Attention! 5 Types of People Should Not Drink Chicken Soup
People's demands for food have long gone beyond mere deliciousness. Through eating, achieving the goal of health preservation and wellness has become a further pursuit. Consequently, restaurants of all sizes have begun advertising medicinal cuisine, offering various dishes, nourishing soups, and fine broths.
Chicken soup is nutritious and delicious, and many families consider it a premium health food. At the same time, when someone in the family is ill, it is common to cook a pot of chicken soup as a nourishing supplement. However, not everyone is suitable for drinking chicken soup. This is because the nutrients in chicken soup are small water-soluble proteins, fats, and inorganic salts that are 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 any of the following categories, you are not qualified to enjoy chicken soup!
1. Excess stomach acid: Chicken soup stimulates the secretion of stomach acid. Therefore, patients with gastric ulcers, excess stomach acid, or stomach 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. This is because the digestion of fat in chicken soup requires the participation of bile. Drinking chicken soup will stimulate the gallbladder to contract, easily triggering an attack of cholecystitis.
3. Hypertension: For patients with high blood pressure, drinking chicken soup can not only lead to arteriosclerosis but also cause blood pressure to remain persistently high 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 lining of blood vessels, leading to diseases such as coronary arteriosclerosis.
5. Renal insufficiency: Chicken soup contains some small-molecule proteins. Patients with acute nephritis, acute or chronic renal insufficiency, or uremia cannot process the breakdown products of protein from their kidneys in a timely manner. Drinking too much chicken soup will cause azotemia and worsen the condition.