Although there are no ingredients in pumpkin and sweet potato, neither of them is toxic, but the starch content in pumpkin and sweet potato is too high, which is easy to stimulate the secretion of gastric acid in the stomach and intestines, which is not good for the stomach, so it is not recommended to put pumpkin and sweet potato together.
2 What are the side effects of eating pumpkin and sweet potato together? Indigestion flatulence pumpkin and steamed pumpkin with sweet potato contain high starch, and a large amount of starch will generate gas during digestion, leading to bloating and indigestion of food.
Aggravating stomach diseases Starch entering the stomach will stimulate the secretion of gastric acid, and a large amount of gastric acid will stimulate the ulcer of the digestive tract and aggravate the area of the ulcer, so it can't be eaten together.
Obese pumpkins and sweet potatoes have high starch content, and eating a lot of starch after normal meals will lead to excessive calorie intake, and excess calories will be converted into fat in the body, resulting in obesity symptoms.
3 What should you pay attention to when eating pumpkins 1. Pumpkins are warm, and they are hair, which can easily cause old diseases. Therefore, people with fever and people with old diseases should eat less pumpkins to avoid physical discomfort.
2. Don't eat hot food when eating pumpkin, such as mutton, dog meat, litchi, leek, longan, etc. The temperature of pumpkin itself is dry, and eating hot food again will aggravate the situation of getting angry.
3. Ascorbic acid decomposing enzymes in pumpkin will lead to the inactivation of ascorbic acid. Foods rich in ascorbic acid are: hawthorn, lemon, grapefruit, pepper and so on. Can't be eaten with pumpkin.
4. When eating pumpkin, don't eat a lot of foods with high starch or indigestion at the same time. A lot of starch or indigestible substances, such as potatoes, lotus roots, broccoli and bamboo shoots, will enter the stomach, which will lead to flatulence.
5. The carotene content in pumpkin is very high, so don't eat a lot of foods rich in carotene, such as carrots, persimmons, tomatoes, etc., which will lead to the accumulation of carotene and yellow skin.
4 What to pay attention to when eating sweet potatoes 1. It is best not to eat raw sweet potatoes, and cooked starch will be replaced by dextrin during heating, so raw starch is more difficult to digest than cooked starch, and eating raw sweet potatoes is more likely to lead to indigestion.
2. Don't eat sweet potatoes on an empty stomach, which will stimulate the secretion of gastric acid. A large amount of gastric acid will stimulate the stomach and intestines, causing stomach discomfort. Some people are sensitive and feel uncomfortable.
3. Don't eat the black spots on the sweet potato, which may be broken, moth-eaten, alkaloid accumulation, bitter taste and strange smell, so don't eat them.
4. You can't eat a lot of sweet potatoes, which will easily lead to symptoms such as indigestion and bloating.
5. You can't use sweet potato for meal replacement, because its protein content is very low, which will easily lead to malnutrition, so don't replace meals, or add some extra protein when replacing meals.