One of the most important chapters in China's thousands of years of traditional culture is the food culture. It not only includes the dietary traditions of various regions, but more importantly, it introduces the concept of food incompatibility. In daily life, many foods should not be mixed together. Let's explore this together!
1. Eating honey and tofu together can cause diarrhea.
Tofu is sweet, salty, cold in nature, and slightly toxic. It can clear heat, disperse blood, and expel turbidity from the large intestine. Honey is sweet, cool, and slippery, and contains various enzymes; tofu also contains various minerals, plant proteins, and organic acids. Consuming them together can easily produce biochemical reactions that are unfavorable to the human body. Therefore, after eating tofu, one should not consume honey, and it is even less advisable to eat them at the same time.
2. Eating green onions and Chinese dates together can lead to disharmony in the spleen and stomach.
The most prominent feature of Chinese dates is their high vitamin content. They can tonify the spleen and stomach, replenish qi and promote body fluids, nourish the heart and moisten the lungs, nourish blood and calm the mind, improve complexion, open the nine orifices, assist the twelve meridians, and harmonize with various medicines. Green onions contain volatile oils and pungent substances with a pungent odor, which can remove fishy and greasy smells from dishes, create a special aroma, and stimulate the secretion of digestive juices to increase appetite.
Chinese dates tonify the spleen and stomach, and green onions can stimulate the secretion of digestive juices, but the combination of the two can lead to disharmony in the spleen and stomach.
3. Eating white radish and carrot together can lead to scurvy.
Many people like to make soup with red and white radishes, but they don't realize that white radishes are very high in vitamin C. However, if eaten together with carrots, a lot of vitamin C will be lost. This is because carrots contain an ascorbic acid-decomposing enzyme that will destroy the vitamin C in white radishes, leading to scurvy.
4. Eating Hami melon and banana together can worsen symptoms for patients with kidney failure and joint problems.
Ladies who love making fruit salads, please take note: Hami melon and banana cannot be placed together. This is because Hami melon has a sugar content of about 15% and a relatively high potassium ion content. Bananas are also rich in potassium. According to tests, every 100 grams of banana contains 283-472 milligrams of potassium. Therefore, patients with kidney failure and reduced urination should not eat bananas and Hami melon, which are both high in potassium, at the same time, to avoid making a bad situation worse.
5. Eating eggs and soy milk together affects nutrient absorption.
When protein enters the gastrointestinal tract, it is broken down into amino acids by pepsin and trypsin secreted by the pancreas, and then absorbed by the small intestine. Soy milk contains a trypsin inhibitory substance that can destroy the activity of trypsin, affecting the digestion and absorption of protein. Eggs contain a mucoprotein that can bind with trypsin, causing trypsin to lose its function and thus hindering the breakdown of protein.
6. Eating oranges and lemons together can lead to perforation of digestive tract ulcers.
Although oranges and lemons have the effect of strengthening the spleen and aiding digestion, they should not be eaten together by people with gastric ulcers and excessive stomach acid. The fruit acid in oranges and lemons is higher than in general fruits, and consuming large amounts will promote the secretion of stomach acid, worsening ulcers. This is especially true for lemons, which are strongly acidic with a pH below 2.8. They should not be consumed on an empty stomach, as they can easily damage the stomach and damage the gastric mucosa. In severe cases, ulcerative gastric perforation may even occur.
7. Eating carrots and vinegar together destroys carotene.
Many ladies love to eat carrots because the carotene rich in carrots can prevent rough skin, enhance immune function, and promote bone growth. Vinegar, a holy grail for weight loss, can help with weight loss and detoxification, and treat insomnia. However, when eaten with carrots, the acidity of vinegar will destroy the carotene in carrots. Therefore, when eating carrots, you should try to avoid consuming vinegar to allow the nutrients to be better absorbed by the body.
8. Carbonated drinks and spicy food can cause epigastric pain in patients with atrophic gastritis.
Carbonated drinks and spicy food are both irritating foods. When the stomach is stimulated by spicy food and accelerates its蠕动, the gas in carbonated drinks can damage the stomach. At best, this can cause nausea and bloating; at worst, it can lead to epigastric pain.
9. Eating river shrimp and tomato together can easily cause food poisoning.
Like lemon shrimp, river shrimp and tomato can be toxic because tomatoes are also rich in vitamin C. The potassium arsenic in shrimp reacts with the vitamin C to form toxic potassium arsenic trioxide, which can paralyze capillaries, inhibit the activity of sulfhydryl enzymes, cause fatty degeneration of the liver with centrilobular necrosis, congestion of the heart, liver, kidneys, and intestines, necrosis of epithelial cells, and capillary dilation. However, eating a very small amount will not cause strong signs of poisoning, so it's a matter of personal choice.
10. Eating potatoes and bananas together can cause spots on the face.
Ladies who love beauty, please take note: eating potatoes and bananas together can cause spots on the face! Potatoes contain protein, sugar, fat, carotene, vitamins B1, B2, C, inorganic salts (mostly potassium salts), and a small amount of solanine.
Bananas contain fructose, glucose, protein, fat, carotene, vitamins B1, B2, C, E, niacin, pectin, calcium, phosphorus, iron, serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine. When potatoes and bananas are eaten together, a chemical reaction occurs between the two, producing toxins that lead to spots on the face. However, eating them 15 minutes apart can avoid this.