Chicken soup is nutritious and delicious, and many families consider it a great health supplement. It is also often prepared as a nourishing food for family members who are ill. However, not everyone is suitable for drinking chicken soup, because the nutrients in it are small water-soluble proteins, fats, and inorganic salts that are dissolved from the chicken oil, skin, meat, and bones. The protein content in the soup is only about 7% of that in the chicken meat, and most of the chicken oil in the soup belongs to saturated fatty acids. So if you fall into the following categories, then you are not qualified to drink chicken soup! [Chinese Cuisine]
1. Excess stomach acid: Chicken soup stimulates the secretion of gastric acid. Therefore, patients with gastric ulcers, excess stomach acid, or stomach bleeding generally should not drink chicken soup.
2. Biliary tract diseases: Those who frequently suffer from cholecystitis and cholelithiasis should not drink too much chicken soup, because the digestion of fat in chicken soup requires the participation of bile, and drinking chicken soup will stimulate the gallbladder to contract, which can easily trigger an attack of cholecystitis.
3. Hypertension: For patients with high blood pressure, drinking chicken soup, in addition to causing arteriosclerosis, will also cause blood pressure to remain continuously high and difficult to lower.
4. Hyperlipidemia: After the fat in chicken soup is absorbed, it will further promote an increase in cholesterol. Excessively high cholesterol can deposit on the intima of blood vessels, causing diseases such as coronary artery sclerosis.
5. Renal insufficiency: Chicken soup contains some small-molecule proteins. Patients with acute nephritis, acute or chronic renal insufficiency, or uremia cannot process the breakdown products of protein in a timely manner due to their impaired kidney and liver function. Drinking too much chicken soup can cause high azotemia and worsen their condition.