Pea dietary taboos

People with soy allergy must abstain from food, and people with chronic renal insufficiency and severe indigestion must strictly control their intake. It is not recommended to eat it with large amounts of vinegar and high oxalate foods for a long time in daily cooking.

To be honest, I used to think there were any taboos about a soft home-cooked ingredient like peas, but it wasn’t until people around me stepped on it one after another that I really became interested. The first thing I want to talk about is a situation that should never be touched - bean allergy. Two years ago, I helped a best friend who was allergic to broad beans prepare a fat-reducing meal. I thought that peas and broad beans were different and tender enough to squeeze out the water, so there must be no problem, so I gave her half a box of stir-fried vegetables. As a result, after she took three mouthfuls, her arms started to itch and develop red rashes. After she was sent to the emergency room, she learned that the allergens of leguminous plants are highly cross-linked. Whether it is broad beans, peas or soybeans, as long as they are diagnosed with leguminous allergy, they will most likely not tolerate it. Of course, some nutrition bloggers say that allergens can be destroyed as long as they are cooked thoroughly. I specifically asked the allergist doctor about this. It is true that a small number of people with mild allergies can tolerate cooked peas, but there is a high probability that they will still have allergic reactions. You can’t risk going into shock for a bite of peas, right?

In addition to hard taboos such as allergies, the rest are mostly "depending on the person's choice of dishes". The first one is that people with renal insufficiency should eat less, especially dried peas. There is an Uncle Zhang downstairs in my house who suffers from uremia. He is usually very strict with his mouth. Last time his son brought back half a catty of braised dried peas. He couldn't help but eat less than half a bowl. When he went for a review the next day, his creatinine went up by 26, and he was scolded by the doctor. To be fair here, there are also new nutrition studies that believe that as long as the kidney function is still in the compensatory period and the total protein intake is controlled throughout the day, it is okay to eat a dozen fresh peas occasionally. There is no need to directly blacklist peas. If you are really unsure, just ask your doctor. Don't be blind.

Children who are prone to bloating, acid reflux, or whose gastrointestinal functions are not yet fully developed should not eat too many peas at one time. Last week, I fed my three-year-old niece half a bowl of stir-fried peas. She enjoyed the meal, but in the afternoon she clutched her stomach and cried out for bloating, and the burps she made had a sour smell. I went to the pediatrician and said she had eaten too many peas - the oligosaccharides in the peas cannot be directly absorbed by the small intestine, and when they are fermented by bacteria in the large intestine, they will produce a lot of gas, especially if they are not cooked soft. Of course, if your intestines and stomach are as strong as a calf, it would be a good thing to eat more peas to supplement dietary fiber and promote defecation. This thing is essentially honey to one and arsenic to another.

As for the pitfalls in pairing, they are actually not as evil as the "food incompatible" rumors posted on the Internet. The most noteworthy ones are actually two. The first one is not to add too much vinegar to the cold peas. I used to make cold peas in the summer to make the cold peas refreshing, so I poured a lot of mature vinegar. Later, I checked the nutritional label and found out that the carotene content of fresh peas is higher than that of many green leafy vegetables. Acetic acid will destroy the structure of carotene. I originally wanted to supplement some vitamin A precursors, but it was all gone. Of course, if you don't go for nutritional supplements in the first place and just like the sour taste, you can add as much or as little as you want. You don't have to be bound by rules. The second thing is not to eat large amounts of high-oxalate foods such as spinach and asparagus for a long time. The calcium content in dried peas is not low. When combined with oxalic acid, it is easy to form calcium oxalate, which increases the risk of stones. But it has to be said that if your kidney function is normal and you drink a lot of water, you can cook peas and spinach soup occasionally. Don't drink it once and be afraid for several days.

In fact, I also found it funny when I was sorting out these things. When I was a kid, my family cooked peas, and adults and children ate them from bowls as snacks. I didn’t see so much emphasis on them. After all, dietary taboos are meant to remind special people. As long as ordinary people don’t overeat and pay attention to whether they feel uncomfortable when eating, they don’t need to compare the taboo lists one by one. After all, happiness is the most important thing when eating, right?