Precautions for eating lotus root

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1, spleen deficiency and cold stomach, easy to diarrhea should not eat raw lotus root, raw lotus root is cold, raw and cold is more difficult to digest, hindering the spleen and stomach, so it is desirable to eat cooked lotus root.

2, black, odor of the lotus root should not be eaten. Should pick the skin is yellow-brown, meat fat and white, pay attention to no injury, no rot, no rust spots, without breaking the section without drying out and not discoloration of the lotus root.

3, lotus root is best not eaten raw. Some root parasites with gingerbread, it is easy to cause gingerbread disease. People eat raw lotus root with cysts, cysts will develop into adult worms in the small intestine, adult worms attached to the intestinal mucosa, will cause intestinal damage and ulcers, so that people with abdominal pain, diarrhea, dyspepsia, children will also appear facial swelling, developmental delays, mental retardation and other symptoms.

4, avoid using iron when cooking lotus root, so as not to make the lotus root black in the cooking process.

5, cut lotus root should not be stored directly. Not cut lotus root can be placed at room temperature for a week, but because the lotus root is easy to blacken, cut surface holes in the part of the perishable, so cut lotus root should be covered with plastic wrap at the incision, refrigerated freshness for about a week.

6, soybean and lotus root should not be eaten together. Soybeans are rich in iron, can not be eaten with more fiber-containing lotus root, because the fiber will affect the body's absorption of iron.

7, pig liver and lotus root should not be eaten together. Lotus root contains cellulose, fiber aldose acid can be formed with pig liver iron, copper, zinc and other trace elements of the mixture, reduce the body's absorption of these elements.

8, because the lotus root sex is cold, so the mother should not be eaten too early, 1-2 weeks after giving birth and then eat can be eliminated.

9, allergic to lotus root people should not eat. Lotus root may also become an allergen, if it is allergic to lotus root, eating lotus root may cause skin redness, frequent diarrhea, indigestion, headache, sore throat, asthma and other allergic symptoms, so this kind of people should also avoid eating lotus root.