Who is not recommended to eat sorrel: how it helps some people

10.04.2024 20:42
Updated: 24.04.2024 22:44

Sorrel is a storehouse of useful substances, but it is contraindicated for some people.

Candidate of Medical Sciences, endocrinologist of the highest category, nutritionist Elena Syurakshina told us who is not recommended to eat sorrel and who it helps.

Benefits and harms of sorrel

According to the portal "Roskachestvo" , by including sorrel in your diet, you can prevent the development of anemia, normalize digestion and metabolism, get rid of edema, lose weight, strengthen the cardiovascular system, improve the condition of the skin, teeth, nails and hair.

Sorrel is very useful for pregnant women: it contains a large amount of folic acid, which is necessary for the normal course of pregnancy and fetal development.

This product should definitely be present in the diet of men. Regular consumption of sorrel improves blood circulation in the prostate gland.

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However, this useful product has many contraindications.

Sorrel can increase stomach acidity, irritate the pancreatic mucosa and promote the formation of stones in the bile ducts.

You should not eat this product if you have gastritis with high acidity, gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer, salt metabolism disorders, inflammatory kidney diseases, gout, or kidney stones.

Earlier we talked about why you shouldn’t snack on the go.

Author: Timur Khomichev Internet resource editor