What are the dangers of eating coix seed all year round

For women, coix seed is a very useful food. Because coix seed can help people beautify themselves and is also very helpful for women to lose weight, many women often eat coix seed, which helps them lose weight invisibly. But in fact, there are many taboos about coix seed. Some ingredients and coix seed will have a counteracting reaction, and coix seed is cold in nature. Eating it frequently may cause certain harm to the human body. So, what are the dangers of eating coix seed all year round?

Is barley porridge suitable for daily consumption?

Job's tears porridge can beautify and slim the body, and some women eat it almost every day. However, although barley porridge is nutritious and healthy, and has the effect of beauty and slimming, it also has certain eating taboos. Moreover, barley tastes sweet and cold in nature, so it is not suitable for long-term consumption. Therefore, barley porridge is not suitable for daily consumption. In addition, when eating barley porridge, you must pay attention to the eating taboos of barley porridge to fully exert the nutritional effects of barley porridge. The following are 3 types of people who cannot eat barley porridge. They should pay more attention to it in daily life:

1. Job's tears itself is cold in nature, which will make the body cold and weak. Therefore, people with weak and cold constitution are not suitable to eat job's tears or drink job's tears porridge for a long time.

2. People with irregular menstruation should not eat it. Job's tears are sweet, mild and slightly cold in nature, and have the effects of diuresis and swelling, strengthening the spleen and removing dampness, relaxing muscles and removing numbness, clearing away heat and discharging pus. However, women with irregular menstruation and women with cold body should not eat too much coix seed during menstruation, otherwise it may affect their normal physiological condition.

3. Pregnant women should not eat barley porridge. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that coix seed is slippery in texture and should not be eaten as it can harm the fetus. Pharmacological experiments have also shown that coix seed has an excitatory effect on the smooth muscles of the uterus, which can promote uterine contraction and easily cause miscarriage. Moreover, coix seed has a diuretic effect, which may cause an imbalance of sodium and potassium ions in the body, causing more water to be excreted, and the amount of amniotic fluid may decrease. However, coix seed will not cause fetal malformation. Pregnant women can eat it but they must not be greedy.

What are the benefits of eating barley porridge?

1. Lower blood calcium, delay aging, and improve the body's immune ability.

2. Effects on cardiovascular system: Inhibits the respiratory center and dilates peripheral blood vessels, especially pulmonary blood vessels.

3. Anti-tumor: It is especially suitable for digestive tract tumors caused by spleen deficiency and dampness, and lung cancer caused by phlegm heat and dampness.

4. Lowering blood sugar: It can dilate blood vessels and lower blood sugar, especially for high blood pressure and high blood sugar.

5. Strengthen physical fitness: Enhance immunity and anti-inflammatory effects. Coix seed oil promotes cellular immunity and humoral immunity.

6. Sedative, analgesic and antipyretic effects: It has sedative, analgesic and antipyretic effects. It is effective for patients with rheumatic pain.

7. Inhibit skeletal muscle contraction: Job's tears can inhibit skeletal muscle contraction, reduce muscle contracture, shorten its fatigue curve, and inhibit the contraction of skeletal muscle.

8. Whitening skin: Job's tears are rich in protein, which can help eliminate spots and make the skin whiter. If consumed for a long time, it can also moisturize the skin.

9. Promote metabolism: Job's tears can promote the metabolism of blood and water in the body, has diuretic and anti-edema effects, and can help defecation, so it can help lose weight.

10. Job's tears can help lose weight and treat acne: Eating 60 grams of job's tears every day can effectively lower blood cholesterol, prevent cardiovascular diseases, enhance the immune system, and increase resistance to disease. Job's tears oil has an excitatory effect on the heart, intestines, uterus, skeletal muscles, and motor nerve endings at low concentrations, and a paralyzing effect at high concentrations.