Who can't eat lemon, ginger, onion and garlic, and why

We all know that onions, garlic, lemon and ginger are very healthy. These products help to increase immunity, so they are usually taken during the cold season. And, of course, now that the COVID-19 pandemic is rampant around the world, their popularity has only increased.

However, experts say that this glorious four is not as good as it is commonly believed. And some people do not even need to eat these products, but even it is forbidden to use them!

The benefits of lemon have long been controversial. On the one hand, this fruit is famous for its large amount of vitamins and minerals, on the other hand-it is very acidic, and this, as some believe, is dangerous for health.

In fact, the fear of acid from lemon has no scientific basis. Yes, it does contain a lot of organic acids, but our stomach is programmed to withstand them. Once in the body, organic acids can shift the balance to the alkaline side. This is useful for gout and the presence of kidney stones from uric acid. But with oxalate-no longer.

Therefore, the main harm that a lemon can cause is to" disguise " sugar. When it is added to a very sweet drink, its taste already seems not so cloying, but on the contrary-refreshing. Therefore, you will drink much more, and this is extra calories and carbohydrates.

Ginger-masthave in the home "first aid kit" of adherents of traditional medicine. People believe that with the help of this plant, you can cure almost anything — in 2020, the coronavirus was included in this list of diseases.

But turning to the database of scientific publications, you can see that the benefits of this product are clearly exaggerated. Scientists from Asia say that ginger can improve the course of diabetes, have anti-inflammatory effects and promote weight loss. Their American and European colleagues found that the root of this plant is effective against nausea during pregnancy and nausea caused by chemotherapy treatment. But all the results are only preliminary, as the research is still ongoing.

But it is known for sure that ginger is a very spicy and spicy product, which means that it can cause trouble for people with functional dyspepsia, hemorrhoids and reflux. Therefore, it is up to you to decide whether to use it or not — it is not a panacea, but at the same time a delicious and useful supplement to the main food.

Garlic is another product that saves you from "everything in the world" from colds to evil spirits. You have probably often heard that to increase immunity, it is enough to eat at least a clove of garlic a day. But is this really the case?

And the truth is this: garlic is one of the main "provocateurs" of heartburn, belching and other symptoms of reflux. Due to its pronounced choleretic effect, garlic can be useful for healthy people, but people with cholelithiasis are strictly forbidden to use it.

There is also an opinion that garlic helps with heart attacks and diabetes. Perhaps this is true, because numerous studies have shown that regular consumption of garlic helps to reduce cholesterol, blood sugar and normalize blood pressure.

Onions-you can say, the closest "relative" of garlic, so they have similar properties. It also provokes reflux disease with all the accompanying symptoms, and in the same way lowers blood pressure and cholesterol. Therefore, the answer to the question: "Is it worth eating onions?", directly depends on your current state of health.

By the way, onions are included in the list of prohibited products of most of the famous "tables" of Pevsner. A well-known Soviet therapist strongly recommended that people with stomach ulcers, duodenal disease, gastritis, colitis and other diseases should give up onions.

But in general, it is a useful and delicious addition to dishes. If you have no contraindications.

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