Winter Diet Taboos: 6 Foods to Avoid

Weak individuals should not blindly eat dog meat.

In the cold winter, many people love dog meat hot pot very much. Dog meat is not greasy, but it has high heat production and strong ability to increase temperature and resist cold. Therefore, eating more dog meat in the severe winter season is beneficial. However, one must not blindly eat dog meat to avoid eating rabies-infected meat and contracting rabies.

Do not drink tea after eating dog meat, because the tannic acid in tea combines with the protein in dog meat to form a substance called tannic acid protein. This substance has a certain astringent effect, which can weaken intestinal peristalsis and reduce the water in stool. Therefore, toxic and carcinogenic substances in the stool will stay in the intestine for too long and are easily absorbed by the human body. Therefore, it is not advisable to drink tea immediately after eating dog meat.

It is not advisable to often eat dishes cooked in a clay pot.

Dishes stewed in a clay pot, due to long heating time, protein in animal ingredients degrades, the water-holding capacity weakens, and a large amount of gel liquid is precipitated, making the texture tougher and the mouthfeel poor, which is not conducive to human digestion and absorption. Moreover, the loss rate of minerals and vitamins in ingredients is high when stewed in a clay pot. In addition, due to the tight seal, abnormal taste substances in the ingredients are difficult to escape, and some valeric acid and low fatty acids remain in the ingredients and soup, generating harmful substances to the human body during thermal reactions.

Do not drink overly hot beverages.

Drinking beverages that are too hot can cause extensive damage to the skin and mucous membranes. Protein begins to denature at 43°C, gastrointestinal mucus undergoes irreversible degradation at 60°C, and blood cells, cultured cells, and transplanted organs all die above 47°C. Therefore, do not often drink overly hot beverages in winter.

Avoid eating sweet potatoes with black spots.

Sweet potatoes with brown or black spots on their skin are contaminated by black spot bacteria. The toxins excreted by the black spot bacteria contain ipomeamarone and ipomeamaronol, which make the sweet potato hard and bitter and are harmful to the human liver. The biological activity of these toxins cannot be destroyed by boiling, steaming, or roasting. Therefore, eating raw or cooked sweet potatoes with black spots can cause poisoning.

It is not advisable to eat too many oranges.

Oranges are fruits with relatively high calories. Eating too many at once, whether for adults or children, can lead to "internal heat," with symptoms such as a dry mouth, sore throat, and swollen tongue. Therefore, oranges should not be eaten in excess. If you already have "internal heat," you can use 50 grams of washed and chopped kelp, decoct it in water to make a tea, which can "reduce the heat".

Avoid eating pickled cabbage that is not fully cured.

Uncured pickled cabbage contains a large amount of nitrite. Once it enters the human bloodstream, it oxidizes normal low-iron hemoglobin into high-iron hemoglobin, causing red blood cells to lose their oxygen-carrying function. This leads to systemic hypoxia, with symptoms such as chest tightness, shortness of breath, fatigue, and listlessness. In addition, nitrosamine compounds are also carcinogens.

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