Breakfast provides the most important nutrients for the body for the day, so it must be eaten. But is every type of breakfast suitable for women? Of course not. Some breakfasts, if consumed improperly, can do great harm to the female body.
1. Excessively cold fruit and vegetable juices
Many women like to drink fruit and vegetable juice in the morning. Although it can provide direct nutrients from fruits and vegetables and clear waste from the body, everyone overlooks the most important key: the human body always prefers a warm environment. When the body is warm, microcirculation is normal, and the transport of oxygen, nutrients, and waste is smooth.
Therefore, when eating breakfast, never drink fruit and vegetable juice, iced coffee, iced juice, iced black tea, mung bean soup, iced milk, etc. In the short term, you may not feel any discomfort, but in fact, it will make your body gradually weaker. Why is this?
Breakfast should be hot food to protect the stomach's energy (wei qi). In Traditional Chinese Medicine, stomach energy is a broad concept, not just referring to the stomach organ itself. It includes the digestive and absorption capacity of the spleen and stomach, acquired immunity, and muscle function.
Because in the morning, the yin energy from the night has not yet dissipated, and the earth's temperature has not yet risen. The body's muscles, nerves, and blood vessels are still in a contracted state. If you consume cold food and drinks at this time, it will definitely cause all systems in the body to constrict further and blood circulation to become even less smooth. Maybe when you first start consuming cold things, you don't feel any discomfort in your stomach, but over time or as you get older, you will find that you can't absorb the essence of your food, it feels like you're never full, or your stools are always loose, or your skin gets worse and worse, or you always have phlegm in your throat that won't clear up, you catch colds often, and minor ailments are constant. This is what it means to damage the stomach's energy and damage the body's resistance.
2. Too spicy food
For the same reason, the stomach and intestines in the morning should try to avoid being stimulated. Overly spicy food is clearly damaging to the stomach, and this is absolutely a major taboo for breakfast.
3. Milk is not suitable for women with strong internal "fire" (heat)
Because milk can easily produce phlegm and cause allergies, women with poor respiratory tracts, stomachs, or skin, and those living in humid climates for a long time should try to drink it as little as possible.
4. Unheated leftover food
It's common to see some women, in a hurry, grab the previous night's leftovers for a quick breakfast. This is a very bad situation. After-night meals undergo some microbial changes after being stored overnight, leading to the growth of harmful bacteria, which can easily lead to "illness from the mouth."
5. Cooked deli meats as breakfast
This is obviously consistent with the principles mentioned above. 90% of cooked foods need to be heated before eating, also for the purpose of preventing the growth of bacteria. In addition, try to eat cooked food you have prepared yourself, because even if the food bought from the market tastes very good, it's hard to guarantee its freshness.