Some people say that seafood is a hairy food, not suitable for consumption during the cold; others say that seafood contains high protein, eat more can improve immunity, so the cold can eat seafood?
Can you eat seafood with cold?
Seafood is cold and hairy, excessive consumption is not only not conducive to improving the immunity of the body, but also easy to cause colds, especially acute gastrointestinal colds, colds will mostly appear sore throat, fever and other symptoms, eating too much seafood will make the phenomenon of cold and cough become more serious. If you are allergic to people, you should pay more attention; in addition, the spleen and stomach function will decline during the cold, and then eat seafood, the spleen and stomach work aggravated, resulting in cold symptoms become more serious.
What are the disadvantages of eating seafood with a cold?
The body becomes weaker after a cold, and eating seafood can aggravate the phenomenon of phlegm and yellow phlegm, causing coughing and, in serious cases, inflammation of the lungs. Also note that shrimp, shellfish and other seafood foods with high purine content, overconsumption is also likely to lead to an increase in uric acid in the human blood, which can cause gout; people with allergies should be cautious about eating seafood, when there is a cold and fever symptoms, the body's resistance is reduced, it is even more inappropriate to eat seafood.
Children with cough should not eat seafood in particular
Children should not eat seafood during coughing, because they are allergic to the proteins in fishy foods and the stimulation of the respiratory tract by the smell of fish, which can easily aggravate the symptoms of coughing.
Problems that should be noted when eating seafood
Seafood should not be consumed in excess
Seafood is rich in protein, and excessive consumption can easily lead to excess protein and increase the burden on the stomach and intestines, so you should pay attention to controlling the amount of seafood you eat.
Seafood can only be eaten after it is cooked
Seafood must be cooked until it is cooked through, so as not to cause gastrointestinal discomfort, because seafood contains a large number of bacteria, in addition to bacteria brought in the water, there are also parasitic eggs and processing of seafood brought about by germ contamination, mainly Vibrio parahaemolyticus, this germ heat resistance is strong, generally speaking, to boil in water for four to five minutes to completely eliminate.
Eat seafood avoid drinking tea and eating fruit
Tea contains a lot of tannic acid, and seafood is rich in calcium and protein, the two combined to easily form a difficult to dissolve calcium, and easy to affect the absorption of protein, but also on the gastrointestinal stimulation, causing abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting symptoms. Not only drinking tea, eating fruit when eating seafood can also cause this phenomenon.
Attention to the diet during the cold and flu
Whether people with cold or hot wind, avoid all tonic, greasy, sour and astringent foods, such as pork, duck, chicken, lamb, glutinous rice, astragalus, yellow essence, maitake, ginseng, placenta, aconite, all kinds of sea fish, shrimp, crab, longan meat, pomegranate, umeboshi, and all kinds of sticky dessert food. The diet of cold patients should be light and less greasy, and also pay attention to the hydration, eat more porridge, with squash or other light dishes, and drink more acidic juice, which can enhance appetite and meet the nutritional supply.
