Can I eat eggs while taking Chinese medicine when I am sick?

Eggs are rich in protein and are generally not suitable for consumption immediately after taking Chinese medicine. They can be consumed half an hour after a meal. In addition, it is also important to consider what the patient is taking and whether it will react with eggs and cause adverse effects on the body.

1. Can I eat eggs while taking Chinese medicine?

Chinese medicine generally hurts the stomach and can be taken half an hour after a meal. Eggs can be taken after eating a small amount of starchy food to help absorption.

2. Misconceptions about eating eggs

1. The more eggs a mother eats, the better

During the delivery process, mothers expend a lot of physical energy, their digestion and absorption functions are weakened, and their liver detoxification function is reduced. Eating a large amount of food will increase the burden on the liver and kidneys, causing adverse consequences. Eating too much protein will also produce a large amount of ammonia, hydroxyl, phenol and other chemical substances in the intestines, which are very toxic to the human body. It is easy to have symptoms such as abdominal distension, dizziness, limb weakness, coma, etc., leading to "protein poisoning syndrome." Protein intake should be calculated based on the body's ability to digest and absorb protein. Generally speaking, it is enough for a new mother to eat about 3 eggs a day.

2. Adding MSG to scrambled eggs will make them taste better

Eggs themselves contain a large amount of glutamate and a certain amount of chloride and sodium. After heating, these two substances will produce a new substance - monosodium glutamate, which is the main ingredient of MSG and has a very pure umami taste. If you add MSG when frying eggs, the umami flavor produced by the decomposition of MSG will destroy the natural umami flavor of the eggs themselves. Therefore, it is not advisable to add MSG when frying eggs.

3. Eggs and soy milk are highly nutritious

Many people have the eating habit of eating an egg while drinking soy milk in the morning, or beating an egg and cooking it in soy milk. Soy milk is sweet and mild in nature, and contains many nutrients such as plant protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, etc. Drinking it alone has a good nourishing effect. However, there is a special substance called trypsin, which combines with the ovalbumin in the egg white, causing the loss of nutrients and reducing the nutritional value of both.