Pork is a food we almost eat every day, so do you know which foods should not be eaten with pork?
1. Pork and Beef
"The Essentials of Dietetics" points out: "Pork should not be eaten with beef." This is mainly from the perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Firstly, from the perspective of medicinal properties of food, pork is sour and cold, while beef is sweet and warm, with the effect of pacifying the middle and replenishing qi. The two are one warm and one cold, one tonifying the spleen and stomach, and the other cold and greasy, which weakens a person. Their natures and flavors conflict, so it is not advisable to eat them together.
2. Pork and Sheep Liver
Traditional Chinese Medicine says: "Eating pork with sheep liver causes heart stuffiness." In terms of medicinal properties, the combination is not suitable.
Sheep liver has a gamy smell. When stir-fried with pork, it easily produces a strange flavor. From a culinary perspective, it is also not suitable.
3. Pork and Soybeans
From the perspective of modern nutrition, soybeans are not suitable to be paired with pork because soybeans contain a high amount of phytic acid, with 60%~80% of phosphorus existing in the form of phytic acid. It often forms complexes with proteins and mineral elements, affecting their bioavailability and reducing their utilization efficiency. Because soybeans bind with minerals such as calcium, iron, and zinc in meat and fish, it interferes with and reduces the human body's absorption of these elements.
4. Pork and Cilantro
Cilantro is pungent and warm, consuming qi and harming the spirit. Pork is greasy and promotes dampness-heat and produces phlegm. One consumes qi while the other provides no nourishment. Therefore, eating them together is harmful to the body. Cilantro, also known as coriander, can remove the gamey taste and is suitable to be eaten with mutton.