Be careful when eating too salty and too spicy

After a month of constantly eating mango shake and salted toasted bread, Thu had gastritis to be hospitalized for treatment.

Thu said that after one month of eating dishes with chilli salt continuously, started to suffer from epigastric pain, when hunger was pained, heartburn, nausea. Prolonged illness caused her fatigue, weight loss, examination at the Department of Gastroenterology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, doctors diagnosed gastritis.

Specialist 2 Hoang Danh Tan, Head of the Department of International Gastrointestinalism identified with the precursor of previous gastric ulcer of Thu, the use of food from chili salt continuously within a month made the symptoms of pain appear again. again and heavier. Doctors advise patients to limit the use of chili salts, and medical treatment with medicine and the use of extra technology will help heal stomach ulcers quickly.

Dr. Lam Vinh Nien is examining a patient with digestive problems.(Photo: TT).

Many people believe that eating spicy can cure, lose weight. However, according to Dr. Lam Vinh Nien, Head of Nutrition Department, Hospital of Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy, this concept is completely wrong. Basically, to burn and eliminate fat from the body, it is necessary to have a suitable exercise regime and limit the consumption of spicy foods with energy-rich foods, for example: potato chips .

Dr. Nien recommends that too much food containing salt and chili negatively affect your health , including kidneys, which are the major organ in handling excess salt in the body. When salt accumulates a lot, the body must hold the water back to dilute, leading to an increase in the volume of fluid around the cell, an increase in blood volume, the heart must increase the intensity of work, blood pressure is more under pressure. According to the time of vascular walls hardened and cause hypertension leading to heart attack and stroke.

Evidence shows that eating high salt causes damage to the heart, arteries, kidneys, and bone damage even when the patient has not had hypertension. Peppers can damage the taste buds in the tongue, which in the long term cause loss of appetite. Although it does not cause stomach ulcers, the ingredients in chili can worsen the condition of gastric ulcers in people who already have the disease. People with hemorrhoids or irritable colitis should also avoid chili. Patients who are taking anticoagulants should also avoid using chili as it reduces the effect of these drugs.

The combination is very simple between salt, chili and fruits, rice paper, bread to create a very delicious feeling that is easy to "addict". Doctor Nien explains: Salty is one of the 5 basic tastes of taste perception bodies. Eating salty forms a habit and tends to increase, meaning that if you get used to salty foods, you need to maintain that level to feel good. Also, spicy food helps increase secretion of saliva, gastric juice, create appetite, better digestion. Combining salt and chili in foods creates a sense of appetite and is easy to get addicted to, and creates nerve signals in the brain about the "dependency" feeling .

The combination is very simple between salt, chili and fruits, rice paper, bread to create a very delicious feeling that is easy to "addict".

Some people have a habit of spotting chili salt or sugar with foods such as fruit, bread to eat more deliciously, the doctor thinks that this can be considered as a way to add fruit to the diet, with the packages to ensure food safety and hygiene. However, caution should be exercised in people with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, kidney disease .

Even ordinary people should only eat salt in moderate amounts. As recommended by WHO, daily salt intake for adults is 5g (one teaspoon) , of which 2g is from natural food, 3g from spices (salt, monosodium glutamate, seasoning salt, fish sauce). In addition, special cases need to comply with the instructions of the treating doctor, such as those with medical conditions and taking drugs that cause hyponatremia or water retention, special diets such as heart failure, hypertension, impairment kidney.

The degree of spicy acceptance depends on each person, so the symptoms of spicy eating with levels depend on each person. Therefore, users should stop eating when the pain of spicy pain is too much, which is a signal that the body cannot accept the spicy level. People with stomach ulcers, hemorrhoids, irritable colitis or taking anticoagulants are subjects that should limit spicy eating. Children with smaller body sizes than adults, taste receptors are also more sensitive, so spicy levels should be lower than adults.