Honey cannot be eaten with anything
Honey is a very healthy food, and many people eat honey to nourish their bodies. However, honey is not something that everyone can eat, nor can it be eaten casually. Some people eat honey without nourishing their bodies but harming their bodies, and some eat honey in the wrong way, which can lead to health damage. Next, I will take stock of some taboos on eating honey and tell you how to eat it to maintain health!
The taboo of drinking honey
Honey is sweet, delicious and nutritious. It is often taken ruddy on the face, relieves fatigue, nourishes yin. Modern medicine has proved that honey can be taken internally to treat diseases of the heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, lungs, intestines and other organs. External use can treat burns, frostbite and moisturize the skin. Cosmetic plastic surgery.
At present, it is believed that there are three types of people who are not suitable for drinking honey
1. Infants and young children under the age of 1
Honey is rich in nutrients and is a good food for the public. Many new mothers also add some honey to the complementary food for infants and young children to adjust the taste and increase nutritional value. However, experts point out that infants and young children under the age of 1 are not suitable for eating honey.
Honey is susceptible to botulinum toxin contamination during brewing and transportation, because bees may bring botulinum toxin-contaminated pollen and honey back to the hive during the pollen collection process. Botulinum toxin spores are highly adaptable and can still survive at high temperatures of 100 ° C.
Due to the weakened gastrointestinal function of infants and the poor detoxification function of the liver, especially in infants younger than 6 months, botulinum toxin is prone to multiply in the intestines and produce toxins, causing poisoning.
Symptoms of poisoning usually occur 8 to 36 hours after eating honey or foods containing honey, and symptoms often include constipation, tiredness, and loss of appetite. Although the chance of a baby developing a botulinum toxin infection is small, doctors still recommend that you do not give your child honey and its products until he is one year old.
In addition, experts also warn that infants and young children over the age of 1 should be cautious when drinking honey, and the amount of consumption should be appropriately reduced compared with adults.
2. People with diabetes should not take honey
Each hundred grams of honey carbohydrates contains about 35 grams of glucose, about 40 grams of fructose, about 2 grams of sucrose, and about 1 gram of dextrin.
Glucose and fructose are simple sugars that can be directly absorbed into the blood without digestion after entering the intestines, causing blood sugar to rise. Sucrose and dextrin can be absorbed after a little hydrolysis. Therefore, the blood sugar-raising effect of honey is particularly obvious. From this point of view, diabetics cannot take honey.
3. People who have a cold should not take honey. Cold medicine is easy to fight with honey
Most people will cough when they have a cold, and honey has the effect of relieving cough, so many people will drink honey to relieve cough symptoms when they have a cold. Experts remind everyone that cold medicine is best not to drink with honey.
Honey has the effect of moisturizing the lungs and relieving cough, and is suitable for dry lungs and coughs. If the cough is less phlegm, or the phlegm is less and sticky, or the dry cough has no phlegm, you can drink it with honey. However, if you are taking antipyretics or cold medicines containing antipyretic ingredients, it is not advisable to take honey at the same time. Many cold medicines, such as Tylenol, Crack, Ganlik, and Changqing, contain antipyretic and analgesic acetaminophen. When it encounters honey, it will form a complex that affects the body's absorption rate of it, thereby weakening the antipyretic
Similarly, any traditional Chinese medicine containing honey, such as cough syrup and Chuanbei loquat paste, should not be taken with the above cold medicine.
In addition, honey is mainly used to relieve cough by moisturizing the lungs. Coughs caused by colds are mostly caused by exogenous factors and should not be nourished. It is best not to drink honey.
Precautions for eating honey
1. Honey should not be taken too much
Glucose and fructose in honey are simple sugars. Eating too much at one time can raise blood sugar. There is no standard statement at present, but under normal circumstances, about 20 grams of 1-2 spoons per day is appropriate for adults.
2. Honey should not be taken with heat
Honey contains enzymes that play an important role in the middle of human metabolism, such as amylase, etc., which will lose their activity and lose their nutritional value after heating. Serve with warm water at no more than 50 degrees Celsius.
3. When is it good to drink honey water?
Drinking honey in the morning not only nourishes yin and moisturizes dryness, but also quickly replenishes physical fitness.
Honey is best taken 1-5 hours before meals or 2-3 hours after meals to avoid irritating the stomach. In addition, avoid contact with metal objects when storing. Honey is acidic. When storing, do not use metal containers to avoid chemical reactions.
4. How to use honey for skin care
Recently, honey has been favored by major skin care brands, and health products containing honey ingredients have been launched one after another. Beauty experts remind: honey contains glucose, which can play a nourishing and protective role. If you like DIY, you can also mix honey into masks and creams to use, which has the effect of moisturizing, locking water and moisturizing.
But experts also cautioned that honey has a large molecular structure and is not easily absorbed by the skin, so do not use it with moisturizers and essences, but use it later. She also cautioned that because honey is more viscous and easy to clog pores, it is not suitable for people with oily skin or hair follicle inflammation.
In addition, if there is a trauma or infection on the skin, it is best to suspend use, because the glucose in honey can easily accelerate the growth of bacteria and exacerbate the infection.
Food: Honey should not be eaten with anything
Honey is rich in nutrients, and drinking it regularly is good for the body and can maintain health. However, drinking honey is particular. Some foods should not be drunk with honey. Even if two foods that are rich in nutrients are eaten together, it will have the opposite effect and affect the health of the body.
1. Honey cannot be eaten with tofu
Eating the same food causes diarrhea and deafness. Tofu is sweet and salty, cold in nature, and can clear away heat and dissipate blood. Eating with honey can easily lead to diarrhea. At the same time, a variety of enzymes in honey, a variety of minerals in tofu, plant proteins, organic acids, etc., eat together, which is not conducive to the biochemical reactions of the human body.
2. Honey cannot be eaten with onions
Hurt the eyes at the same time. After the onion honey is eaten together, the organic acids and enzymes in the honey meet the sulfur-containing amino acids in the onion, etc., which will cause harmful biochemical reactions, or produce toxic substances, which will stimulate the gastrointestinal tract and cause diarrhea.
3. Honey cannot be eaten with chives
Eating together causes heart disease, honey and chives cause heart disease. Chives are rich in vitamin C and are easily oxidized by the minerals copper and iron in honey and lose their effect. In addition, honey can laxative, and chives are rich in cellulose and cause diarrhea, which is easy to cause diarrhea.
4. Honey cannot be eaten with rice
Eating honey and rice together can cause stomach pain.
5. Honey cannot be eaten with ginger
Eating honey and ginger together can cause stomach pain.
6. Honey cannot be eaten with garlic
Garlic is compatible with honey (opposite function).
7. Honey cannot be eaten with lettuce
Lettuce and honey are incompatible (eating together is not good for the stomach and is prone to diarrhea).
8. Honey cannot be eaten with crucian carp
Honey and crucian carp can be poisoned when eaten together, and black beans and licorice can be used to detoxify.
9. Soy milk and honey should not be eaten
Soy milk has a higher protein content than milk, while honey mainly contains about 75% glucose and fructose, as well as a small amount of organic acids. When the two are mixed, the organic acids combine with protein to produce denatured precipitation, which cannot be absorbed by the human body.
