The weather is getting colder day by day, and hot pot restaurants are getting more and more popular. Long queues are even forming at their entrances. Eating hot pot is now not just a dining choice but also a fashionable lifestyle. However, the editor would like to remind everyone that hot pot should be consumed in moderation, and excessive consumption is not advisable. At the same time, some patients with certain diseases should avoid eating hot pot...
Who should avoid eating hot pot?
Sichuan-style hot pot: People with chronic pharyngitis, stomatitis, stomach diseases, ulcers, skin diseases, hemorrhoids, anal fissures, those who frequently have nosebleeds or gum bleeding, those with a "heat constitution," pregnant women, etc., should avoid it.
Seafood hot pot: Patients with diabetes, high blood pressure, high blood lipids, gout, and those allergic to seafood should avoid it.
How to eat hot pot healthily
First, the hot pot should be thoroughly cleaned before use. Especially for copper hot pots, the copper rust must be removed to prevent copper poisoning, which mainly manifests as symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, dizziness, and rapid breathing.
Second, food must be thoroughly cooked in the boiling broth. When eating hot pot, raw meat, raw fish, and raw vegetables are often cooked and eaten on the spot. These foods can easily be contaminated by pathogenic microorganisms and parasite eggs. Therefore, they must be thoroughly cooked in the boiling broth to achieve a "sterilizing and disinfecting" effect, thereby preventing or reducing the occurrence of digestive tract inflammation and intestinal parasitic diseases.
Third, the temperature of the food should not be too hot. Food just taken from the hot pot should be cooled slightly before eating to avoid scalding the oral and esophageal mucosa, which can lead to ulcers in the mouth and esophagus, or damage to the gums and teeth, causing allergic toothaches.
Fourth, the duration of the hot pot meal should not be too long. Sitting for a long time to eat hot pot will cause digestive juices like gastric juice, bile, and pancreatic juice to be secreted continuously. The glands will not get proper rest, which can easily lead to gastrointestinal dysfunction and cause abdominal pain and diarrhea.
Fifth, the hot pot broth should be prepared and used fresh. The broth should not be reused, and it is definitely not advisable to leave leftover broth in the pot overnight and reheat it. Otherwise, the nitrite content (a strong carcinogen) in the long-cooked soup will increase, which is harmful to health after consumption.
Tips: Vegetables that go well with lamb
When eating lamb, it is recommended to pair it with cool-natured and sweet-neutral vegetables, which can have a cooling, detoxifying, and heat-clearing effect.
Cool-natured vegetables generally include winter melon, loofah, rape, spinach, cabbage, enoki mushrooms, mushrooms, lotus root, water bamboo shoots, bamboo shoots, and cabbage hearts; while sweet-neutral vegetables include sweet potatoes, potatoes, and shiitake mushrooms.
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