In fact, many people don't know that pumpkin can't be paired with mutton, because both of them are hot foods, and the combination will lead to the possibility of bloating and constipation. People suffering from infectious diseases and fever symptoms should not eat it to prevent the disease from getting worse.
2. Pumpkin with vinegar
Some people like to add a little vinegar to pumpkins, but they don't know that this will destroy the nutrients in pumpkins and reduce their nutritional value.
3. Pumpkin and spinach
In the same situation, when eating pumpkin, it can't be combined with spinach. Pumpkin is rich in vitamin C decomposing enzymes, which will destroy vitamin C in spinach and reduce its nutritional value.
4, pumpkin and sweet potato
They are all easy to stagnate qi. If they are not cooked, they will cause abdominal distension. If they are eaten together, they will even lead to flatulence, abdominal pain, acid water spitting and so on.
5. Pumpkin with hairtail
Hairtail is rich in high-quality protein, unsaturated fatty acids, DHA, vitamin A, vitamin D, etc. It has the functions of tonifying deficiency, nourishing liver and promoting milk production, but eating with pumpkin will be harmful to health.
6, pumpkin and red dates
Jujube is rich in vitamin C, which is sweet and warm, and it is easy to indigestion when eating more, while pumpkin is warm. Eating both together will not only destroy vitamin C, but also aggravate symptoms such as indigestion. To sum up, you must pay attention to the above taboos when eating pumpkin. You can't add red dates, hairtail, vinegar and so on.
Extended data:
1, pumpkin may also become an allergen, so people who are allergic to pumpkin should not eat pumpkin porridge. People who are allergic to pumpkin may cause allergic symptoms such as skin redness, frequent diarrhea, indigestion, headache, sore throat and asthma, so such people should avoid eating pumpkin and pumpkin products.
2, pumpkin is warm, eating more will contribute to damp-heat, so those with excessive stomach heat, full qi stagnation, damp-heat qi stagnation should eat less, and those with beriberi, jaundice, qi stagnation and dampness stagnation should not eat. The above people should be extra cautious when choosing to eat pumpkin or pumpkin products.
3, it is not appropriate to eat a lot of pumpkins for a long time. Because pumpkin contains carotene, if the human body ingests too much carotene, it will be deposited in the stratum corneum. After a long time, our body and skin will turn yellow, like jaundice, so people with jaundice should not eat pumpkin.
Efficacy and function of pumpkin
Chinese medicine believes that pumpkin is warm and sweet, and enters the spleen and stomach. Has the functions of invigorating middle energizer, invigorating qi, diminishing inflammation, relieving pain, detoxicating and killing insects. Can be used for treating qi deficiency and fatigue, intercostal neuralgia, malaria, dysentery, detoxification of opium poison, ascaris, bronchial asthma, diabetes, etc.