A woman ended up in the emergency room after eating cherries and blueberries.

This year, the price of cherries has been unexpectedly cut in half, leading many cherry enthusiasts to buy them in bulk. However, something unexpected happened: a netizen posted that her mother was sent to the emergency room after eating too many cherries. According to the netizen, her mother ate a plate of cherries and a bowl of blueberries, and later experienced chest tightness and dizziness. Her family took her to the emergency room, where it was discovered that her blood sugar level was very high.

It is best for diabetes patients to calculate fruit intake on a per-berry basis. Even if a fruit like cherries isn't very sweet, it still contains sugar, so diabetes patients need to control their fruit intake. Dr. Wu Tianfeng, a chief physician at a hospital in Zhejiang, suggests that diabetes patients should calculate their fruit intake on a per-berry basis, such as eating three or four grapes at a time. This can satisfy their cravings without causing significant fluctuations in blood sugar levels.

Dr. Wu also warns that people with underlying medical conditions need to be particularly careful when eating fruit. In addition to diabetic ketoacidosis, which is commonly seen in diabetes patients when blood sugar levels are high, some chronic kidney disease patients may develop hyperkalemia from eating too much fruit. Therefore, it is important to pay attention to fruit intake.

The "fruit diet" weight loss method was once popular, with many people using fruit as their only source of calories for each meal to create a calorie deficit and lose weight. However, this approach is not advisable, as it can lead to nutritional imbalances over the long term. Instead, fruit should be seen as a supplement to our daily meals. Dr. Wu suggests that regardless of the type of fruit, we should pay attention to how much we consume. The Chinese Dietary Guidelines recommend that adults should consume 200-400 grams of fruit per day, which is equivalent to one or two pieces of fruit, such as apples, pears, or oranges, of average size.