Eggs are one of the most nutritious foods, rich in various substances essential to the human body. However, in Traditional Chinese Medicine, all things have relationships of mutual generation and mutual restriction, and eggs are no exception. This is because after eating eggs, there are certain things you should not do immediately. Here are 7 things you should not do right after eating eggs.
1. Do not eat sugar immediately after eating eggs.
It is widely known that eggs should not be boiled with monosodium glutamate. However, you may not know that eggs should not be boiled with sugar, nor should you eat sugar after eating eggs. In many places, there is a custom of eating sugar water with poached eggs. In fact, this causes the amino acids in the egg's protein to form a compound with fructose-lysine. This substance is not easily absorbed by the human body and can have adverse effects on health.
2. Do not eat persimmons immediately after eating eggs.
Eating persimmons after eggs can lead to food poisoning, and in severe cases, acute gastroenteritis and lung stones. Generally, consuming these two foods together can cause acute gastroenteritis symptoms, primarily characterized by vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. Therefore, if the consumption was within the last 1-2 hours, you can induce vomiting. Immediately dissolve 20g of salt in 200ml of boiling water, let it cool, and drink it all at once. If you do not vomit, you can drink it several times to quickly induce vomiting. Alternatively, you can mash fresh ginger, extract the juice, and take it with warm water. If more time has passed, take a laxative as soon as possible to expel the toxic substances from your body.
3. Do not drink soy milk immediately after eating eggs.
Every morning, mothers carefully prepare breakfast for their children, hoping they get sufficient nutrition in the early hours. Therefore, many mothers will beat egg flakes into soy milk, or let their children drink soy milk to quench their thirst after eating eggs. In fact, soy milk, which has strong nourishing properties on its own, contains a special substance called trypsin inhibitor. It combines with ovalbumin in the egg white, leading to a loss of nutrients and reducing the nutritional value of both.
4. Do not eat goose or rabbit meat immediately after eating eggs.
Eggs also should not be eaten with meats such as rabbit or goose. Li Shizhen, in the "Compendium of Materia Medica," said: "Eating eggs with rabbit meat causes diarrhea." This is because rabbit meat has a nature and flavor that is sweet, cold, and sour, while eggs are sweet, neutral, and slightly cold. Both contain some bioactive substances, and consuming them together can cause a reaction that irritates the gastrointestinal tract, leading to diarrhea.
5. Do not eat soft-shelled turtle meat immediately after eating eggs.
Eggs have many other taboos that are less known because they are rarely paired together. For example, eating soft-shelled turtle meat after eggs can also lead to food poisoning. Soft-shelled turtle meat itself is greasy and nourishing, and people with a cold or internal damp-cold are generally advised not to eat it. Furthermore, its nature is salty and neutral, so pregnant women and those with poor digestive systems after childbirth should not eat it.
6. Do not take anti-inflammatory drugs immediately after eating eggs.
Eggs are rich in protein, so protein intake should be paid special attention to when inflammation occurs. Therefore, when you have inflammation, remember not to take medicine after eating eggs. This is especially true for digestive tract diseases with symptoms like diarrhea. Because eggs are high in protein, they can加重 the burden on the gastrointestinal tract and affect the drug's efficacy, particularly for steatorrhea (fatty diarrhea). For other types of inflammation, such as in the respiratory or urinary systems, there is generally no significant impact from a Western medicine perspective.
7. Do not drink tea immediately after eating eggs.
Many people like to drink tea after eating eggs to relieve the greasiness, especially those who enjoy morning tea to refresh their minds. However, at this time, you are actually overlooking a point: drinking tea after eating eggs is harmful to health. Because tea contains a large amount of tannic acid, which combines with protein to form astringent tannic acid protein. This slows down intestinal peristalsis and prolongs the time feces stay in the intestine. This not only easily causes constipation but also increases the possibility of the body absorbing toxic and carcinogenic substances, endangering human health.