What Happens If You Eat Too Many 'Yanlaihong' Winter Jujubes? Dietary Taboos and Harvest Season

Winter jujube is one of the fruits we eat more of after the start of autumn, and it goes by somewhat different names in each region, also known as Yanlaihong, apple jujube, rock sugar jujube, Huanghua winter jujube, Miaoshang winter jujube, Zhanhua winter jujube, and so on. So what happens if you eat too many winter jujubes? What are the dietary taboos of winter jujube? How is winter jujube graded? What kind of winter jujube is fresher? When do winter jujubes hit the market in 2018?

I. What happens if you eat too many winter jujubes?

1. Abdominal bloating, constipation, and the production of phlegm and dampness

Patients with lower abdominal distension and dry stools must not eat too many winter jujubes, because patients who often cough up phlegm, feel fullness and distension in the chest, usually feel physically exhausted, and have a poor appetite will have their condition worsened if they indulge in winter jujubes, and at the same time will also experience such adverse phenomena as cold-heat thirst and abdominal bloating. This is because jujube is a food with a sweet, pungent, and warm nature, and patients are prone to producing phlegm and dampness after eating it.

2. Dental caries and indigestion in children

Children should not eat jujube in excess. What happens if a child eats too many jujubes? Pediatric disease experts point out that jujube is sticky and greasy and not easy to digest, while children's spleen and stomach functions are very weak, so after children eat it in excess it will cause indigestion and loss of appetite. In addition, the sugar content in jujube is very high, and after children eat it in excess it will cause symptoms of dental caries.

3. Developing stomach stones

If you often eat them on an empty stomach, you may develop stomach stones. Winter jujube has thin skin and a tender texture, is crisp and sweet and pleasant to the taste, fresh, fragrant, and juicy, with plump and full flesh; it shatters as soon as it touches the teeth, melting in the mouth before it can be chewed carefully. That is a contempt for strong teeth and a blow to the taste buds; after eating, the mouth is full of sweet fragrance with a long aftertaste, making one want to eat yet reluctant to eat too much, for fear of wasting a heavenly gift.

II. Dietary taboos of winter jujube

1. Although winter jujube is mild in nature and suitable for anyone to eat, winter jujube also belongs to the jujube category, and jujubes of any kind are not suitable to be eaten in large amounts; eating too many easily causes indigestion, abdominal bloating, and similar phenomena.

2. The ripening season of winter jujube is generally in mid-to-late October, and winter jujubes that reach the market early have almost no sweetness in taste; if they are too sweet there may be a problem, so pay attention to distinguishing them to ensure food safety.

3. Winter jujube is very high in sugar, and eating too many easily causes obesity, so it needs to be limited.

III. How is winter jujube graded? What kind of winter jujube is fresher?

1. Winter jujubes are generally graded by size, divided into fruit king, king of kings, premium king, and premium. Anything worse has no grade. The picture below is a comparison between the king of kings grade and the premium king; it is obvious that there is a difference in size. The bigger ones are sweeter, because the pit is basically the same size, so the bigger the fruit, the more flesh there is.

2. Generally, when you open the packing box, there are some jujube leaves on top of the jujubes, and by looking at the leaves we can tell how long this box of jujubes has been stored. As for the jujubes themselves, you have to look at their color and luster and check whether there are any rotten fruits. Jujubes that are not fresh will appear dim.

IV. When do winter jujubes hit the market in 2018?

Winter jujubes generally reach the market from October to December. Because the cultivation techniques differ from place to place, the time winter jujubes reach the market also varies; on the whole, generally after entering October, winter jujubes are basically on the market. Winter jujube is a cultivated variety of the jujube tree. It originated in Xiawa Town, Zhanhua County, Shandong Province, and is an excellent late-ripening fresh-eating variety of the thornless jujube tree, and is also recognized as the fresh-eating jujube variety of the best quality. The average single fruit weight is 17.5g, and the largest single fruit weight can reach 25g; it is shaped like an apple and has the name “little apple”.