After a long and hot summer, the body's energy is depleted while food intake is reduced. Therefore, as the temperature gradually cools in autumn, it is necessary to nourish the body and store up energy for the coming winter. People often neglect the requirements of their daily diet due to the fast pace of life. Many are simply satisfied with eating their fill, ignoring the reasonable combination of nutrients. A fast food meal, a bottle of pure water, a hamburger, and a cola might temporarily fool our stomachs, but this often poses a threat to health. The editor has specially compiled various dietary health information suitable for this autumn, so that you and your family can be healthy and happy every day!
1. Tofu and spinach should not be cooked together.
Tofu is made by adding brine or gypsum to soy milk. Brine contains magnesium chloride, and gypsum contains calcium sulfate. Spinach contains a lot of oxalic acid, which can have a chemical reaction with magnesium chloride and calcium sulfate to form insoluble white precipitates of magnesium oxalate or calcium oxalate. The human body cannot absorb calcium salts and magnesium salts, so cooking spinach and tofu together is not scientific.
2. Red and white radishes should not be cooked together.
Cooking red and white radishes together is not scientific because red radishes contain an ascorbic acid enzyme that can destroy the vitamins in white radishes. Cooking them together reduces the nutritional value of the white radish. Therefore, red and white radishes should be prepared separately.
3. Pork and river snails should not be eaten together.
Pork is sour, cold, greasy, and heavy, while river snails are very cold. Both belong to the cool nature and are greasy, which can easily harm the stomach and intestines. Therefore, they should not be eaten together.
4. Beef and chestnuts should not be stewed together.
Beef is sweet and warm, tonifying the middle Qi, strengthening the spleen and stomach, and fortifying the waist and legs. Chestnuts are sweet, salty, and warm, beneficial to Qi, nourishing the intestines, and strengthening kidney Qi. From the perspective of medicinal properties, there is no contradiction between the two. In terms of nutritional content, besides containing protein, sugar, starch, and fat, chestnuts are rich in vitamin C, with up to 40 milligrams per 100 grams. In addition, they contain carotene, B vitamins, and fatty acids. The vitamin C in chestnuts can easily react with trace elements in beef, weakening the nutritional value of the chestnuts. Moreover, both are not easily digested, so stewing or stir-frying them together is not advisable.
5. Chicken and mustard should not be eaten together.
If these two foods are eaten together, they will harm the body's vital energy (Yuan Qi). Because mustard is a hot-natured food and chicken is a warming tonic, it is feared that it will promote excessive heat, which is not beneficial to health.