1, taboos for eating kelp
1, kelp can't be soaked for a long time
Don't soak kelp for a long time before eating. Generally speaking, soaking for about 6 hours is enough, because the soaking time is too long, the nutrients in kelp, such as water-soluble vitamins and inorganic salts, will also dissolve in water, and the nutritional value will be reduced. If kelp is as tough as boiled after soaking in water, it means that it has deteriorated and can no longer be eaten. Chinese medicine believes that kelp is cold, and people with spleen and stomach deficiency are forbidden to eat.
2. Don't eat kelp as a staple food.
You can't take kelp as a staple food for a long time, so you will consume too much iodine and have an impact on your health. Moreover, kelp contains a certain amount of arsenic, and excessive intake of arsenic can cause poisoning. Therefore, before eating kelp, it should be rinsed with water to dissolve arsenic in water.
3. Don't drink tea or eat fruit immediately after eating kelp.
Don't drink tea immediately after eating kelp (tea contains tannic acid), and don't eat sour fruit immediately (sour fruit contains vegetable acid). Because kelp is rich in iron, the above two foods will hinder the absorption of iron in the body.
4. Special people should eat kelp carefully.
Patients with hyperthyroidism should not eat kelp, because the iodine content in kelp is rich, which will aggravate the condition; Pregnant women and nursing mothers should not eat more kelp. This is because iodine in kelp can enter the fetus and baby with blood circulation, causing thyroid dysfunction.
2. Who can't eat kelp?
1. Patients with hyperthyroidism should eat kelp carefully.
Hyperthyroidism is a kind of disease with endocrine disorder, which promotes the hyperfunction of human body and the acceleration of metabolism. Kelp is rich in iodine, which will lead to hyperthyroidism, and then aggravate the condition.
2. Pregnant women eat less kelp
Because pregnant women and lactating women can already get enough iodine from daily iodized salt, if a large amount of kelp is eaten, it will lead to excessive iodine, which is not good for the thyroid development of the fetus or baby.
3. People with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold should not eat more.
Judging from the traditional Chinese medicine properties of kelp, it tastes cold and salty. Eating kelp will aggravate the discomfort of gastrointestinal tract for people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, such as dull stomach pain, cold pain, occurrence and diarrhea.
4. Patients with gastritis should eat less.
Patients with gastritis, chronic atrophic gastritis, etc., often have stomach discomfort, vomiting and dull pain after eating kelp, especially at night.
5. Allergic people should not eat.
Kelp, as a kind of seafood, may also contain allergens, causing allergic reactions in some people, usually manifested as allergic dermatitis, which will seriously affect the respiratory system.