"To shape the shape" seems to have become a proverb that everyone believes in.

"Eat pig waist to replenish kidney", "drink bone soup to replenish calcium", "drink milk to enlarge breasts", "eat pig brain to replenish brain ", "eat pork belly to make up the stomach and intestines", "eat pig liver to make up the liver", "broken bones eat pig's feet" ... ... These "shape to make up for shape" in the community is very popular.

But "to shape" really effective?

For this type of folk eating, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinical Nutrition Department of nutritionist He Yinghuan that "to shape shape" statement in Chinese medicine does have some theoretical basis, however, some of the claims now circulating some of the misconceptions, as the people, do not blindly listen to all the "to shape to make up for the shape", it is best to carefully identify one by one.

Here's a look at a few common "to shape" in the eyes of the experts:

Unfounded "to shape"

The "to shape"

The "to shape"

Not a good idea.

1, eat sheep whip aphrodisiac? Chinese and Western doctors have their own views

From the Western medical point of view, it is considered incorrect. Aphrodisiacs are determined by hormones. Not to mention that these organs, ingredients containing nutrients such as hormones is how much, even if the content is rich, after cooking and processing, has long been destroyed, eaten into the body will be broken down and metabolism is not necessarily play its proper role. I think that eating this kind of food has a certain effect does not exclude the psychological effect.

From the Chinese medicine, this kind of food is warm, for the people who have a weak body, eat these warm kidney food or have a certain role. Of course, the yangxu referred to in Chinese medicine is not equivalent to Western medicine.

For this statement, it is best not to confuse the views of Chinese and Western medicine.

2, drink bone broth calcium?

Dr. He pointed out that a bowl of bone broth calcium content is very small, only a few ~ dozens of milligrams, and according to national standards, the recommended daily intake of calcium for adults to reach 800 milligrams, that compared to a bowl of bone broth calcium is minimal, imagine how many bowls of bone broth per day to supplement the amount of calcium needed by the body? In really can supplement calcium before, estimated to drink themselves fat.

So don't believe in bone broth for calcium, as for adding vinegar or not, also can't change this point of view.

3, eat fish eyes eyes? Better to eat fish

Fish eyes, although containing nutrients, but the content of nutrients is not high, it is difficult to achieve the role of the eye, to say that the eyes, Dr. He suggested that it would be better to eat more fish, which vitamin A and promote the development of the baby retina DHA (especially marine fish) content will be a little higher.

4, drink milk breasts no scientific basis

For drinking milk breasts this claim, Dr. He believes that there is no scientific basis. Now rumors of papaya, milk breast enhancement is very prevalent, but there is no authoritative research to prove the efficacy of its breast enhancement, drinking milk to play the role of calcium, trace elements to more.

Easy to counterproductive "to shape"

Eat pig waist to make up for the kidney, eat pig brain to make up for the brain

Dangerous!

Pig kidney, pig brain these parts, cholesterol, fat content are very high, patients with chronic diseases are not recommended to make up for this kind of food, such as renal insufficiency, dyslipidemia, cardiovascular disease, etc., friends, itself, to limit the cholesterol, fat intake, and renal insufficiency itself need to limit the amount of protein intake, the patient, if you also over-eat cashews, pig brain, this kind of food, but will be counterproductive. The fact is, if you eat a lot of food like cashews and pig brains, it will be counterproductive and aggravate your condition.

Therefore, it is recommended to eat less or no such food to replenish the body.

Can be a dialectical view of the "shape"

1, feet do not eat good pig's trotters, cow hoof tendon? Can be combined with medicinal herbs soup

Dr. He pointed out that this belongs to the shape of the shape of a category. From the Chinese medicine point of view, these animal hooves is a strong role in strengthening the bones.

From the Western medicine, after the fracture, collagen tissue and cartilage tissue needs to grow, and pig's feet, beef hamstrings in the collagen, cartilage tissue content is relatively rich, but these foods are ingested into the body, or to be broken down into amino acids, and then re-synthesized into the adult body protein. After the process of "decomposition and re-synthesis", is it guaranteed that these proteins will be synthesized into the bones? And will not be absorbed and utilized by muscle tissue and blood? This can not be guaranteed, therefore, just eat these hoof tendons, the therapeutic effect is not obvious.

So in the dietary management, in the late fracture, it is recommended with the addition of some tonic liver and kidney, strong bones and herbs, such as morinda citrifolia, eucommia, parasitic, rattan herbs to soup tonic, can play a role in auxiliary conditioning, rather than consume these hoof tendons alone.

It should be pointed out that these herbs are warm tonic class, some of the waist and knees weak, cold and cold, tinnitus and deafness, such as kidney deficiency, or old and weak, fracture osteoporosis of the elderly, eat these herbs can play a role in tonic effect; for the actual evidence, false heat of the body of the adults, these will not have too much efficacy, but there will be a risk of aggravation of the symptoms, so be sure to dialectical to nourish.

For the old people with bad legs and feet, eating stewed cow's trotters once a week can strengthen the bones and tendons, and benefit the qi to replenish the deficiency.

2, moisturize the lungs to eat pig lungs with north and south apricot and other therapeutic

For the phenomenon of "drinking pig lung soup to make up for the lungs", Dr. He pointed out that Chinese medicine in the affirmation of pig lungs to make up for the lungs to stop the role of coughing, but because of the soup will be added to the dried vegetables, north and south apricot, Sichuan shellfish, etc. with a Moistening lung cough phlegm ingredients together, in the end this soup which food plays a greater role, or boil together to play a role, this is still debatable.

Being sure to "make up for shape"

Eating pig's blood can replenish blood, but pay attention to food safety issues

Dr. He pointed out that not all of the " To shape to make up for the shape" are not based on science, such as anemia, you can eat some pig's blood, duck blood, because of its high iron content, there is the role of blood, but do not eat every day, the right amount of complementary can be. Also take into account that now

Pig blood duck blood sold on the market is not man-made, there is a certain food safety hazards.

In short, in the face of the many "shape to make up for the shape" of the statement, Dr. He concluded that, for the wrong, unfounded statement: less use, do not use, for the correct, reasonable statement: first according to their own physical and medical characteristics, such as judging whether it is suitable for their own, and then identify the use of the evidence; but also to take into account the combination of ingredients, food safety and hygiene and many other factors, in order to do Safety and hygiene and many other factors, in order to achieve "eat right supplement right", "eat healthy", "eat at ease".