Why does eating crabs cause diarrhea

The best time to eat female crabs is around September of the lunar calendar, when the meat of female crabs is the most plump. Male crabs are best eaten after October of the lunar calendar. There are some skills in choosing and buying crabs. For example, the back of a good-quality crab is blue-gray and very shiny. You can also smell it. Once you find that the crab has a strong fishy smell, it means that it has gone bad and is easy to cause diarrhea after eating it. So why does eating crabs cause diarrhea?

First, why does eating crabs cause diarrhea? The crabs are not cooked thoroughly. River (lake) crabs feed on animal carcasses or humus, so the crab's body surface, gills and gastrointestinal tract are covered with various bacteria and sludge. Thorough cooking is mainly for sterilization and killing parasites. If the crabs are not cooked thoroughly, the bacteria cannot be completely killed and people are likely to develop acute gastroenteritis and diarrhea after eating such crabs. How to tell whether crabs are cooked through: The main way to tell whether crabs are cooked through is to observe the color change. Unripe hairy crabs are green, and the cooked crab shells are red. After the crab shell turns red, it needs to continue steaming for 5 to 10 minutes. The final way to tell whether the hairy crabs are cooked through is to see whether the crab roe turns red. Only when the crab roe turns red is it cooked through.

Second, the stomach and intestines are fragile. Some people have fragile stomachs and are prone to diarrhea at the slightest irritation. Crabs are high in protein, fat and cholesterol, which are slightly different from the nutritional proportions in our daily diet. If you eat them with other rich foods or drink alcohol, it will cause considerable irritation to the gastrointestinal tract and may cause diarrhea.

Why does eating crabs cause diarrhea? Eating too many crabs at one time. Hairy crabs are cold foods. This type of food contains a lot of coldness. Eating too much can cause the stomach to be unbearable and can easily lead to spleen and stomach deficiency and coldness. The gastrointestinal digestive function will be seriously reduced, and indigestion symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal distension, and abdominal pain may occur. In addition, women during menstruation should avoid eating crabs or eat less, otherwise it may lead to uterine cold, aggravated dysmenorrhea, less menstrual blood volume and even menopause.