Red dates and white fungus are common foods in life, for female friends can usually eat more dates and white fungus, Chinese medicine believes that eating red dates can replenish blood, eating white fungus has the effect of clearing the lungs. But some people think that the efficacy of these two foods is not as powerful as the legend, but it is just a psychological comfort for people. Therefore, in order to truly achieve the effect of blood replenishment and lung clearance, it is best to go to the hospital in advance for examination, and then adjust the symptoms according to the actual situation of the individual.
What are the misunderstandings about dietary therapy?
1. Papaya breast enlargement
Presumably, many women have mistakenly believed that eating more papaya can enlarge breasts, the reason is that papaya contains enzymes, and this substance can stimulate breast development, and then play a role in enlarging breasts. As everyone knows, the enzyme in papaya is only an enzyme, and eating papaya often can indeed supplement a lot of protein for the body, but it does not have any breast enlargement effect.
2. Banana laxative
Bananas are a sweet, soft,sticky fruit that, in addition to being rich in vitamins and minerals, also contains a lot of dietary fiber. This substance can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis and thus improve digestion, so people will think that eating bananas can laxative. In fact, the dietary fiber in bananas is very limited, and the unripe bananas also contain a lot of tannic acid, which not only has a limited effect of promoting bowel movements, but also may lead to constipation.
3. White fungus clears the lungs
White fungus is a nutrient-rich fungus food, the white fungus polysaccharide component in the white fungus can play a role in alleviating constipation, but whether it can play a role in clearing the lungs, there is still no clear basis.
4. Red dates to replenish blood
Many women like to drink red date water during menstruation and think that doing so can replenish the blood of the body. Although from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, red dates do have a certain blood tonic effect, but because of the relatively small iron content, coupled with the iron element in red dates is non-heme iron, it is difficult to be absorbed and utilized by the body, and may even affect the hematopoietic function.
5. Drink alcohol to warm up
Drinking a few sips of spirits in the cold winter does make the body feel some warmth, because alcohol will speed up blood circulation. Although there will be a fever on the surface of the body when drinking, it will also consume the heat in the body, and once the heat in the body is gone, it will produce a feeling of chills in the body.
6. Pig's trotters nourish their faces
Pig trotters contain a lot of collagen, so often drink pig trotter soup can not only beautify the face, but also play an anti-aging role. However, from a scientific point of view, the collagen in pig's trotters cannot be directly absorbed by the body, or it will not be converted and utilized by the body at all, which will not only achieve the purpose of beauty, but also may cause the body to gain weight.
7. Shrimp skin calcium supplementation
Many people in life will be shrimp skin as a calcium supplement "artifact", the calcium content in each 100 grams of shrimp skin reaches 900 mg, but these calcium elements can not be fully absorbed by the body, plus shrimp skin is a high-salt food, often eat shrimp skin is likely to affect blood pressure.
The above introduces some unknown dietary therapy misunderstandings, many of which are regarded as food therapy products, but they do not know that they have not achieved the expected results. For example, red dates tonic blood, white ear clear lungs, leek aphrodisiac, pumpkin sugar reduction, etc., although there is some help for physical health, but it can not play a real tonic effect, so usually must know more about this small knowledge, only in this way can avoid walking into the misunderstanding.