Patient's question:
I don't know what's going on, but my child has been misbehaving and crying non-stop recently. Even the hospital check-up didn't help. Can a 11-month-old baby eat dragon fruit?Doctor's answer:
A moderate amount is edible. Pitaya (dragon fruit), which contains a large number of pharmacologically significant nutritional and therapeutic substances. Pitaya has the effects of preventing constipation, promoting eye health, increasing bone density, helping cell membrane formation, preventing anemia and anti-neuritis, oral ulcers, lowering cholesterol, skin whitening and preventing dark spots. In addition, it also has the effects of relieving heavy metal poisoning, anti-oxidation, preventing age-related changes, weight loss, and preventing colon cancer. However, more recent research results show that the juice of pitaya and its branches have shown a positive effect on the growth of tumors, viruses, and the suppression of immune responses and other symptoms.