K-Food Fruit Office Causes Blood Sugar Spike in Excessive Intake...To enjoy it healthily?
May 12, 2025
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Just by looking at the fact that numerous contents have been posted on various social media (SNS) such as YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok with the keyword 'Korean syrup' or 'Cheong', you can see the impact of the fruit syrup syndrome.
Among them, the video of making 'Korean Strawberry Syrup (Strawberry Blue)' posted by famous American chef and YouTuber Nick DiGiobaji has more than 99 million views, even though it is only 29 seconds long. Starting with this video, many foreigners are sharing various fruit syrup manufacturing methods and reviews such as blueberry, cherry, and lemon. Eventually, Korean fruit syrup products were temporarily sold out in overseas online shopping malls.
◇ Easy and easy to manufacture and versatile
One of the reasons why fruit syrup is so popular is that it is simple to make. Simply put the fruit cut into an easy-to-eat size in a glass bottle, pour sugar or honey on it, seal it, and put it in the refrigerator. At this time, the ratio of fruit and sugar must be 1:1 to mature well and deepen the flavor. If only the fruit is filtered after about a week, the fruit juice and sugar combine to leave a thick liquid.
If you put this extract in warm water, you can drink it as tea, and when mixed with cool carbonated water, it transforms into ade. In addition, it is becoming a popular food ingredient for people around the world due to its high utilization, such as salad dressing, yogurt topping, meat marinating sauce, and pancake syrup.
◇ Increase digestion and help blood circulation
Such fruit syrup has high oriental and nutritional effects. First, it reduces the burden of digestion and warms the stomach. In particular, consuming fruit syrup as warm tea can help with nasogastric function and increase digestion. In addition, it has effects such as prevention of aging and blood circulation, so oriental medicine evaluates fruit syrup as a healthy food that harmonizes yin-yang and blood circulation.
In particular, fruit syrup can see the nutritional efficacy of the fruit depending on which fruit is added. Strawberry syrup has the effect of lowering the body's heat and stimulating the appetite. Blueberry blueberry cleanses the eyes, strengthens the liver and kidneys, and helps prevent aging. Cherry syrup supplements liver blood, promotes blood circulation, and helps solve menstrual irregularities in women.
◇ Beware of excessive intake, which is also mentioned in Donguibogam
'Dongui Bogam' also states that fruit and honey (sugar) help replenish moisture and relieve heat in the body. In addition, proper sweetness helps the function of the stomach, promotes digestion, enhances appetite, and facilitates nutrient absorption.
However, he warns that excessive intake of sweetness can put a strain on the stomach and cause digestive problems. Sweetness also produces moist heat in the body, which can cause various diseases such as decreased liver function, eye congestion, diarrhea and constipation, cystitis, vaginitis, and dermatitis.
◇ It causes blood sugar spike, leading to diabetes and arthritis
In general medicine, eating a lot of high-sugar foods such as fruit syrup in a short period of time may cause a large amount of insulin to be secreted from the pancreas, which may lead to a sharp rise in blood sugar. This is because natural fructose and added sugar contained in fruit syrup are high-saccharide foods. In addition, soon after high sugar intake, blood sugar plunges, resulting in hypoglycemic symptoms (weakness, drowsiness, hunger, irritation), and the process of repeating the rapid rise and drop of blood sugar is called 'blood sugar spike'.
Blood sugar spike can lead to diabetes and, in severe cases, can cause musculoskeletal disorders such as knee arthritis. In fact, the prevalence of knee arthritis in diabetic patients was 1.26 times higher than that of the control group, according to a study published in the SCI(E)-level international journal 『PLoS One』 by the Spinal Joint Research Institute of Jaseng Oriental Hospital. Researchers at Jaseng Oriental Medicine Hospital analyzed that if diabetes causes problems in blood circulation, oxygen and nutrients needed for cartilage tissue are not supplied smoothly, accelerating joint regression.
Park Kyung-soo, CEO of Pyeongchon Jaseng Oriental Medicine Clinic, advised, `Fruit syrup is known to enhance digestion and help circulation, but excessive intake is a factor that can damage body balance.'"If you eat a lot of sweet and sticky food, it can prevent the flow of energy and increase the heat of the heart and 包 system, which can lead to headaches, insomnia, and vases, so please eat only an appropriate amount."
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
