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相互生成和相互制约 (mutual generation and mutual restriction), and eggs are no exception. After eating eggs, there are some 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.
Eggs should not be boiled with monosodium glutamate, a fact that many housewives are already aware of. But you may not know that eggs should not be boiled with sugar, nor is it okay to 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 fructoselysine. 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 eating eggs can lead to mild food poisoning, or in severe cases, acute gastroenteritis and lung stones. Generally, eating these two foods together can cause acute gastroenteritis symptoms characterized by vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. Therefore, if the consumption was within 1-2 hours, you can use the method of inducing 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 crush fresh ginger, extract the juice, and take it with warm water. If the consumption was longer ago, take some laxatives 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 can get sufficient nutrition in the early morning. 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. When it combines with the ovomucin in egg whites, it causes a loss of nutrients and reduces the nutritional value of both.
4. Do not eat goose meat or rabbit meat immediately after eating eggs.
Eggs also cannot be eaten with meats like rabbit or goose. Li Shizhen, in his "Compendium of Materia Medica," said: "Eating eggs with rabbit meat causes diarrhea." This is because rabbit meat is sweet, cold, and sour in nature, while eggs are sweet, neutral, and slightly cold. Both contain some bioactive substances, and eating 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 taboos that are little known because they are not commonly paired. For example, eating soft-shelled turtle meat after eating eggs can also lead to food poisoning. Soft-shelled turtle meat itself is greasy and nourishing, and people with colds or internal cold-dampness are generally advised not to eat it. Furthermore, it is salty and neutral in nature, so pregnant women and those with poor digestive systems after childbirth cannot eat it.
6. Do not take anti-inflammatory drugs immediately after eating eggs.
Eggs are rich in protein, and protein intake should be paid special attention to during inflammation. Therefore, when inflammation occurs, be sure not to take medicine after eating eggs. This is especially true for digestive diseases with diarrhea symptoms, as eating eggs is even more prohibited. Because eggs are high in protein, they will increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract, affecting the drug's efficacy, especially for steatorrhea. If it's 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 themselves. However, at this time, you are actually overlooking a point: drinking tea after eating eggs is harmful to your health. Because tea contains a large amount of tannic acid, which combines with protein to form an astringent tannic acid protein. This slows down intestinal peristalsis, prolongs the time that stool stays in the intestines. It not only easily causes constipation but also increases the possibility of toxic and carcinogenic substances being absorbed by the body, harming human health.