lychee
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Is lychee aip-compatible?
See whether lychee fits an aip diet, with a clear compatible-or-avoid verdict plus its FODMAP, histamine and other trigger ratings in one place.
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Why aip diet checker matters
The Paleo Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) is an elimination diet designed to reduce inflammation and heal the gut in people with autoimmune conditions. It removes grains, legumes, dairy, eggs, nuts, seeds, and nightshades during the elimination phase.
- Elimination phase removes all potentially inflammatory foods
- Focus on nutrient-dense foods: organ meats, bone broth, vegetables
- Reintroduce foods one at a time after 30-90 days
- Sleep, stress management, and movement are part of the protocol
- Work with a practitioner experienced in autoimmune protocols
Sensitivities
What lychee contains
FODMAPs
Histamine & Amines
Plant compounds
Irritants
Additives
Allergens
Diet fit
Where lychee fits
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What to know about lychee
Lychee grades E for excess fructose and D for polyols, which puts it at E overall on FODMAPs and makes it one of the tropical fruits most likely to produce bloating, wind and loose stools. It also grades E for low-fermentation SIBO protocols. On food chemistry it is mild: low histamine, only a slight liberator effect, low salicylate and low nickel, so a lychee reaction is almost always about the sugars rather than about amines. The other thing people search for is whether lychees are dangerous, after the acute encephalopathy outbreaks reported in litchi-growing regions of India and Vietnam. That risk is specific and worth stating precisely: it involves unripe fruit eaten in quantity by undernourished children who had skipped their evening meal, not ripe lychee eaten as part of a normal diet.
Watch for
- Very high in excess fructose (E), with more fructose than glucose, so a handful of lychees delivers a fructose load that a sensitive gut absorbs badly
- High in polyols (D) on top of that, which is what pushes it to E for total FODMAPs.Lychees are also easy to over-eat because they are small and sweet
- Poor fit for low-fermentation SIBO diets (E), where the combination of fructose and polyols is exactly what those protocols are built to limit
- Unripe lychee contains hypoglycin A and MCPG, natural compounds that block the body from making glucose from fat.They are the documented cause of hypoglycaemic encephalopathy outbreaks in undernourished children who ate unripe fruit on an empty stomach. Ripe fruit eaten alongside meals is not that scenario, but there is no reason to eat green, unripe lychees
- Canned lychee in syrup and dried lychee concentrate the sugars, so the processed forms are heavier on fructose than the fresh fruit
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AIP Guide
Everything you need to know about aip compatibility and smart food choices.
The Paleo Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) is an elimination diet designed to reduce inflammation and heal the gut in people with autoimmune conditions. It removes grains, legumes, dairy, eggs, nuts, seeds, and nightshades during the elimination phase.
Practical guidance for following a AIP diet:
- 1Elimination phase removes all potentially inflammatory foods
- 2Focus on nutrient-dense foods: organ meats, bone broth, vegetables
- 3Reintroduce foods one at a time after 30-90 days
- 4Sleep, stress management, and movement are part of the protocol
- 5Work with a practitioner experienced in autoimmune protocols
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Does lychee fit an aip diet?
AIP: fits well for most plans.
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