Is durian a hot-natured fruit or a cool-natured fruit?

Durian is one of the famous tropical fruits and is hailed as the “king of fruits”, with extremely high nutritional value. Its rich nutrients can not only supplement the nutrients the human body needs but also promote human health, and its taste is sweet and delicious, suitable for people of different ages to eat. Below let us take a look at whether durian is hot-natured or cool-natured!

Is durian hot-natured or cool-natured?

Durian is a hot-natured fruit. Durian has extremely high nutritional value, but eating too much of it regularly will make a person suffer from internal heat, so a normal person should eat just 100 grams per day. Moreover, durian contains relatively high sugar and potassium, so patients with diabetes, kidney disease or heart disease should not eat it. If durian is accidentally eaten in excess, symptoms such as hot phlegm, difficulty breathing, flushed face and stomach bloating may appear, and eating a few mangosteens immediately can resolve them, because mangosteen is somewhat cold in nature and can counter the heat of durian.

Is durian acidic or alkaline?

Durian is an alkaline food. Most people have a very vague understanding of the acidity and alkalinity of foods, thinking that foods that taste sour are acidic foods and that foods that taste astringent are alkaline foods, and some people also use litmus paper to test food juice and judge acidity or alkalinity based on whether the paper turns red or blue. In fact, it is quite the opposite: after many sour-tasting foods such as lemons, citrus fruits, star fruit and vinegar enter the human body, the organic acids in the food decompose into carbon dioxide, water and mostly cations, and the metabolic products are mostly alkaline substances, so they belong to alkaline foods.

What can durian not be eaten together with?

1. Durian cannot be eaten together with warm-natured foods, such as beef, mutton, dog meat and so on, as well as seafood, because these foods all belong to the category of dry-heat items, and eating them together will cause internal heat and inflammation, or lead to other diseases due to internal heat, or trigger previous illnesses.

2. Durian cannot be eaten together with alcohol, because both alcohol and durian are hot and dry items. If a diabetic eats the two together, it will lead to blood vessel blockage, and in severe cases, blood vessel rupture and stroke may occur. Within 8 hours after eating a large amount of durian, one must not drink alcohol.

3. Although eating durian and mangosteen together can avoid internal heat, it may cause constipation, because both fruits are rich in cellulose, which will absorb water and swell in the stomach and intestines, and eating too much will instead block the intestines and cause constipation.

4. Durian cannot be eaten together with cola. Cola is a dark brown, sweet, caffeine-containing carbonated drink, which has caffeine but no alcohol, but if cola and durian are eaten together, it can easily cause sudden cardiac death.