Can hairy chestnuts be eaten raw?

You can eat it raw, but it's best not to eat too much, because raw chestnuts are hard to digest. Chestnuts are a good thing, but it's easy to get angry if you eat too much.

Chestnut itself belongs to a kind of nut food, which can be eaten raw or cooked. Eating raw chestnuts tastes sweeter than ripe chestnuts and tastes crisp, not as soft and waxy as ripe chestnuts. The right amount of raw chestnuts can effectively strengthen the spleen and stomach, and promote normal metabolism, can absorb sugar in raw chestnuts, so as to enhance the immunity of the human body. But it is generally recommended not to eat too much, because the texture of raw chestnuts is relatively hard, and it is easy to stimulate the gastrointestinal tract and cause constipation after eating too much.

Chestnuts can be eaten raw, fried, stewed, etc., especially in northern cities, hot sugar fried chestnuts become a delicious food to drive out the cold in winter, but people with some special physique should really pay attention to the way they eat chestnuts. 1. For those with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, chestnuts should not be eaten raw, but should be simmered and fried, and porridge can also be cooked with chestnuts, jujube, Poria cocos and rice. 2. People with blood sickness, such as hematemesis and hematochezia, should eat chestnuts raw; 3. Pregnant women and children with constipation should not eat more chestnuts; 4. Diabetic patients should stop eating chestnuts because they contain more carbohydrates. 5. Whether it is eaten raw or fried or simmered, it must be chewed carefully and swallowed with body fluid, which can achieve a better beneficial effect.