Stomach bloating due to drinking too much water to “cool the liver”
Recently, Ms. Tran Thi Trang (on Nguy Nhu Street, Kon Tum, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi) ) is always busy preparing cooling drinks to bring with her for the whole family. She said that because she often suffers from “overheating”, she is often afraid of summer and has to find ways to cool down and detoxify In addition to making sure to eat lots of green vegetables in daily meals, she often mixes cool drinks to take to work, she said, in addition to popular cooling drinks such as apricot and black bean soup Recently, I learned about how to use roasted brown rice to make a drink. According to her, this drink not only has a cooling effect but is also good for health.
“I heard people tell me to drink water. Roasted brown rice has the effect of detoxifying the liver, reducing heat and making the skin rosy, so I also tried it. The method is quite simple, just buy brown rice, roast it, then pour in water and boil it to drink. To save time, I usually roast rice the night before and then the next morning, I just need to boil it with water for about 15-20 minutes. After turning off the stove, wait for the water to cool and then pour it into a bottle to take away. Currently, every day I drink about 1 liter of roasted brown rice water and will increase it if I see positive results,” Ms. Trang shared.
According to Ms. Trang, she is not the only one who “put in the effort” to prepare it. Many women have the same habit of bringing cooling drinks to work at her company. The drinks are also very diverse, from fresh fruit juices to mixed drinks of soaked fruits.
However, she also said that recently a female colleague of hers almost “met with disaster”. because drinking too much water “cools the liver”. “After 5 days of continuously drinking soaked artichoke water in a 15-liter plastic bottle, my friend started to feel bloated, bloated and indigestion. When she saw a doctor, she learned that the cause was due to drinking too much artichoke juice, which was counterproductive. It’s true that “too much” of anything is not good,” Ms. Trang shared.
Do not use it to drink instead of filtered water
Talk to reporters about The effects of some types of cooling drinks in the summer. Physician Vu Quoc Trung (Hanoi Oriental Medicine Association) said that some foods commonly used on hot summer days are pennywort, artichokes, black beans, or brown rice water. Roasted… although it has a very good effect in cooling, that’s not why people abuse it. People with a cold stomach often have loose urine so be careful when using foods with cool properties. Should not be used continuously but must be used alternately. In particular, you should not drink the above types of water instead of filtered water every day.
According to the advice of physician Dinh Cong Bay, General Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City Medicinal Materials Association, to cool down in the hot summer, you should regularly eat green vegetables and fruits that are less sweet and drink lots of water. Green vegetables provide the body with many important nutrients such as protein, vitamins that protect the body, trace minerals… For people who often suffer from internal heat or constipation, neurasthenia, and often have night sweats, they are susceptible to heat rash. If you have pimples… you should not eat foods that are hot, fried, or greasy, but should use cool foods such as green beans, black beans, pennywort, spinach, squash, cauliflower, tomatoes, cucumbers. Clams, shellfish, mussels, freshwater shrimp, crabs…
For example, black beans are rich in fiber and antioxidants that help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, high blood fat, and prevent stroke. In the hot summer, using black bean soup is very suitable for cooling down. However, do not eat black bean soup that is too sweet and should not be eaten regularly for a few days to avoid having a cold stomach that affects the digestive system.
Similarly, artichokes have cooling properties and have a beneficial effect on the liver and liver. bile and to restore liver parenchyma should be used to detoxify the body. People with peptic ulcers can also use artichokes. However, this type of drink is only beneficial when consumed in moderation, drinking too much will harm your health. Herbalist Vu Quoc Trung analyzed: “Because artichoke has the effect of supporting bile secretion and contracting the gallbladder to push bile from the liver to the intestines, so if you drink too much artichoke (about more than 2 liters/day), it will cause cramps. tightens the entire smooth muscle of the digestive tract, causing the user to experience flatulence and bloating. If this condition occurs continuously and for a long time, it is very harmful to the user’s stomach.
According to M.D. Doan Thi Tuong Vi (former Head of Nutrition Department of Hospital 198), rice Brown rice contains a lot of B vitamins, vitamin E, magnesium, iron and fiber. The fiber in brown rice has an anti-constipation and laxative effect that helps the digestive system function better. However, MSc. Doctor Doan Thi Tuong Vi recommends that some age groups, such as children, people with weak health and thin bodies during pregnancy, should not use brown rice regularly to avoid harm to their health.
Some types of water help cool down summer days
– Water Coconut: A drink that is rich in chloride, potassium, magnesium, vitamin A, and E and also contains a reasonable amount of protein salts, so it is very effective in replacing electrolyte water when suffering from diarrhea in people working in high temperatures sports loss of strength…
– Watermelon water: Provides the body with a large amount of water and vitamins A B C and trace elements such as Fe Ca Mg… so it has a cooling effect used in cases of heatstroke and dehydration…
– Orange juice: Rich in vitamin C is a very good drink in the summer to help the body increase the immune system.
– Green tea: Helps reduce fatigue and stress when working at high intensity and cools the skin, helping to relieve heat well.
– Gotu kola: Has a sweet taste and cooling properties, has a heat-clearing, detoxifying and diuretic effect.
Associate Professor. Dr. Nguyen Thi Lam (Deputy Director of the National Institute of Nutrition)
According to Mai Thuy
Family & Society Newspaper
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