What shouldn’t be eaten with dog meat?

Although eating dog meat during the winter solstice is nourishing, it may have the opposite effect if you are not careful about how to pair it with other foods.

1. Dog meat is incompatible with watermelon and pumpkin

Because dog meat tastes sweet and hot, while watermelon is cold in nature and is a raw and cold food, eating it not only greatly reduces the warming effect of mutton, but also harms the spleen and stomach. Pumpkin, on the contrary, is a warm food. If eaten together, it is very easy to get "hot".

Dog meat is rich in protein, while tea contains a lot of tannic acid. If you drink tea immediately after eating dog meat, the tannic acid in the tea will combine with the protein in the dog meat to form tannic acid protein. This substance has an astringent effect, which can weaken intestinal peristalsis and cause constipation. The toxic substances and carcinogens produced by metabolism will be passively absorbed in the intestine, which is not good for health. Therefore, it is best not to drink tea after eating dog meat.

3. It is not suitable to eat with carp

The biochemical reactions between the two are extremely complex and may produce substances that are harmful to the human body.

4. Pokeweed and dog meat are incompatible

Dog meat is sour and warm in nature, and has the functions of invigorating qi and strengthening yang, nourishing the stomach and strengthening the body; Shanglu is bitter and cold. The nature, taste and functions of Pyrola and dog meat are incompatible, so those who use Pyrola should avoid dog meat.

5. Dog meat and garlic are incompatible

Dog meat is hot in nature, while garlic is pungent, warm and irritating. Dog meat is warming and nourishing, while garlic is fumigate. Eating them together will increase fire and easily harm people. People with a hot and yang constitution should avoid eating them.

Garlic is pungent, warm and slightly toxic. It warms the middle, relieves gas, kills bacteria and helps digestion. Fresh garlic contains alliin, a sulfur-containing amino acid. It is broken down into allicin by alliinase, which has a bactericidal effect and can stimulate the gastrointestinal mucosa, causing an increase in gastric juice and enhanced peristalsis.

6. Dog meat and vinegar are incompatible

Because sour vinegar has an astringent effect and is not conducive to the growth of yang energy in the body, eating it with dog meat will greatly reduce its warming and tonic effect.