Diet taboos for old Shunde chocolate

First, people with hot constitution, excessive gastric acidity, and unstable control of the three highs (blood sugar, blood lipids, and blood pressure) should eat with caution.； Second, avoid eating large amounts on an empty stomach, and it is not recommended to mix excessive amounts with high-sugar and high-oil foods. ； The third is to screen for imitation cocoa butter substitutes. The consumption taboos of these products are completely different from those of the old Shunde chocolate made from authentic cocoa beans.

Many people saw this kind of dark brown lump wrapped in straw paper for the first time at the Shunde morning market, and thought it was ordinary dark chocolate. When I took a friend from the north to visit Ronggui Old Street a few years ago, he picked it up and bit it, his face wrinkled up in pain, and he asked, "What the hell is this?" In fact, the serious old Shunde chocolate is a local food that has been passed down for hundreds of years. People who went to Nanyang in the past brought back cocoa beans. The local masters improved the method and stir-fried it over low heat for 40 minutes. When coarsely grinding, they added a small amount of ginger powder and khaki sugar to enhance the flavor. It contains additives such as emulsifiers and flavors. It is warm and high in calories. People who used to work hard could drink a bowl to keep them hungry for half a day. It is not at all the same as the sweet industrial chocolate sold in supermarkets. Naturally, the taboos cannot be the same as ordinary chocolate.

I accompanied my mother to see a Chinese medicine doctor a while ago. The old Chinese medicine doctor heard that she cooked a bowl of chocolate eggs every morning and quickly asked her to stop. My mother is still wondering, isn’t this a way to replenish qi and blood? The old Chinese medicine doctor pointed at her tongue coating. It was yellow and thick and greasy. Her mouth was still bitter when she woke up in the morning. It was obvious that she had severe stomach fire. Wouldn't drinking this warm chocolate add fuel to the fire? And my colleague who has reflux esophagitis drank less than half a bowl of chocolate milk during the last department team building, and the acid water lasted all afternoon. This is because cocoa itself stimulates gastric acid secretion. People with excessive gastric acidity and peptic tract ulcers should be careful with this. If I had just eaten hot pot or barbecue the day before, I would never dare to touch it. Last time I was so greedy that I drank less than half a bowl, and the next day I developed an ulcer at the corner of my mouth, which lasted for three days.

When it comes to this, there must be people born and raised in Shunde who disagree, saying that my grandma ate two large bowls a day during confinement and never got angry? This is actually the difference between traditional customs and modern health care concepts. In the past, supplies were scarce, and even oil star seeds were rarely seen after a mother gave birth. Chocolate is high in calories and has the warmth of ginger. It can replenish qi and blood quickly and produce milk. It is the best supplement. But now people usually have enough nutrition. If you are prone to constipation after childbirth and have not cleared the lochia, drinking chocolate with brown sugar and ginger cubes every day will easily aggravate the internal heat? My cousin went through this trap after giving birth last year. Her mother-in-law boiled chocolate eggs every day according to the old rules. As a result, she got hemorrhoids and couldn't sit still. It took three days to stop and she recovered. After all, there is no absolute rule of whether you can eat it or not. It just depends on whether it suits your body type.

In addition to physical problems, problems can also arise if the combination is incorrect. The last time I was at a sweet shop in Daliang, I saw some tourists adding taro balls, condensed milk and fried milk to the chocolate. It was so sweet that it made you feel cloying after just one bowl. Authentic old chocolate has more than 500 calories per 100 grams, and its fat content is not low. Add these high-sugar and high-oil ingredients, and the calories in a bowl are almost as much as two hamburgers. For people with high blood lipids and blood sugar, eating this way can really put a burden on the body. There are also young people who are trying to be fresh and put the cooked chocolate in the refrigerator to chill it. My grandma would scold her when she saw it, saying that if you drink something warm, the coldness will be trapped in your stomach and cause stomach upset. I secretly tried it once. If my stomach is good, it is okay to drink it once in a while, but if it is not hot, drink it to keep it warm. People with cold stomachs should not take this risk.

Oh, by the way, there is another pitfall that is the easiest to step into. Many of the so-called "Old Shunde Chocolate" sold online now are actually made from cocoa butter. It is extremely sweet and contains trans fatty acids. This kind of chocolate is not worth mentioning for health care. No matter what your body type, you should eat less, especially the elderly and children. Authentic Old Shunde chocolate is made up of rough cocoa granules when you break it open. It is bitter at first and then fragrant when you bite it, with a hint of ginger. The first ingredient in the ingredient list must be cocoa chunks or cocoa beans. When buying, take a double look at the ingredient list to avoid making the wrong purchase.

After all, Old Shunde Chocolate is a home-cooked food that locals have eaten all their lives. How can there be so many black and white rules? It's just a matter of finding out its properties of being warm, high in calories, and stimulating gastric acid secretion, and then combining it with your own physical condition. Don't be greedy for too much, don't mix it randomly, and just eat it comfortably. If you are really not sure whether you can eat it or not, just ask the old lady downstairs who is eating chocolate in the sun, which is more reliable than reading ten general health articles.