In autumn, the body's intestinal disease resistance weakens, making one prone to catching a cold and developing diarrhea. Additionally, improper food combinations can also easily trigger diarrhea. Grapes should not be paired with milk, and cucumbers with peanuts is also an improper combination. Now, let's tell you which wrong pairings cause diarrhea. Come and take a look.
【Grapes + Milk】
Grapes and milk should not be consumed together because grapes contain fruit acids, which can cause the proteins in milk to coagulate. This not only affects absorption but, in severe cases, can lead to symptoms such as bloating, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. Therefore, you should eat grapes at least 1 hour after drinking milk.
【Grapes + Seafood】
Avoid eating grapes when consuming seafood. Eating fruits like grapes, hawthorn, pomegranates, or persimmons with seafood can cause vomiting, bloating, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. This is because these fruits contain tannic acid, which reacts with the proteins in seafood to form coagulated precipitates that are difficult to digest. Be sure to rinse your mouth after eating grapes. Some grapes contain various fermentable sugars that are highly corrosive to teeth, which can easily lead to cavities.
【Milk + Oranges】
Drinking milk and then immediately eating oranges can affect digestion and absorption, and can also cause bloating, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. This is because the proteins in milk will coagulate upon encountering the fruit acids in oranges, thereby hindering the digestion and absorption of the milk.
Additionally, besides oranges, you should not consume any acidic foods, such as apricots or sour pomegranates which are high in acid, within one hour after drinking milk.
【Drinking Water Immediately After Eating Grapes】
According to relevant data, grapes contain sugars like glucose, sucrose, fructose, and xylose; acids like citric acid, malic acid, and citric acid; as well as nutrients such as protein, carotene, and minerals like calcium, phosphorus, iron, and potassium, which are particularly beneficial for the brain. Wen Caihong, a nutritionist at the Municipal Second People's Hospital, points out that improper consumption of grapes can also lead to physical discomfort. You cannot drink water immediately after eating grapes, otherwise, you will develop diarrhea in less than 15 minutes. Grapes have a natural laxative effect. If you drink water right after eating them, the stomach acid is diluted before the stomach has a chance to digest and absorb the water. The grapes, water, and stomach acid then rapidly oxidize and ferment, accelerating intestinal movement and causing diarrhea.
【Honey + Tofu】
Tofu is sweet, salty, cold in nature, and slightly toxic; it can clear heat, invigorate blood, and purge turbidity from the large intestine. Honey is sweet, cool, and lubricating, and contains various enzymes; tofu also contains multiple minerals, plant proteins, and organic acids. Consuming them together can easily produce biochemical reactions that are unfavorable to the human body. Therefore, you should not eat honey after consuming tofu, and it is especially inadvisable to eat them at the same time.
【Eating Raw White Sugar】
Some people like to dip their food in raw white sugar. This eating habit is actually unhealthy. Because during the production, packaging, transportation, and storage of white sugar, it is easily contaminated by pathogenic microorganisms. Especially white sugar that has been stored for over a year and has turned yellow can cause gastrointestinal discomfort, diarrhea, and other symptoms. To safely consume white sugar, it only needs to be heated to 70°C and held for over 3 minutes.
【Cucumbers + Peanuts】
Cucumber cubes mixed with boiled peanuts, a refreshing cold dish, often appears on the tables of many families, and many men also enjoy a plate of peanuts with cucumber cubes when drinking. In fact, this combination is not very appropriate. Because pairing these two foods can cause diarrhea.
Cucumbers are sweet and cold in nature and are often eaten raw, while peanuts are high in oil. Generally speaking, when cold-natured foods meet oils, it increases their lubricating properties, which may lead to diarrhea, so they should not be eaten together.
Some people might say, "I eat this way often, but I don't get diarrhea." That's true. For those with exceptionally strong gastrointestinal function, it might be fine. However, for friends whose gastrointestinal function is not that good, it is best not to eat them together, and even if you do, don't eat too much.
【Rabbit Meat + Eggs】
Eggs should not be eaten with rabbit meat. Consuming eggs and rabbit meat together can irritate the gastrointestinal tract and cause diarrhea.