Is it good for your stomach to eat while the food is hot? " 'eat while it's hot' has always been a polite word for Chinese hospitality, but this etiquette seems to need to be changed. Recently, according to a report by the Taiwan cancer clinical research and development foundation, eating too cold and too hot will damage the intestinal tract and body function. Usually, eating more food close to the body temperature can delay gastrointestinal aging and help people prolong life.
From steaming noodles to steamed buns and dumplings with hot fillings and hot hot pot, the Chinese diet has always been inseparable from the word "heat". Bian Jiang, Deputy Secretary General of China Cuisine Association, said that this is because the quality of human body in Asia is relatively weak. Eating hot food can provide more energy for the body and help people keep warm. In contrast, people in Europe, America and other places have stronger human bodies and usually eat more calories. Therefore, they have no special requirements for food temperature, so they have more cold food in their diet. " Of course, another reason why Chinese people like to eat hot is that the delicacy of many foods needs temperature & lsquo; Excitation & rsquo;, The Chinese people's sense of taste and smell have already adapted to this fragrance stimulated by temperature, so hot food has become a constant eating habit for thousands of years. " Frontier said.
Nevertheless, more and more studies show that overheating diet is closely related to a variety of digestive tract diseases such as esophageal cancer. This is because the human esophageal wall is composed of mucous membrane. It is very delicate and can only tolerate food at 50-60 ℃. If the temperature exceeds this temperature, the mucous membrane of the esophagus will be scalded. The temperature of over hot food is about 70-80 ℃, like freshly brewed tea, the temperature can reach 80-90 ℃, which is easy to scald the esophageal wall. If you often eat hot food, the mucosal damage has not been repaired and scalded, it can form superficial ulcer. Repeated scalding and repair will cause mucosal changes and further develop into tumors.
Chinese medicine does not advocate overheating diet. In the digestive tract, the digestion process of food is suitable to be carried out at a temperature close to body temperature. Overheated food will lead to hyperactivity of Qi and blood, dilation of gastrointestinal blood vessels and stimulation of intestines and stomach.
Therefore, the most appropriate food temperature is' neither cold nor hot '. Many parents will blow it to a slight temperature before feeding their baby. In fact, this temperature is also the most appropriate for adults. Feel a little warm with your lips and don't burn your mouth. It's the most suitable. Similarly, people should pay attention to temperature when drinking water. It is best to drink warm water every day, and the water temperature is between 18-45 ℃. Too hot water will not only damage the enamel of teeth, but also strongly stimulate the throat, digestive tract and gastric mucosa. Even in winter, drinking water should not exceed 50 ℃. If you are really afraid of cold, you can eat more ginger, pepper, cinnamon, pepper and other foods with the function of 'heat production', which will not damage the esophagus and have additional health care effects.