Radish can be said to be the most seasonal vegetable in winter, and it is also a common food on people's tables. It is evident that radish is a healthy and popular food, but when it comes to how to eat radish, there are some things to pay attention to! Winter is a good season to eat radish. Let's learn about the dietary taboos related to radish together!
What not to eat with radish
1. Carrots and white radish are not suitable to be eaten together.
White radish is extremely high in vitamin C, which is very beneficial to human health. However, when mixed with carrots, the vitamin C will be completely lost. The reason is that carrots contain an enzyme called ascorbinase, which destroys the vitamin C in white radish.
2. Radishes and oranges are almost on the market at the same time, making it easy to eat them together.
After radishes are consumed by the body, they can quickly produce a substance called thiocyanate. The flavonoids in oranges are converted into p-hydroxybenzoic acid and ferulic acid in the intestines. These substances react with thiocyanate to enhance it into thiocyanic acid, which inhibits the thyroid function, thus inducing or causing goiter.
3. Don't eat persimmons after eating radishes.
Eating a large amount of fruits containing plant pigments will decompose into an acidic substance in the intestines. Then, eating radishes will cause the human body to produce thiocyanic acid, which inhibits the thyroid function, thus inducing or causing goiter. Fruits such as persimmons, pears, apples, and grapes contain a large amount of plant pigments. After eating radishes, do not eat these fruits for a short period of time.
4. Radishes should not be eaten with black fungus.
Eating them together can easily lead to dermatitis.
5. Do not add vinegar when stir-frying carrots.
Vitamin A is one of the essential nutrients for human development, and carrots are known as a "treasure trove of vitamin A." However, whether eaten raw or cooked, at most only half of its vitamin A can be absorbed. If carrots are stir-fried with vinegar, the carotene will be destroyed, and even less vitamin A will be absorbed.
6. Radishes cannot be eaten with ginseng.
Radish is a cold-natured food, while ginseng is a hot-natured medicinal herb. Eating them together will cancel out the effects of ginseng.
7. Radishes cannot be taken with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Do not eat radishes while taking TCM.
In addition, when taking Chinese patent medicines or herbal pills, it is also important to avoid eating radishes, otherwise it will affect the efficacy of the medicine.