Introduction: Eggs are one of the most nutritious foods, rich in various substances essential to the human body. However, in Traditional Chinese Medicine, everything has its opposing and complementary principles, and eggs are no exception. This is because after eating eggs, there are some things you should not do immediately. Here are five things you should not do right after eating eggs.
1. Do not eat sugar immediately after eating eggs
It is widely known that eggs should not be cooked with monosodium glutamate. But you may not know that eggs should not be cooked with sugar or eaten with sugar afterward. In many places, there is a custom of eating sugar water with poached eggs. In fact, this causes the amino acids in the egg's protein to form a compound with fructose-lysine. This substance is not easily absorbed by the human body and can have adverse effects on health.
2. Do not eat persimmons immediately after eating eggs
Eating persimmons after eggs can lead to mild food poisoning or, in severe cases, acute gastroenteritis and lung stones. Generally, consuming these two foods together can cause acute gastroenteritis symptoms characterized by vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. Therefore, if the consumption was within 1-2 hours, you can use the method of inducing vomiting. Immediately dissolve 20g of salt in 200ml of boiling water, let it cool, and drink it all at once. If you don't vomit, you can drink it several times to quickly induce vomiting. Alternatively, you can mash fresh ginger, extract the juice, and take it with warm water. If the consumption was longer ago, take some laxatives as soon as possible to expel the toxic substances from your body.
3. Do not drink soy milk immediately after eating eggs
Every morning, mothers carefully prepare breakfast for their children, hoping they will get sufficient nutrition in the early hours. Therefore, many mothers will beat egg flakes into soy milk, or let their children drink soy milk to quench their thirst after eating eggs. In fact, soy milk, which is highly nourishing on its own, contains a special substance called trypsin. When it combines with the ovomucin in egg whites, it leads to a loss of nutrients and reduces the nutritional value of both.
4. Do not eat goose or rabbit meat immediately after eating eggs
Eggs also should not be eaten with meats like rabbit or goose. Li Shizhen, in his "Compendium of Materia Medica," said: "Eating eggs with rabbit meat causes diarrhea." This is because rabbit meat is sweet, cold, and sour in nature, while eggs are sweet, neutral, and slightly cold. Both contain some biologically active substances; consuming them together can cause a reaction that irritates the gastrointestinal tract, leading to diarrhea.
5. Do not eat soft-shelled turtle meat immediately after eating eggs
Eggs have many other taboos that are less known because they are not commonly paired. For example, eating soft-shelled turtle meat after eggs can also lead to food poisoning. Soft-shelled turtle meat itself is greasy and nourishing; people with colds or internal cold-dampness are generally advised not to eat it. Furthermore, it is salty and neutral in nature, so pregnant women and people with poor digestive systems after childbirth cannot eat it.
The above are the wrong things to do after eating eggs that Xiaomei has brought to your attention. Everyone must be very careful, because your health is the most important. Eggs are rich in nutrients, and if paired with other ingredients, your body can absorb even more nutrition. Below are the best partners for eggs. Let's learn them together, and once you've mastered them, you can bring the best nutrition and health to your beloved family!
【Egg and Peanut Soup】 【Vegetable and Cheese Egg Pancake】 【Bitter Melon and Scrambled Eggs】 【Shrimp and Silky Eggs】