I don’t know if you have ever heard people around you always tell you: don’t drink milk and soy milk on an empty stomach, it’s bad for your stomach; don’t eat bananas on an empty stomach, it’s bad for your kidneys; don’t drink yogurt on an empty stomach. Live bacteria will die; do not eat on an empty stomach... I would like to advise everyone: do not eat on an empty stomach, it is not good for your health!

Just a little joke with everyone. In short, as long as you are fasting or hungry, there will be various so-called dietary taboos. So are these fasting rumors true?

Rumor 1: Milk and soy milk

Milk and soy milk contain a lot of high-quality protein. If you drink it on an empty stomach, the protein will be wasted. Moreover, drinking milk and soy milk on an empty stomach will increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract.

Fact: Milk and soy milk contain carbohydrates, which will be decomposed first to provide energy. There is no need to worry about protein being wasted, and there is no need to worry about increasing the burden on the gastrointestinal tract.

Many people cannot drink milk on an empty stomach because they have lactose intolerance (people with lactose intolerance will have diarrhea when drinking milk). In this case, it is indeed not possible to drink milk on an empty stomach. You can drink it appropriately. Eat other foods first, such as bread, eggs, etc. Then drink small amounts frequently, or choose yogurt or low-lactose milk drinks instead of pure milk.

But soy milk is different from milk. As long as it is cooked thoroughly, you will generally not feel uncomfortable even if you drink it on an empty stomach. But here I would like to remind everyone: the boiling point of soy milk is relatively low, and sometimes it will start to boil when it does not reach 100. In this case, there is a high content of harmful substances in the soy milk - the loss of trypsin inhibitors. The activity rate is 40%, which does not meet the requirement of 100% inactivation rate. It is unsafe if consumed at this time. Usually raw soy milk contains saponins, lectins and other common toxins from beans, which can be harmful to the human body. Generally, it can be inactivated by fully cooking it during cooking.

During the process of cooking raw soy milk, when the temperature reaches 80-90 degrees Celsius, a large amount of white foam will appear. This "false boiling" phenomenon makes many people mistakenly think that the soy milk has been cooked at this time. . If you drink this kind of "fake boiled" soy milk, the harmful substances in it have not completely disappeared, and you will experience nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and even dizziness, chest tightness, cold sweats, palpitation and other poisoning symptoms. Therefore, the correct approach should be: when cooking soy milk, continue heating for 3-5 minutes after foam appears, and then stop heating after the foam completely disappears.

Rumor 2: Bananas contain more magnesium and potassium, which will affect kidney function and are not good for your health.

The truth: As long as your kidneys are healthy, there is no need to worry about eating bananas on an empty stomach and affecting your health. Bananas are indeed a food with high potassium and magnesium content. However, even if eaten on an empty stomach, the potassium and magnesium in bananas only enter the body slowly bit by bit, and the absorption is limited. They will not all enter instantly like an injection. blood. In addition, the human body has an automatic adjustment function. It will constantly monitor the amount of potassium and magnesium, and then metabolize the excess through the kidneys and skin to maintain a balanced state. Therefore, for people with healthy kidneys, there is no need to worry about this. If you really want to destroy the balance of the human body by eating bananas, then maybe bananas have been banned for a long time...

Rumor 3: Yogurt should not be consumed on an empty stomach. When a person is fasting, the stomach is in a strong acid environment, which is not conducive to the survival of lactic acid bacteria.

Fact: Even without live cultures, yogurt is a great hunger-satisfying food. The acidity in the stomach is relatively high on an empty stomach, and it is indeed difficult for various lactobacilli to survive. But whether the lactic acid bacteria in yogurt can enter the intestines is a problem, so you don’t have to worry too much about whether they are alive or dead. Even without live cultures, yogurt still has excellent nutritional value and can avoid the problem of lactose intolerance, making it more suitable to be eaten on an empty stomach. The proportion of the three major nutrients (carbohydrates, fats, and proteins) in yogurt is very reasonable. It is actually a good stomach filling food. Don't just measure its nutritional value by the activity of bacteria.

Myth 4: Tomatoes should not be eaten on an empty stomach, and tomatoes should not be eaten with crabs

Truth: Ripe tomatoes do not have high tannic acid content and will not cause side effects with high-protein foods. Tannic acid is widely found in various plants and reacts with proteins, which is the main cause of astringency, such as raw persimmons. Ingesting a large amount of tannic acid may indeed cause persimmon stones in the stomach, which is also the main reason for the sayings "Persimmons cannot be eaten on an empty stomach" and "Persimmons and crabs cannot be eaten together." But the tannic acid content of ripe tomatoes is not high, and it is nonsense to have side effects with high-protein foods. Otherwise, scrambled eggs with tomatoes would make you faint in the kitchen.

In short, for food of acceptable quality, there is rarely a saying that "never eat it on an empty stomach" unless there is a real problem with your own digestive tract.

Hurry up and tell your friends, let go of your inhibitions and enjoy the delicious food!