I was shocked to find out that so many of the dishes I normally eat are unhealthy!
1. Scallion and Mushroom Chicken (Chicken + Sesame):
Sesame can nourish the liver and kidneys, nourish blood and produce fluids, moisten the intestines to relieve constipation, and blacken hair. However, when eaten with chicken, it can cause poisoning. In severe cases, it can be fatal. It can be treated by drinking a decoction of licorice root.
2. Spicy Green Beans (Garlic + Scallion):
Garlic and scallions are both foods that strongly stimulate the intestines. Eating them together can easily lead to symptoms like abdominal pain and diarrhea.
3. Tofu with Preserved Eggs and Scallions (Tofu + Scallion):
I'm sure everyone knows about this one!
4. Banana Yogurt (Banana + Yogurt):
Yogurt can lower cholesterol. Drinking yogurt on an empty stomach can be problematic because the high acidity of the stomach environment makes it difficult for lactic acid bacteria to survive, reducing the health benefits of the yogurt. Eating it with bananas is also not beneficial to your health!
5. Red Jujube and Ribbonfish Porridge (Red Jujube + Fish + Scallion):
Red jujube is neutral in nature and can nourish the spleen and stomach, and replenish qi and blood. However, when eaten with fish and scallions, it can cause indigestion.
6. Five-Spice Tea Eggs (Tea + Eggs):
Strong tea contains a significant amount of tannic acid, which can turn the protein in food into a difficult-to-digest coagulated substance, affecting the body's absorption and utilization of protein.
7. Braised Pig's Trotters with Soybeans (Pig's Trotters + Soybeans):
The alduronic acid residues in the dietary fiber of soybeans can form chelates with the minerals in pig's trotters, interfering with or reducing the body's absorption of these elements.
8. Green Pepper and Beef Liver (Beef Liver + Vitamin C-rich foods):
Because vitamin C in fruits and vegetables has strong reducing properties, it can be easily oxidized by copper ions in beef liver, thereby losing its physiological activity.
9. Braised Beef with Radish (Carrot + White Radish):
Carrots contain ascorbic acid oxidase, which can destroy the vitamin C in white radishes, greatly reducing the nutritional value of both vegetables.
10. White Radish and Wood Ear Mushroom Soup (White Radish + Wood Ear Mushroom):
White radish is neutral and slightly cool in nature, with effects such as clearing heat and detoxifying, strengthening the stomach to aid digestion, resolving phlegm and stopping cough, promoting qi to relieve constipation, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, and tonifying the middle jiao to calm the organs. It should be noted that eating radish and wood ear mushrooms together may cause dermatitis.
11. River Snails Stuffed with Pork (Pork + River Snails):
Pork is sour, cold, greasy, and heavy, while river snails are very cold. Both belong to the cool category and can easily harm the stomach and intestines, so they should not be eaten together.
12. Braised Pomfret with Tomatoes (Tomatoes + Fish):
The vitamin C in tomatoes can inhibit the release of copper elements from the fish.
13. Black Glutinous Rice Chicken (Glutinous Rice + Chicken):
The main function of glutinous rice is to warm and tonify the spleen and stomach. Therefore, for people with a deficient spleen and stomach who often have diarrhea, it can have a very good therapeutic effect. However, eating it with chicken can cause physical discomfort.
14. Red Bean, Winter Melon, and Crucian Carp Soup (Crucian Carp + Winter Melon):
Crucian carp is warm in nature and sweet in taste, harmonizing the stomach, tonifying deficiency, reducing swelling and detoxifying, promoting urination and lactation. However, if eaten with winter melon, it can cause dehydration.
15. Red and Yellow Salad (Cucumber + Tomatoes):
Tomatoes contain a large amount of vitamin C, which can enhance the body's resistance, prevent scurvy, and fight infections. However, cucumbers contain vitamin C decomposing enzyme, and when eaten together, it can destroy the vitamin C in the tomatoes.
16. Spicy and Sour Cucumber with Cold Noodles (Cucumber + Chili):
Cucumbers contain vitamin C decomposing enzyme, which can destroy the vitamin C in chili peppers, reducing their nutritional value.
17. Spinach and Tofu Soup (Spinach + Tofu):
Tofu contains magnesium chloride and calcium sulfate, while spinach contains oxalic acid. When these two foods are combined, they can form magnesium oxalate and calcium oxalate, which cannot be absorbed by the human body.