Drinking honey has many benefits, and it is generally recognized as a good health food, but this is only the good side of honey. There are still some taboos and precautions when eating honey. We should also pay attention to it. Here we take a look at the 7 taboos of honey.
1. Do not use boiling water or high temperature cooking honey
In addition to 65% to 80% glucose and fructose, honey is also rich in enzymes, vitamins, minerals and so on. When consuming honey, drink it with warm water, the temperature of water should not exceed 60 ℃. If hot water is poured into honey, it will not only destroy its rich nutrients, but also cause changes in its natural color, aroma, and taste.
2. Drinking honey water on an empty stomach can easily cause stomach ulcers
Honey is a kind of sweets. Sweets can increase the secretion of gastric acid. Too much stomach acid can damage the gastric mucosa. Drinking honey water on an empty stomach for a long time is likely to increase the acidity in the body, and the stomach acid or duodenal ulcer will be caused by excessive stomach acid after a long time.
3. Don't drink honey water immediately after a meal
Drinking honey water immediately after a meal will dilute the gastric juice, so that the food eaten will enter the small intestine before it is completely digested, which is not conducive to food digestion. Moreover, food easily swells when it encounters water, which causes greater pressure on the stomach.
4. Honey should not be ingested more than 100ml per day
Honey can take up to 100ml per day, and you should not eat it endlessly because you feel that honey is healthy. Because glucose and fructose in honey are monosaccharides, they can be directly absorbed into the blood by the body. If a large amount of honey is eaten at one time, blood sugar can rise rapidly.
5. Do not use a metal cup to flush honey water
Honey is acidic. When storing or brewing, it is best not to use metal containers to avoid chemical reactions. Because honey is a weakly acidic liquid, it easily oxidizes when in contact with metals and precipitates free metal elements such as iron, lead, zinc, aluminum, etc., so that the color of honey turns black and the nutrients are destroyed.
6. It should not be eaten with leeks
Leek is rich in vitamin C and is easily oxidized by the minerals copper and iron in honey to lose its function. In addition, honey can be laxative, leeks are rich in cellulose and can cause diarrhea, easily causing diarrhea.
7. Do not eat with tofu
Tofu is sweet, salty, cold in nature, and can clear away heat and blood. Eating with honey can easily cause diarrhea. At the same time, a variety of enzymes in honey, a variety of minerals, vegetable proteins, organic acids, etc. in tofu, the same food is not conducive to human biochemical reactions.
