Aquatic food is generally very popular. The suitable aquatic food is different in different seasons. You may eat more crabs in autumn. Although the taste of crabs is very delicious, there are some risks in eating crabs. There are many taboos, and many people are starting to eat sweet potatoes at this time. Can sweet potatoes and crabs be eaten together? What will happen if you eat sweet potatoes and crabs together?

1. Can sweet potatoes and crabs be eaten together?

It is best not to eat sweet potatoes and crabs together.

Sweet potatoes contain a lot of starch, which is difficult to digest, prone to flatulence, and stimulates the secretion of gastric acid. Crabs are rich in protein and are not easy to digest. In addition, crabs are cold in nature. Taste, eating together may cause physical discomfort.

2. What will happen if we eat them together?

(1) Indigestion

Sweet potatoes are rich in starch and are not easy to digest if eaten too much. Coupled with the rich protein in crabs, a large amount of indigestible food accumulated in the intestines will cause indigestion, such as bloating, abdominal pain, nausea, regurgitation, etc.

(2) Diarrhea

Crabs are very slippery, and the ingredients in sweet potatoes and crabs are prone to indigestion. Indigestion can sometimes lead to diarrhea. Therefore, eating sweet potatoes and crabs together may cause diarrhea.

Nothing wrong

Some people have good digestive function and do not eat a lot of sweet potatoes and crabs, so they may not experience any discomfort.

3. What to do if you eat them together

(1) Promote digestion

Eat sweet potatoes and crabs together. If you cannot digest them, you can eat some to promote digestion. Digestive foods or medicines. Foods that promote digestion include: hawthorn, figs, papaya, etc.

(2) Antidiarrhea

If you have diarrhea after eating sweet potatoes and crabs together, you can eat some Houttuynia Cordata and Perilla Soup, which can dispel cold and stop diarrhea. You can take some antidiarrheal drugs to relieve diarrhea.

(3) What not to do

If there is no discomfort, there is no need to do anything. Just pay attention to eating some easily digestible food when eating next meal.

4. What should crabs not be eaten with?

(1) Cold-natured foods

Crabs are cold-natured and should be eaten with other cold-natured foods. It will aggravate the coldness of the body and easily cause diarrhea and other conditions.

Foods with cold nature include: bitter melon, wild rice, mulberry, teal, raw lotus root, banana, mangosteen, etc.

(2) Foods with high tannic acid content

Crabs are rich in protein, and protein and tannic acid will form complexes that are not easy to digest. Eating them together affects digestion and absorption, which can cause Causes a waste of nutrients.

Foods with high tannin content include: persimmons, strong tea, cocoa, grapes, bamboo shoots, hawthorn, pomegranates, plums, etc.

(3) Foods that are hot in nature

If crabs that are cold in nature are eaten together with foods that are hot in nature, people with poor gastrointestinal problems may experience excessive irritation to the gastrointestinal tract, leading to dysentery. situation.

Foods with hot properties include: durian, lychee, longan, mutton, dog meat, beef, leeks, star anise, etc.

(4) Foods with high saturated fats

Crabs are rich in unsaturated fatty acids, so eating them with a large amount of saturated fats will affect the absorption of unsaturated fatty acids, and the fat will increase The lubrication of the intestines, coupled with the smoothness of cold crabs, makes diarrhea prone.

Foods with high saturated fat include: lard, duck fat, chicken fat, fatty pork, duck skin, chicken skin, etc.

(5) High-starch foods

Crabs with cold nature will weaken the digestive function of the digestive tract. High-starch foods are more difficult to digest, so they are prone to diarrhea, bloating, and abdominal pain. situation.

High-starch foods include: sweet potatoes, taro, potatoes, broad beans, mung beans, moringa seeds, peas, etc.

5. How long is the appropriate time to steam crabs?

Most crabs used at home are steamed. When steaming crabs, the cooking time must be grasped. Generally, steaming takes 20-30 minutes. Minutes are enough, pressure cooker is enough for 5-8 minutes. Paragonimiasis cysts are parasitic in crabs. If they are not cooked thoroughly, they are easily infected with paragonimiasis after eating. If you want to eat it immediately, you can steam it as much as you want. It is best not to eat any leftover crabs.

1. It is best not to dismantle crabs for steaming, as most of the umami flavor will be lost.

2. Dead crabs must not be eaten as they are poisonous.

3. If you want to steam (or boil) a complete crab (all ten legs are not lost), you can put the live crab in the freezer of the refrigerator and freeze it (note, not frozen hard) ), put it into boiling water and cook directly.