Chicken soup is nutritious and delicious, and many families consider it a nourishing delicacy. At the same time, when there is a sick person in the family, a pot of chicken soup is often simmered as a supplement. However, chicken soup is not suitable for everyone.
The nutrients in chicken soup are small water-soluble proteins, fats, and inorganic salts dissolved from the chicken oil, skin, meat, and bones. The protein content in the soup is only about 7% of that in the chicken, and most of the chicken oil in the soup belongs to saturated fatty acids. Therefore, if you fall into one of the following categories, you are not qualified to drink chicken soup!
1. Excess stomach acid: Chicken soup stimulates the secretion of stomach acid. Therefore, patients with gastric ulcers, hyperacidity, or gastric bleeding generally should not drink chicken soup.
2. Biliary tract diseases: Those who frequently suffer from cholecystitis and cholelithiasis should not drink too much chicken soup, because the digestion of fat in chicken soup requires the participation of bile. Drinking chicken soup will stimulate the gallbladder to contract, which is likely to trigger an attack of cholecystitis.
3. Hypertension: For patients with high blood pressure, drinking chicken soup can not only cause arteriosclerosis but also keep blood pressure elevated and difficult to lower.
4. Hyperlipidemia: After the fat in chicken soup is absorbed, it will further promote an increase in cholesterol. Excessively high cholesterol can deposit on the inner walls of blood vessels, leading to diseases such as coronary atherosclerosis.
5. Renal insufficiency: Chicken soup contains some small-molecule proteins. Patients with acute nephritis, acute or chronic renal insufficiency, or uremia cannot process the byproducts of protein decomposition in a timely manner due to their impaired kidney and liver function. Drinking too much chicken soup can cause azotemia and worsen the condition.