Instructions for drinking cassava properly

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The article is professionally consulted by Specialist II, Senior Doctor Doan Du Dat - General Internal Medicine Doctor - Department of Medical Examination and Internal Medicine - Vinmec Ha Long International Hospital
Although tapioca flour is a familiar drink, not everyone knows how to properly process and drink tapioca. Using tapioca flour in the wrong way can cause a number of health problems.

1. Mistakes when eating tapioca flour

Most people often mistakenly think that tapioca flour can be mixed with cold or hot water at will, however, this is an extremely harmful habit. Absolutely must cook tapioca flour before adding to the body because this material is cold, so drinking it raw often can cause some health problems.
Adding honey to tapioca flour to drink should also limit use because it will limit the effects of each other. According to some documents on Oriental medicine, the book also recommends incompatible foods, including honey and tapioca flour. But the information that combining these two types together leads to sudden death is not true. When drinking, someone's body is not suitable, that person may experience abdominal pain and discomfort. People who are suffering from cold should not use honey and tapioca flour because tapioca starch has soldering properties. According to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Lam (former deputy director of the National Institute of Nutrition) also commented that: Information that cassava mixed with honey can be deadly is incorrect. In fact, many people still use tapioca flour to cook tea, adding ingredients such as honey to make it more delicious and nutritious.
According to Dr. Ho Thu Mai - Department of Nutrition, Vinmec Hospital, "Tassi flour is often processed manually, so during the starch filtration process, it may not be able to filter out all impurities, tapioca starch is easy to infect. To prevent the risk of abdominal pain and diarrhea, it is best to mix cassava flour with boiling water to cook tapioca, not with cold water.
In particular, each person should not drink more than one glass of tapioca flour per day. Although tapioca flour is good, an overdose will cause this powder to be counterproductive.
Besides, there is a recipe to add pomelo flowers to this water to enhance the taste, but this is not effective, and at the same time reduces the medicinal herbs of tapioca.

2. How good is tapioca flour to drink?

How to make tapioca starch drink properly:
Ingredients to prepare:
1 tablespoon tapioca flour 1 cup boiling water 1 tablespoon lemon juice Method:
Put the tapioca flour into a medium-sized glass Pour boiling water in and stir well with a spoon so that the dough is cooked evenly, there are no lumps. Next, add lemon juice, mix well and enjoy immediately.
Adding lemon juice to tapioca flour to drink will help you increase your weight loss effect, because lemon is a fruit containing many nutrients capable of burning fat.
You should drink this glass of tapioca starch water in the morning, about 20 minutes before meals to achieve optimal weight loss and skin improvement.
Tapioca tubers are sliced, dried or stored in sealed jars for long-term use. Every day, take 20-30g of brewed with boiling water in a sealed jar, after 20 minutes can be used instead of tea during the day. You can add rock sugar to make it easier to drink.
The cassava roots are sliced ​​and fished with equal amounts, the two are crushed, dried or dried, mixed well and then stored in sealed jars for use gradually. Every day, take 30g, put it in a cloth bag, tie it to your mouth, and then bring it to boil with boiling water in a sealed jar. After about 20 minutes, you can use it, drink it instead of tea during the day. This is a very good beverage for people with high blood pressure, headaches, mouth sores, neck and shoulder pain.
Tapioca root 200g, knitting ginseng 180g, Bach Linh 90g and licorice 60g. All these ingredients are dried and crushed, stored in sealed jars for later use. Every day, take 40g of brake with boiling water in a closed jar, after about 20 minutes, it can be used, drink instead of tea used during the day. This is a very good beverage for people with cardiovascular diseases. However, pregnant women should not use it.

3. Notes when drinking tapioca flour

Should not drink more than 1 glass of cassava/day, should drink ripe to ensure health. Note, you should only add a little sugar, do not drink with too much sugar.
Many people often have the habit of marinating grapefruit flowers in the powder to make the water taste better. However, this is an improper habit, because pomelo flowers will significantly reduce the medicinal properties of the product.
Powder has very strong solderability. Therefore, if children use tapioca starch in its 'live' form, they are prone to cold stomachs and may have diarrhea. That's why you should cook it when you give it to your baby.
For pregnant women, the body is often hot, if drinking tapioca water will be very good. However, if you find that your body is cold, your body is weak, tired, and your blood pressure is low, you should absolutely not drink tapioca flour because they can make your body more tired.

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