4 foods that are taboo with pork, the 4th type surprises housewives

Pork is one of the familiar and popular foods in Vietnamese families. This food is rich in thiamine - one of the B vitamins that plays an essential role in the body's functions.

In addition, pork contains a lot of selenium and zinc - substances necessary for a healthy brain and immune system.

Pork can be easily processed and combined with many different foods into delicious dishes such as sweet and sour stir-fried meat, stir-fried with lemongrass and chili, braised pork, jellied pork, fried pork, grilled pork, steamed pork, etc.

However, not everyone knows that there are 4 dishes that are taboo with pork, and combining them together can cause poisoning.

Pork is a popular food in every family's daily meals, but housewives need to be very careful and avoid combining pork with taboo foods.

1. Beef

In the classic Chinese medical book Yinshan Zhengyao (Principles of Diet) written by Hu Sihui, a Chinese royal nutritionist and therapist during the Yuan Dynasty, it is stated that pork and beef are two foods that are incompatible with each other. This is mainly considered from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine.

Pork has a sour taste, cold properties, and nourishes yin; while beef has a sweet taste, warm properties, and has the effect of nourishing the spleen and stomach, strengthening the waist and feet.

One is warm in nature and one is cold in nature; one nourishes the spleen and stomach, while the other is both cold and produces phlegm. The nature and taste are opposite, so they should not be eaten together.

Pork and beef are considered two foods that are incompatible with each other.

2. Soybeans

Soybeans and pork should not be cooked together because soybeans contain 60-80% phosphorus. This element is very suitable when combined with protein in eggs.

However, if combined with foods such as pork or fish, the phosphorus content in soybeans will reduce the nutritional value of pork, especially lean meat.

In addition, the combination of soybeans and lean meat and fish also makes it difficult for substances such as calcium, iron, zinc, etc. to be fully absorbed into the body.

3. Goat liver

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that: "Eating pork and goat liver together makes the patient weak" or "Pork with goat liver. The brain and heart are weak and the qi is difficult to absorb".

This is because goat liver is cold. Meanwhile, pork has a lot of fat, when entering the stomach it will generate heat, so the combination of these two dishes can cause bloating, discomfort and stomach pain.

Moreover, goat liver has a slightly foul smell. If cooked with pork, the dish will become less appealing and difficult to enjoy.

4. Ginger

Ginger and pork are two things that should not be combined because they are taboo. Although ginger can be used to remove the fishy smell of meat, they should not be cooked together because when eaten in large quantities, the dish can cause rheumatism and rashes.

This is a mistake that many housewives often make because they think that adding a piece of ginger when boiling meat will help remove the meat's bad smell.

Ginger and pork are two things that should not be combined.

Oriental medicine believes that you should not eat pork with shrimp, snails, and apricots because they are incompatible according to the five elements.

In the book Nam Duoc Than Hieu by Tue Tinh, there are also experiences such as pork is especially taboo with apple snails, licorice, apricots, shrimp... because it can easily cause cold stomach, indigestion, and digestive disorders.