Beef has many health benefits and is good for the body, but it also has dietary taboos. If consumed improperly, it can also cause certain harm to the body. Let's quickly take a look at the taboos of eating beef with the editor.
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1. Beef and pork should not be eaten together
The saying that pork and beef should not be eaten together has a long history. From the perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine, first, from the perspective of medicinal properties of food, pork is sour, cold, and slightly cool, with a greasy and yin-cold nature. Beef, on the other hand, is sweet and warm in nature and aroma, and can tonify the spleen and stomach, strengthen the waist and legs, and has the effect of calming the middle and replenishing qi. One is warm and the other is cold; one tonifies the middle and spleen, and the other is cold and greasy, which weakens a person. Their natures and flavors are in conflict, so they should not be eaten together.
2. Patients with nephritis should not eat too much
Beef is a high-protein food and should not be eaten in excess by patients with nephritis, so as not to加重 the burden on the kidneys. It can also reduce the efficacy of aminophylline drugs when taken together.
3. Do not eat in excess
Traditional Chinese Medicine believes that beef has the effects of tonifying the middle and replenishing qi, nourishing the spleen and stomach, strengthening muscles and bones, resolving phlegm and stopping wind, quenching thirst and stopping salivation. It is suitable for patients with insufficient middle qi, shortness of breath and physical weakness, sore and soft muscles and bones, long-term illness with anemia, sallow complexion and thin body, and dizziness and vertigo. The appropriate amount is about 80 grams per meal. Excessive consumption may increase the risk of colon cancer and prostate cancer.
4. Not suitable for the elderly and children to eat too much
Beef is high in cholesterol and fat, so it is not suitable for the elderly, children, and people with weak digestive systems to eat too much.
5. Cannot be eaten with white wine
Eating beef with white wine can cause tooth inflammation. White wine is a product of great warmth and great heat. Drinking white wine and eating beef for people with a heat constitution is like adding fuel to the fire, easily causing flushed face, hot body, and worsening of sores and carbuncles.
6. Beef cannot be grilled
Beef should not be smoked, roasted, or marinated, so as to avoid the production of carcinogens such as benzopyrene and nitrosamines.
7. Be careful that random pairing can lead to poisoning
Eating beef with brown sugar can cause bloating;
Eating beef with pickled vegetables can lead to poisoning;
Eating beef with catfish can lead to poisoning;
Eating beef with river snails can lead to poisoning;
Eating beef with soybean paste can damage the five internal organs;
Eating beef with Cyperus rotundus can cause nine-son sores;
Eating beef with leeks can easily lead to excessive internal heat (上火);
Eating beef with olives can cause physical discomfort.
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