Luffa is a familiar fruit in the meals of many Vietnamese families. With its sweet and refreshing taste, luffa can be processed into many dishes such as stir-fried luffa, luffa cooked in soup or combined with other types of food.
Not only delicious, gourd also contains many nutrients that are beneficial for health. This fruit provides vitamins A, B5, B6, C, fiber, minerals and antioxidant compounds.
Luffa is believed to support blood pressure and blood sugar control, improve constipation, support skin health and protect the liver.
However, to take advantage of the benefits of loofah, the combination of food also needs to be noted.
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Luffa contains vitamin B1, while loach is said to have enzymes that can break down vitamin B1. Therefore, combining these two foods can reduce the amount of vitamin B1 that the body receives from meals.
Therefore, if you want to maximize the nutritional value of loofah, you should consider how to combine food in meals.
Spinach
Spinach and loofah are both considered cold foods and contain a lot of fiber. Eating them at the same time in large quantities can increase intestinal peristaltism, thereby causing discomfort in the digestive tract, especially in people with sensitive digestive systems.
Besides, spinach contains oxalic acid, while gourd provides calcium. Oxalic acid can combine with calcium to form calcium oxalate, a compound that makes it harder for the body to absorb calcium.
Therefore, you should not regularly combine these two types of food in the same meal if you want to optimize nutrient absorption.
White radish
White radish and gourd are both classified into the group of foods with cold properties according to traditional Eastern medicine. Eating a lot of these two types of food at the same time can cause some sensitive people to experience cold stomachs, bloating or digestive discomfort.
Therefore, if you are prone to cold stomachs or digestive disorders, you should limit eating loofah and white radish in large quantities in the same meal.
