earlier than an hour after the last meal. It is important not to overeat, as this will cause immediate boiling in the intestines and, possibly, strong, but short-term diarrhea.
At the same time, a large amount of melon pulp consumed can cause flatulence, bloating and even colic. This is due to the high sugar and fructose content in the fruits. Once in the intestines, these components cause a fermentation reaction; therefore, a fresh fruit should be eaten in small portions, not more than 200–250 g at a time, and only as a separate dish.
It is categorically undesirable to use melon for patients with kidney stones. Doctors also recommend that nursing mothers refrain from this product so as not to cause diarrhea in infants. Only after consultation with a doctor is the fruit included in the diet and in patients who have an alkaline environment in the urine with sedimentation of phosphate residues, or suffering from pathologies of the stomach or intestines. You can not drink melon dessert with alcoholic drinks or ice water, jammed with honey.
In the case of preventive cleaning of the liver and kidneys, a doctor’s consultation is highly desirable
Features of use
Melon can be consumed both fresh and in the form of juice. You can extend the season of eating fruit by making jam from it. In recent years, freezing of fresh fruits has been very popular among housewives, and melon is no exception, perfectly retaining its properties after deep freezing.
Important! After the melon slices are once frozen, they must not be thawed and frozen again. The thawed fruit will turn into slurry, because during the freezing, the water contained in the pulp expands and breaks the tissues.
Raw
Before eating, the fruit is well washed, after which the seeds are removed from it and the fragrant flesh is separated from the rough skin. You can not eat a melon with seeds, because in the future this can provoke an attack of appendicitis.
The juice
Melon juice is very useful. To prepare it, the fruit pulp is passed through a manual press or an electric juicer. The most useful is freshly squeezed juice. It is recommended to use it on an empty stomach or between main meals. It is not advisable for an adult to drink more than one glass of melon juice per day. The dose for young children of preschool age is much lower. To determine it correctly, the baby's parents need to consult a pediatrician.
Jam
Skilled housewives make tasty and very aromatic jam from the pulp of this fruit. For cooking, use a mixture of water, melon pulp and sugar. Ready melon jam can be stored for several years in a refrigerator or cellar with a constantly low temperature.
Melon jam is a very tasty treat, but after heat treatment it partially loses the properties that a fresh fruit has. In jam, a significantly smaller amount of nutrients, vitamins and minerals. It is not able to help with constipation, but it does not cause diarrhea after overeating.
Did you know? In 2009, the largest melon in the world was grown in a small Australian farm, its weight reached 200 kg.
Useful recommendations for use
The fruit will be tastier if it is placed in the refrigerator before meals. Chilled melon juice quenches thirst well and removes the effects of sunstroke. If it is supposed to eat fruit in nature, where there is no refrigerator, the melon, without cutting, is dipped in a pond or in a bucket of cold water for half an hour or an hour.
With the help of fresh melon, you can carry out a full body cleansing, which will favorably affect human health, but in order to obtain a successful result, it is worth adhering to some simple recommendations.
When planning to cleanse the liver and other organs, it is necessary to carry out procedures for preparing the body in advance:
- At least 10-14 days before the cleansing, you need to remove fried and fatty foods from the daily menu, and refuse high-calorie foods.
- During preparation for cleaning, you need to eat fruits, herbs, vegetables, cereals, low-fat cottage cheese and cheese.
- It is important to quit smoking or at least significantly reduce the number of cigarettes smoked, and also not to drink alcohol at all.
Liver cleansing is carried out for 2 weeks. To do this, every day from 7 o’clock in the morning until 10 o’clock in the evening you only need to eat melon (2 kg of melon pulp are divided into 5 doses and consumed every 3 hours). In between meals, doctors advise drinking a glass of cold green tea. For this cleaning, melon varieties such as the Collective Farm Girl or Gulyaby are recommended.
Important! When the body cleansing is completed, the patient will have to eat light vegetarian products and steam cutlets of poultry meat for several days. This time the intestines need in order to enter the normal mode of functioning.
Melon is a very tasty and healthy fruit, rich in minerals and vitamins. But people with a sick liver should not abuse this product, eating it with caution and in small quantities.
