Carrot dietary taboos

Excessive intake in a short period of time, people with specific diseases eating incorrectly, and sudden large amounts of food when taking special drugs.

A while ago, I saw a health video saying that carrots should not be eaten with tomatoes. It was said that the VC-decomposing enzyme in the tomatoes would destroy the vitamins in the tomatoes. Eating them for nothing would hurt the stomach. This shocked me. Last week, in order to make up for a fat-reducing meal, I ate half a carrot with two small tomatoes at noon for three consecutive days. There was no problem except that it was a little cold, and my skin was a little brighter. After checking the information, I found out that the so-called VC-decomposing enzyme is extremely unstable and inactivates when heated slightly. Even if it is eaten raw, it will be decomposed in seconds when it encounters gastric acid in the stomach. The amount of VC that can be exposed is very small, and it cannot reach the level of "destroy nutrition" at all. It is also said that it cannot be eaten with wine or white radish. To reach the dose that damages the liver, you have to eat dozens of kilograms of carrots and drink several kilograms of white wine at a time. It is impossible for normal people to eat this amount. ； Many practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine believe that eating the two together will easily break Qi. People with spleen and stomach deficiency and frequent flatulence may indeed feel uncomfortable after eating it. However, modern nutrition has not found clear evidence of harmful effects. You can completely rely on your own physical feelings. There is no need to believe in one side's statement.

What really needs to be avoided is the problem of eating too much. Last summer, I wanted to eat carrots to whiten my skin. I ate three large carrots every day for a week. Later, I found that the palms of my hands were as yellow as if I had just peeled ten pounds of orange peels, and even the soles of my feet were glowing orange. I thought I had jaundice and went to the emergency room all night. Later, I asked a friend who is a fitness blogger, and she said that she would be fine if she ate two pills a day. Basically, it depends on the individual's metabolic capacity, and there is no need to limit the amount. As long as you find your palms turning yellow, just stop for a few days. It's not a big problem, but there is no need to show off the so-called effects.

There are also several special groups of people that should be paid more attention to. Don't listen to the nonsense that "carrots are a low-sugar vegetable". Its glycemic index is 71, which is higher than apples and peaches. Especially carrots that are stewed are soft and delicious. The cell walls are completely destroyed and the sugar is absorbed very quickly. My distant aunt has type 2 diabetes. She used to follow this recipe and eat stewed pork ribs with carrots every time. As a result, her blood sugar level immediately rose to 9.2 after the meal. Later, she changed to eating only half of a crispy fried carrot at a time, and her blood sugar level stabilized. For those who have a particularly weak stomach and often suffer from stomachaches, do not eat hard carrots just taken out of the refrigerator on an empty stomach. Last time, my brother was in a hurry and ate two cold carrots on an empty stomach. The rough plant fiber scraped the gastric mucosa and it hurt. He squatted on the ground for half an hour to recover.

People who are taking the anticoagulant drug warfarin should pay special attention to the fact that the vitamin K in carrots is a synthetic raw material for coagulation factors. If you rarely eat carrots and suddenly eat two or three carrots at a meal, it may affect the anticoagulant effect, but it is not completely impossible to eat - now clinical practice no longer requires such patients to completely avoid carrots. As long as the weekly intake is kept about the same amount, and no more or less, there will be no problems at all.

After all, it's just eating a carrot. There are so many taboos about "poisoning" and "harming the body". Most of them are just rumors about toxicity without considering the dose. Now when I am making fat-reducing meals, I still occasionally eat half a carrot with a small tomato. It is crispy and sweet, delicious and filling, and I don’t feel any discomfort. The most important thing when eating is to follow your body's feelings. Don't be bound by the messy taboos on the Internet. Eating happily is better than anything else.