Chinese's love for porridge can be said to have lasted for thousands of years, and some people still have the habit of drinking a bowl of porridge every day. Poor appetite, drink some porridge; bad stomach, drink some porridge; on fire, drink some porridge...
But did you know that porridge has 2 worst ways to drink, one hurts the stomach and one causes cancer!
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Drinking porridge that is too hot: it is easy to cause esophageal cancer
Some people like to drink porridge like to drink very hot, feel warm stomach, but too high temperature will damage the esophagus, gastric mucosa, increase the risk of lesions.
Because the epithelium of the human esophageal mucosa is very delicate, it is easy to burn, and long-term eating of hot food (above 65 ° C) will burn the mucosa of the esophagus. Repeated vicious cycles can lead to long-lasting esophagitis, which is sometimes accompanied by anaplastic cells and may be one of the precancerous lesions.
It is recommended that the freshly cooked porridge should not be eaten in a hurry, and let it dry for a few minutes. It can be stirred with chopsticks and spoons to speed up the evaporation of the hot air of the porridge.
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Drinking porridge with pickles: hurting the stomach and causing cancer
Some people drink porridge with pickles, such as pickles, squeezed vegetables, sour radish, etc., these "heavy taste" side dishes can make people appetite.
However, pickles have a high salt content, and long-term consumption will directly damage the gastric mucosa. Nitrite (class 2A carcinogen) appears in pickles during fermentation, which reacts with the amines in meat to generate the carcinogen nitrosamine, which may lead to the occurrence of stomach cancer for a long time.
Therefore, whether everyone drinks porridge or daily meals, they remember to eat less pickled food. It can be paired with some fresh vegetables, meat, and grains, which taste more delicious and increase the intake of other nutrients.
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In the spring, 6 kinds of porridge are often drunk
Nourish the liver and lungs and strengthen the spleen
1. Barley red bean porridge
Ingredients: 150 g of barley, 100 g of red beans.
Directions: Wash and dry the barley and divide into two portions, one sautéed and one set aside. Cook the sautéed barley, raw barley and red beans together.
Effect: Water leakage, stomach vitality, moisture relief, spring spleen and dampness first choice.
2. Mustard pork liver porridge
Ingredients: 100 g of mustard greens, 200 g of pork liver, a small amount of shredded ginger, rice to taste.
Effects: Nourishes the liver and nourishes the blood, and spleen and water.
3. Spinach porridge
Ingredients: Rice to taste, spinach to taste
Directions: Put the soaked rice in a pot and cook it into porridge, then add the clean, sliced spinach and burn it to the ground.
Efficacy: Adjuvant treatment of liver qi discomfort.
4. Yam goji berry porridge
Ingredients: 100 g of rice, 600 g of yam, 10 g of goji berries.
Effect: Nourish the spleen and nourish the stomach, nourish the lungs, nourish the liver and kidneys, benefit the eyesight, especially for people with weak spleen and stomach.
5. Porridge with chinese meat
Ingredients: 15 grams of mountain meat, 50 grams of glutinous rice, brown sugar to taste.
Efficacy: Tonify the liver and kidneys, astringent and solidify, especially suitable for people with waist and knee pain caused by liver and kidney deficiency.
6. Rose porridge
Ingredients: 100 g of rice, fresh roses to taste.
Efficacy: Relieves liver depression, and blood relieves pain.
When cooking health porridge, you need to pay attention to it, choose to eat it once a day in the morning or evening, and the rice should be soaked in advance, especially the barley needs to be soaked for 6 to 8 hours.
During the boiling process, add enough water at one time, do not add water halfway.
If there are vegetables and flowers in the porridge ingredients, put them in and cook them together 5 minutes before the last pot comes out.
Note: Patients with gastroesophageal reflux and diabetics should eat porridge with caution.