Tag: taboo

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Measles has broken out many times. Are you still so afraid of vaccines?

Do you think vaccination is harmful? Do you refuse to give your child a vaccine? Do you still remember the vaccine you received when you were a child? Measles, rubella, mumps, tuberculosis, hepatitis B… Do you think it is really lucky to survive now that rumors of vaccines are flying everywhere? In addition to this, do you have other misunderstandings about vaccines in what? How many of those rumors about vaccines are wrong? Rumors do not just come from gossip. In 1998, the international well-known medical journal < < Lancet > > published an article entitled < < ileal lymph node hyperplasia, non-specific colitis and generalized developmental disorder > >. The author of the article believed that the injection of Read More …

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The baby grows eczema, do you want to avoid eating?

Infant eczema is a common skin disease in infants. After many babies develop eczema, mothers begin to worry about whether they are allergic to food and whether they should avoid eating it. In fact, excessive taboos and no taboos at all are not conducive to children’s recovery. Today we will talk about how to avoid eating moderately. Judging Allergens from Food Diaries Some mothers of children with eczema hold their children and check for allergens everywhere. They want to find out the culprit and strictly avoid eating after finding out many [allergens]. They don’t eat this or that, and they don’t consider their own and children’s nutrition problems at all. In fact, the test results of any allergen are not Read More …

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How can nursing mothers avoid eating gracefully? Knowing these points, you can also let go of eating.

During the Chinese New Year reunion, a large family is happy to sit around the dining table. However, there will always be [kind] people who have come to tell you: You can’t eat this, you will return milk. Pears are cool. After eating your milk, it is not good for your baby. Many new mothers give up a lot of delicious food based on the idea of “everything is for the good of the baby”. However, during lactation, it is very important to have a variety of foods and balanced nutrition. Blindly not eating certain foods may be at risk of malnutrition. Apart from a few places that need attention, you can also eat what your family can eat. Is Read More …

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Don’t be fooled any more, this is the scientific diet taboo during pregnancy!

Editor’s Note: This content comes from the round table activity of “Methodology for Raising Two Children” jointly organized by Dr. Clove and Zhihu. Click to view the details of the activity. Having a pregnant mother in the family is a big event in the family. The whole family is in a hurry around the pregnant mother and is careful everywhere. However, do you really understand scientific dietary taboos during pregnancy? Is it all is forgiven or trembling? During pregnancy, it is necessary for pregnant mothers to avoid some food. Why should diet during pregnancy be taboo? One is to protect the health and safety of pregnant women themselves, because the immunity of pregnant women is worse than usual, and they Read More …

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Take Eva to relax and don’t let these unnecessary worries torture yourself.

Mothers of the second child may all feel this way: when they gave birth to Dabao, they were extremely nervous, ate countless parenting books and consulted many [former people] around them, but the result was still in a hurry. When pregnant with the two treasures, everything becomes much simpler: bolder and less dogmatic. Yes, Dr. Clove wants to tell everyone: Relax, Eva’s vitality can be tenacious. Most legends [mistakes that must not be made] are to frighten herself. Is the baby serious? Some of the baby’s manifestations are not illness at all, such as [horse tooth] [breast lump] [cockroach mouth], which are all fine and do not need treatment. However, in some cases of illness, there is no need to Read More …

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White radish and carrot, tofu and spinach, durian and milk… are these things really harmful to eat together?

Many readers told Dr. Clove that all kinds of eating in life make people run around. This cannot be eaten, that cannot be drunk, this is poisonous, that is harmful… For all kinds of unreliable statements, Dr. Clove decided to see one and eliminate the other. Today, he will first choose 10 common ones to talk about. Can’t white radishes and carrots be eaten together? The reason why the two kinds of radishes cannot be eaten together sounds well organized: Carrots contain a decomposing enzyme called ascorbic acid, which decomposes vitamin C in white radishes. But it really just sounds reasonable: Ascorbic acid decomposing enzyme is actually [ascorbic acid oxidase], which is contained in all plants, including white radish. Vitamin Read More …

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Five things that cannot be eaten with milk? Only the last one is true

We often hear some [dietary taboos] about milk, such as: Milk cannot be eaten with soya-bean milk. Milk cannot be eaten with sugar. Milk cannot be eaten with fruit. Milk cannot be eaten with chocolate. Milk cannot be taken with medicine. Are these statements true or not? Today, Dr. Clove will give you an analysis one by one. Can’t milk be drunk with soya-bean milk? Rumor has it that milk and soya-bean milk cannot be drunk together, because soya-bean milk contains [trypsin inhibitor], which will destroy the protein in milk and reduce the nutritional value of milk. Soybeans do contain trypsin inhibitors, which are toxic and hinder the absorption of protein in milk, but they have a weakness-they are afraid Read More …

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Stomach discomfort, how to avoid eating? In fact, the most important thing to do is…

Stomach discomfort, need to avoid food. Raw, cold, hot, sticky, hard, rough and irritating foods should be avoided. Only by drinking porridge and eating vegetarian food can one nourish one’s stomach. Is the above the consensus of many people? Nutritionist Wang Xingguo wants to correct this misunderstanding. My stomach is uncomfortable, but I don’t need to avoid it specially. Based on professional research and more than 20 years of clinical nutrition work, he would like to talk to readers and friends about [taboos]. The vicious circle of stomach trouble… When gastrointestinal diseases occur, it is bound to affect food digestion and nutrition intake. As far as patients with chronic gastritis and ulcer are concerned, they are often caught in a Read More …

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The taboos of those pits [mothers] in Chinese pregnancy and confinement

There are too many taboos in the Chinese confinement! A friend said: When I was a child, parents like to take care of their children. This is not enough and that is not enough. When the child grows up, he can’t take care of it. Perhaps the parents will have a sense of loss. When the child gives birth to the child and confinement, the parents can finally find the sense of authority that you have not discussed. Let the elders take care of it and find the sense of authority, and we will recognize it. However, different places pay attention to different things, and different places taboo may even be opposite! As a result, when people from two different Read More …

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Over the years, have you learned about menstrual taboos wrong?

Can I eat ice cream? Among the various menstrual taboos, the most widely circulated one is that menstrual women cannot touch cold water, and then other taboos have evolved, such as not eating cold things, such as ice cream. Since ancient times, menstrual blood has been regarded as an unclean substance in folk customs all over the world, so many taboos have been set for menstrual women. With the evolution, some so-called medical principles have been mixed into the explanation. For example, traditional Chinese medicine holds that [blood is fine when it meets heat, but coagulates when it meets cold], so it is suggested that cold water should not be touched during menstruation. Then there is a saying later that Read More …