Chinese yam can be a great health food if eaten correctly, but a toxic one if eaten wrong! Investigations have found that the number of people suffering from food poisoning in our country exceeds 200,000. As a common household dish, Chinese yam can also cause poisoning if not prepared properly. For the health of your family, come take a look with the editor!
1. Eating raw Chinese yam
Do not eat it raw, because raw Chinese yam contains certain toxins, and consuming it can easily lead to poisoning.
2. Excessive consumption
Chinese yam itself is mild, but it contains female hormones. Excessive consumption may overstimulate hormones, causing endometrial hyperplasia, irregular menstrual periods, dysmenorrhea, and abdominal pain.
3. Chinese yam mucus
The saponin in the skin of the Chinese yam or the plant alkaloids in the mucus can cause an allergic reaction and itching in some people. When handling Chinese yam, avoid direct contact.
Forbidden Pairings for Chinese Yam
1. Carrot, cucumber, pumpkin
Chinese yam is rich in vitamin C, while carrots, cucumbers, and pumpkin are rich in vitamin C decomposing enzymes. If eaten together, the vitamin C in the Chinese yam will be decomposed and destroyed.
2. Pork liver
Pork liver contains trace metal elements such as copper, iron, and zinc, while Chinese yam is rich in vitamin C. When vitamin C encounters metal ions, it is destroyed due to accelerated oxidation.
3. Alkaline foods or medicines
Chinese yam is rich in amylase, and alkaline ingredients will inactivate amylase, thereby reducing the nutritional value of Chinese yam.
4. Shrimp
Chinese yam and shrimp are incompatible foods. Eating them together can cause symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain.
5. Venison
Chinese yam cannot be paired with venison. Both Chinese yam and venison are astringent, and eating them together can easily cause constipation.
6. Fish
Chinese yam and fish cannot be eaten together, including carp, crucian carp, etc. Eating them together can cause nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and other symptoms.
7. Kansui root (Euphorbia kansui)
Chinese yam is a food that nourishes the kidneys, spleen, and lungs, while Kansui root has a strong effect of purging water and stimulating the intestines, increasing gastrointestinal motility, and has a laxative effect. These two have opposite effects, and eating them together can cause physical discomfort, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, etc.
8. Buckwheat
Chinese yam and buckwheat are incompatible. Eating them together can cause physical discomfort.