Have you ever done this: food drops on the floor, you pick it up immediately, blow off the dust, and continue eating? Actually, even if this process only takes 5 seconds, it's best not to eat that food!
There are many invisible bacteria on the ground. When food falls on the floor, it gets contaminated with bacteria. Eating contaminated food can easily cause physical discomfort.
Some people eat food from the floor without any adverse effects. This is related to an individual's physical resistance, whether the bacteria on the food are pathogenic, and the quantity of bacteria. For the elderly and children with weaker resistance, it is best not to eat food that has fallen on the floor.
Eating food contaminated by bacteria may cause discomfort symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. If contaminated with toxic bacteria like E. coli, it can lead to food poisoning.
Warm tip:
Floors that look clean can still harbor many pathogenic bacteria. So, even if you pick up food from the floor within 5 seconds, don't eat it to avoid physical discomfort afterward.
Summer Diet Health Tips
Of course, our diet in the summer should be light. Since summer is the season for nourishing the heart, we can eat more bitter foods. We all know that the flavor of bitterness enters the heart, so ingredients like bitter gourd are suitable for summer consumption.
I. The diet should be light
The summer diet should be light, bitter and cold, rich in nutrients, and easy to digest. Avoid greasy foods that hinder gastrointestinal digestion, and do not eat too much or too little. The summer heat is intense, with high temperatures and heavy humidity. Eating bitter foods can clear summer heat, strengthen the spleen, and increase appetite. In summer, excessive sweating can easily harm yin; eating sour foods can help retain sweat.
II. Pay attention to dietary arrangement
Combine fine grains with coarse grains, and arrange between soft and dry foods appropriately. You should have three meals of coarse grains a week, preferably two soft and one dry. For example, have noodles and soy milk for breakfast, dry rice for lunch, and congee for dinner. The combination of meat and vegetables should be reasonable. In summer, vegetables such as greens, melons, and beans should be the main focus, supplemented by meat. In summer, lean pork, beef, duck, and fish/shrimp are good choices. For the elderly, fish should be the main food, supplemented by lean pork, beef, and duck.
III. Lose a lot of water in summer, so drink more water
Drink more water in the summer, and warm water is better. You should drink seven or eight glasses of plain water every day. The body should always maintain and replenish its water supply. Water plays a vital role in the human body, maintaining normal physiological functions. In summer, you lose a lot of water. If you don't replenish it in time, it will seriously affect your health, easily causing dry skin, more wrinkles, and accelerating aging. In addition, mineral water, iced tea, milk, and apple juice are ideal thirst-quenching beverages.