Balut is very good but is "taboo" for the following 5 groups of people

Balut is very good but not everyone can eat it, so who should not eat balut?

Balut is very good but is a “taboo” for some people. Photo: Vietnamcoracle.

Balut has long been known as a nutritious food. Although good, not everyone can eat balut.

Health benefits of balut eggs

Balut has the effect of restoring yin, nourishing blood, improving intelligence, and helping the body grow quickly. Vietnamese coriander has the effect of eliminating cold, digesting food, brightening eyes, disinfecting, strengthening knees and legs, warming the stomach, and treating indigestion. Fresh ginger has the effect of stimulating digestion, strengthening the heart, and detoxifying food.

According to traditional medicine, balut eaten with spices is a medicine used to treat anemia, weakness, stunted growth, headaches, dizziness, erectile dysfunction...

Nutrition experts say that a balut egg contains 182 kcal of energy, 13.6 g of protein, 12.4 g of lipid, 82 mg of calcium, 212 mg of phosphorus, 600 mg of cholesterol... In addition, it also contains a lot of vitamin A, a small amount of iron, glucid, vitamin B1, vitamin C... However, not everyone can eat balut eggs.

Who should not eat balut?

Below are groups of people who should not eat this dish.

People with cardiovascular disease

Balut contains very high levels of protein and cholesterol. If you eat a lot of balut, bad cholesterol in the blood can increase, causing harm to the heart, increasing the risk of atherosclerosis, arterial blockage causing stroke. Therefore, the advice for people with cardiovascular disease is not to eat balut.

People with high blood pressure

People with high blood pressure should also abstain or not eat much because it can clog arteries, increasing the risk of heart attack and stroke.

People with high blood pressure should absolutely stay away from balut. When eating balut, it means you are taking in a large amount of protein and cholesterol. Meanwhile, these substances are one of the main factors causing high blood pressure.

People with liver and spleen diseases

The spleen and liver are responsible for filtering out harmful substances in the body. However, when they are damaged, the protein from the fertilized duck eggs will force them to work at full capacity, causing even greater damage.

In addition, balut eggs have a cold nature that will cause people with liver disease and spleen disease to easily get bloating, indigestion, and even stomachache.

Pregnant women

Pregnant women should not eat balut with raw Vietnamese coriander. Vietnamese coriander helps digestion, expels cold, disinfects, warms the stomach, prevents bloating and indigestion for normal people, but will have negative effects on the fetus.

Fresh ginger is hot, stimulates digestion, detoxifies, good for the heart... but can cause miscarriage in early pregnancy if the body is weak and the ligaments are loose.

In the late stages of pregnancy, pregnant women who eat balut eggs will accumulate too much protein, slow digestion, and create a lot of bad cholesterol in the blood, which is also not good.

People who have just given birth

Women who have just given birth should not eat balut because this food contains a lot of protein and fat, which can cause indigestion and bloating.

Doctors advise mothers to only eat eggs one to two days after giving birth and not to eat more than two eggs per day.

Children

According to doctors, the digestive system of young children is not yet fully developed, so if parents feed their children too early or eat too many balut eggs, it will lead to bloating and digestive disorders. Children 5 years and older should only eat 1/2 egg at a time, once or twice a week is enough.

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