Good eating habits or good cooking methods can help our bodies become healthier, but sometimes, if you don't use them properly or have bad habits, you can become the most susceptible to illness!
First, avoid cooking mung beans at high temperatures for a long time.
Mung beans contain tannins. Under high temperatures, they react with iron to form black ferric tannate, which turns the mung bean soup black and gives it a special odor. This not only affects the appetite and taste but is also harmful to the human body.
Second, avoid decocting traditional Chinese medicine in stainless steel or iron pots.
Traditional Chinese medicine contains various alkaloids and biochemical substances. When heated, they can undergo multiple chemical reactions with stainless steel or iron, rendering the medicine ineffective or even producing some toxicity (especially when there are many complexes).
Third, avoid serving food in aluminum pots.
Aluminum pots are outdated kitchenware. Due to their poor corrosion resistance, they react with weak alkalis, weak acids, and salts to form special compounds. Therefore, dishes, wine, and MSG should not be left in aluminum containers overnight.
Also, eggs should not be beaten in an aluminum pot because the egg white turns grayish-white and the yolk turns green when in contact with aluminum. Leftover rice and soup should also not be kept in aluminum containers overnight.
Fourth, avoid using tallowwood or other smelly wood for cutting boards.
Tallowwood has a peculiar smell and toxic substances. Using it as a cutting board not only contaminates the food with its odor but can also easily cause vomiting, dizziness, and abdominal pain. Therefore, the preferred woods for making cutting boards in folk tradition are ginkgo wood, honey locust wood, birch wood, and willow wood.
Fifth, avoid using painted or carved bamboo chopsticks.
The paint on chopsticks contains chemical substances like lead and benzene, which are harmful to health. When heated, the paint produces an unpleasant odor that affects appetite. Carved bamboo chopsticks may look beautiful, but they are prone to accumulating dirt and are difficult to clean, which can breed bacteria and cause illness.
Sixth, avoid using various types of patterned porcelain to hold seasonings.
Seasonings are best stored in glassware. Patterned porcelain contains lead and other carcinogenic substances. As patterned porcelain ages and deteriorates, the "radon" in the patterned pigments can contaminate the food, which is harmful to the human body.