The colder weather is suitable for an evening gathering around a steaming hot pot. However, because hot pot has many spices, oils, proteins and fats, it is easy to get full, indigestion, and digestive disorders. So what should you eat after eating hot pot to "detox" effectively?
Below are some suggestions for foods such as fruits or drinks that can be eaten after eating hot pot to help support better digestion, according to Sohu . You should consult a nutritionist if you have digestive diseases or specific food allergies to be safer:
1. Eat fruit
After eating hot pot for 30 - 40 minutes, you should eat some cool fruits to help digestion easier as well as lose weight and cool down effectively because hot pots are often spicy and rich in animal fat.
Cool fruits are rich in vitamins that prevent the body from accumulating acid due to eating too much protein from beef, pork, chicken, etc., including kiwi, dragon fruit, pear, grapefruit, pomegranate, watermelon, strawberry, orange, persimmon, etc.
Note, because these fruits are rich in vitamin C, they should not be eaten immediately after eating hot pot, especially seafood hot pot. Because the pentavalent arsenic in seafood combines with the vitamin C in the fruit and then converts into arsenic trioxide, causing poisoning to the body.
Eat fruit at least 30 minutes after finishing hot pot. (Photo: Internet).
2. Drink tea
After eating hot pot for about 1-2 hours, you can drink a cup of green tea to reduce the smell of food in your mouth, promote metabolism and burn fat. However, you should not drink tea immediately after eating hot pot because tannin in tea combines with protein in food to create indigestible residue, precipitate and form kidney stones. This substance also reacts with minerals in food such as iron (from beef), magnesium, zinc. to create acids that are harmful to the stomach. Moreover, tannin and theocine in tea also inhibit the secretion of gastric juice and intestinal juice, making food more difficult to absorb.
If you eat seafood hotpot, it is best to drink green tea after about 2 hours because tannic acid in tea can combine with calcium in shrimp, crab,. also causing indigestion, even kidney stones.
The types of tea you should drink after eating hot pot are black tea, green tea, and rose honey tea.
3. Drink a glass of warm water
After eating hot pot for 30 minutes, you should drink a cup of warm water to promote intestinal motility, stimulate the digestion of food in the stomach. Note that you need to drink warm boiled water to avoid poisoning, limit the body from accumulating too much salt and maintain the balance of potassium - sodium in the blood.
In addition, drinking enough water also helps you prevent the risk of constipation and indigestion when eating greasy and protein-rich dishes such as hot pot.
4. Yogurt
A cup of yogurt 30 minutes after eating hot pot will help increase beneficial bacteria in the intestines, not only protecting the stomach lining if you eat hot and spicy hot pot, but also helping the stomach digest better as well as promoting the process of eliminating waste.
Note that you should not eat cold yogurt immediately after eating hot pot because eating cold and hot food continuously can easily damage the spleen and stomach, causing digestive disorders, diarrhea and toothache.
Nutritionists also say that not only after eating hot pot, but after daily meals you should also eat a cup of yogurt to maintain the balance of bacteria in the intestines as well as support the digestion and absorption of food better.
Yogurt is good for intestinal health and should be consumed daily. (Photo: Internet).
5. Detox lemon water
Surely you are no stranger to glasses of water with a few slices of lemon, not only to increase the flavor of boring plain water, but this type of water also has the effect of cleaning the intestines, reducing the feeling of fat and fullness after eating a lot of protein and animal fat. Lemon also contains acid that helps remove excess fatty acids from food from the body effectively.
6. Things to note when eating hot pot
In addition to what to eat after hot pot, you also need to pay attention to the following issues while eating hot pot so as not to harm your health:
- You should not dip the meat right away when you start eating meat. When you start eating hot pot, especially if you drink alcohol, "lining your stomach" with starchy foods such as potatoes or vegetables will effectively protect your stomach. Moreover, when you dip the meat first, the substance from the animal meat will secrete a layer of oil that sticks to the bottom of the pot, over time it will transform into saturated fatty acids that can easily cause bloating and indigestion.
- You should not eat hot pot for more than 2 hours. This means that eating hot pot for too long will cause the digestive system to work continuously, increasing pressure on the stomach, which means the risk of digestive disorders due to reduced digestive secretions over time.
- Change the hot pot water after 30 minutes of boiling. Hot pot water boiled for too long will produce saturated fats that are harmful to organs in the body such as the heart due to the amount of nitrite converted in vegetables.
Note the food combinations when eating hot pot. (Photo: Internet).
- Be careful with food combinations that can easily cause poisoning, such as shrimp, clams, snails with bitter melon, tomatoes; tomatoes, sweet potatoes and potatoes; beef and Malabar spinach; chicken and perilla.
- Use separate chopsticks for raw and cooked food to avoid food poisoning.
- Limit eating raw foods due to the high risk of bacterial contamination from undercooked food.
- Do not eat hot pot and drink cold drinks at the same time as it can irritate the stomach and reduce digestive secretions, leading to digestive disorders.
- Be careful with processed spices, read the instructions carefully before use and the product's expiration date.
- People with gout, high blood pressure and diabetes should limit drinking hot pot broth; people with digestive disorders and stomach diseases should limit eating hot and spicy hot pot dishes.
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