New Misconceptions About Eating Habits
One: Drinking Freshly Picked Tea
The drawbacks of drinking fresh tea outweigh the benefits. Fresh tea, especially that stored for less than a month, contains polyphenols, aldehydes, and alcohols that have not yet been oxidized. After entering the human body, these substances can easily cause bloating and abdominal pain. For patients with chronic gastritis, this is like adding fuel to the fire and will inevitably worsen their condition.
Two: Stir-frying with Overly Hot Oil
In oil that has been heated to too high a temperature, a stearic compound is easily formed, which is extremely harmful to human health. People who often eat dishes stir-fried in hot oil are prone to hypochlorhydria gastritis and gastric ulcers. If not treated in time, this can also induce stomach cancer.
Three: Long-term Consumption of Vegetable Oil
Tests have shown that peanut and corn oil can easily be contaminated with the strong carcinogen aflatoxin. Cottonseed oil, if not properly processed, may contain gossypol, which can be toxic to humans. The erucic acid in rapeseed oil is detrimental to the health of people with hypertension and heart disease. Therefore, vegetable oil should not be consumed excessively or frequently. The correct ratio of oil should be 1 part vegetable oil to 0.3 parts animal fat.
Four: Cooking Dried Shrimp Directly in Soup
Dried shrimp or shrimp skins can easily be contaminated with some carcinogens during processing. Cooking them directly into soup is not good for human health. Experts suggest that you can boil the dried shrimp for a few minutes, then change the water before making the soup, or add 1-2 tablets of vitamin C to the soup, which can block the synthesis of carcinogens in the body.
Five: Eating Too Many Soy Products
Experiments have shown that excessive intake of soy protein can inhibit 90% of normal iron absorption, leading to iron-deficiency anemia, with symptoms such as varying degrees of dizziness and fatigue. In addition, soy products are rich in methionine. Large amounts of soy products can lead to methionine being converted into homocysteine under the action of enzymes, damaging the inner wall cells of arteries and promoting arteriosclerosis.
Six: Using Too Many Seasonings
Natural seasonings like pepper, cinnamon, cloves, fennel, and ginger have certain mutagenic and toxic properties. Eating too much can cause abnormal changes in human cells, leading to cancer; it can also cause side effects such as dry mouth, sore throat, listlessness, and insomnia, and can induce multiple conditions like hypertension and gastroenteritis.
Seven: Mixing Granulated Sugar with Cold Dishes
Mixing granulated sugar with cold dishes is harmful due to mites. A type of sugar mite that loves sweets often lives in sweet foods like granulated sugar and powdered sugar. If the contaminated sugar is not heat-treated, the mites will enter the human body with the food and parasitize in the gastrointestinal tract. The toxins released by the mites can irritate the intestinal wall, causing spasms and abdominal pain.