"In 'Compendium of Materia Medica': 'The egg white has a clear Qi and a slightly cold nature; the egg yolk has a turbid Qi and a warm nature.' This explains that eggs are a great nourishing food. Eggs are one of the indispensable foods in our daily meals. Eggs have egg white, egg yolk, and eggshell, and the health benefits of different parts are not the same. But you must pay attention to the consumption method, otherwise the effect will be half the effort! Below, we will introduce 5 wrong ways to eat eggs, which will affect your stomach and intestines.
Fried eggs and tea eggs
Many people like to eat fried eggs, especially the ones with golden-brown edges. At this time, you should pay attention, because the scorched edges cause the high-molecular-weight proteins in the egg white to become low-molecular-weight amino acids. These amino acids can often form carcinogenic chemicals at high temperatures. In addition, tea eggs should be eaten less. On one hand, the nutrition of tea eggs is destroyed by repeated boiling. On the other hand, in this process, the acidic substances in the tea combine with the iron in the eggs, which can irritate the stomach and affect gastrointestinal digestion.
Eating raw
Some people think that once food is cooked, its nutritional value will be lost. So many people like to eat raw seafood and raw vegetables. Similarly, some people believe that eating raw eggs can provide more nutritional value than cooked eggs. However, this is not the case. Eating raw eggs can easily introduce bacteria into your body, causing stomach discomfort and diarrhea. Moreover, the protein in eggs contains avidin, which needs to be destroyed by high-temperature heating. Otherwise, it will affect the absorption of biotin in food, leading to symptoms such as loss of appetite, muscle pain, skin inflammation, general weakness, and eyebrow loss.
Overnight
Eggs can actually be cooked and then reheated the next day. However, semi-cooked eggs cannot be eaten overnight! If eggs are not fully cooked, they are prone to bacterial growth if stored improperly, which can cause bloating and stomach discomfort. At the same time, some people think that the longer eggs are boiled, the better, which is also wrong. When eggs are boiled for too long, ferrous ions in the yolk combine with sulfide ions in the white to form insoluble ferrous sulfide, which is difficult to absorb.
Excessive consumption
As we all know, eggs are high in protein. Eating too much can lead to an increase in metabolic products and also increase the burden on the kidneys, causing damage to kidney function. Therefore, it is generally advisable for the elderly to eat 1-2 eggs per day. For people engaged in mental work, middle-aged and young people, or light manual laborers, 2 eggs per day can be eaten. For those engaged in heavy manual labor with higher nutritional consumption, 2-3 eggs per day can be eaten. Due to their rapid metabolism during growth, children and adolescents should also eat 2-3 eggs per day. Pregnant women, nursing mothers, postpartum women, the weak, and patients in the recovery period after major surgery need more high-quality protein and can eat 3-4 eggs per day, but no more.
Eggs with sugar or soy milk
Some people like to cook eggs with sugar when making various foods. In fact, when eggs and sugar are cooked together, a substance called glycosyllysine is formed due to the high temperature, which destroys the beneficial amino acids in eggs for the human body. Glycosyllysine has a blood-clotting effect and can cause harm to the human body after entering the body. Therefore, sugar should be added after the egg dish has cooled down. In addition, many people like to eat an egg, a piece of bread, and a cup of soy milk for breakfast. In fact, soybeans contain trypsin, which combines with ovomucoid in the egg white, causing a loss of nutritional value and reducing the nutritional value of both.
The above are the 5 wrong ways to eat eggs. Do you often eat them like this? Many parents believe that letting their children eat more eggs is good for them. In fact, this is not the case. Any supplement requires attention to quantity, and eggs are no different!