1. Who should not drink soy milk?
mer, drinking soy milk can cool down, quench thirst and prevent heatstroke.
Soy milk is a very nutritious and healthy drink. According to Traditional Medicine, soy milk has the effect of clearing the lungs, eliminating phlegm, reducing blood fat, and lowering blood pressure for people with high blood pressure. Drinking a cup of soy milk every day is said to have a certain effect in preventing colon cancer, especially for people with diabetes, it has a good effect in reducing blood sugar.
According to traditional medicine, soybeans are cold and active, so people with weak spleen and stomach, bloating, flatulence, belching, heartburn, diarrhea, and people with symptoms of weak kidney yang, spermatorrhea, frequent urination at night, etc. should not drink soy milk, because it can easily make the above symptoms worse.
1. 1. People with gastritis, poor intestinal tract
Soy milk is cold, so it is not suitable for people with poor intestinal tract. People with poor intestinal tract who drink soy milk often have problems such as stomach ache, belching, and bloating.
In the composition of soy milk, there are substances that can stimulate the stomach to secrete more acid, which is not good for the stomach. Therefore, people with acute and chronic gastritis should limit drinking soy milk as well as limit eating foods made from soybeans to avoid making the condition worse.
Soy milk under the effect of a catalyst that can produce gas in the digestive tract, so it will cause bloating, flatulence, people with diarrhea should not drink soy milk.
1. 2. People with gout
Soy milk contains purine, when you cannot metabolize it all, purine accumulates, causing some symptoms that make gout patients feel more pain. That is why people with gout symptoms should not drink a lot of soy milk and soy products.
1. 3. People who are taking antibiotics
Antibiotics containing erythromycin should not be taken with soy milk. Because when erythromycin is combined with soy milk, it can cause a chemical reaction, forming another substance that reduces the effect of antibiotics. Therefore, you absolutely should not drink soy milk immediately after taking antibiotics, it is best to wait about 1 hour.
1. 4. People with breast cancer
People with a history of breast, ovarian and uterine cancer should not drink soy milk. The reason may be because soybeans contain phytoestrogens that act like estrogen hormones, which can make these cancer cells grow faster.
1. 5. People with kidney stones
The oxalate in soy milk is very easy to combine with calcium in the blood to create kidney stones. Therefore, people with kidney stones should not drink soy milk.
Who should not drink soy milk is a question of many people
Who should not drink soy milk is a question of many people
1. 6. People with zinc deficiency
Soy milk contains inhibitors such as hormone saponin and lectin, which are not good for your body. The best way to deal with these substances is to boil the soy milk, and if you drink soy milk for a long time, remember to supplement the trace element zinc.
1. 7. Patients in the recovery stage after surgery
Patients after surgery or people who are sick often have very weak health, weak liver function, kidney function, stomach, intestines...so it is best not to drink soy milk. Because soy milk is cold, it can easily cause abdominal pain, diarrhea and some other symptoms when health is not good.
1. 8. Pregnant women
Pregnant and breastfeeding women should only use a small amount of soy milk and use it when necessary. If you use a lot of soy while pregnant, it can be dangerous for the development of the fetus.
2. What food is soy milk incompatible with?
2. 1. Do not beat eggs with soy milk
Many people have the habit of beating eggs into soy milk or drinking soy milk with eggs because they think that doing so can increase nutrients. In fact, the opposite is true, because egg whites combined with trypsin in soy milk will form a precipitate that is difficult for your body to absorb, and it also destroys the nutrients inherent in eggs and soy milk.
2. 2. Do not add brown sugar when cooking soy milk
You should not add brown sugar to soy milk. Because brown sugar contains many organic acids such as acetic acid, lactic acid, ... which combine with proteins and calcium to form denatured compounds that destroy the nutrients in soy milk, while affecting the body's ability to absorb and digest.
3. Some other notes when drinking soy milk
3. 1. You should not drink too much soy milk at once
For adults, you should not drink more than 500ml of soy milk at a time. If you drink too much, it can easily lead to stomach pain and diarrhea because the nutrients in soy milk are not fully absorbed, which is not good for the digestive tract.
3. 2. You should not drink soy milk when hungry
If you drink soy milk when hungry, most of the protein in it will change into heat and will be consumed in the body, which may not exert its nutritional effect.
Instead, you should eat some starchy foods when drinking milk, such as bread, steamed bread, cakes, etc. Under the influence of starch, the protein in soy milk can completely react with gastric juice and help the nutrients to be fully absorbed by the body.
3. 3. You should not drink uncooked soy milk
Uncooked soy milk is harmful to your health. The reason is because it contains two types of toxic substances, which will lead to protein metabolism disorders and cause irritation of the digestive tract, leading to symptoms such as poisoning. The way to prevent the risk of poisoning when drinking soy milk is very simple, which is to boil the milk at a high temperature below 100 degrees Celsius.
3. 4. You should not put soy milk in a thermos
You should not put soy milk in thermos bottles or thermoses because bacteria can easily grow in soy milk at warm temperatures. In addition, after cooking for 3 to 4 hours, soy milk will be denatured, it affects the body's digestive process, so it can no longer be used.
In short, although soy milk is a very good drink for the body, you should not drink too much. In addition, you should drink cooked soy milk (at a temperature of 80 - 90 degrees Celsius) to ensure health safety. If you are experiencing the above health conditions, you should limit drinking soy milk to avoid making the symptoms worse.
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