Food Is Suitable for Each Other

Proper combination of foods can promote nutrient absorption, enhance body functions or prevent diseases. Reasonable food matching can improve the utilization of nutrients in food. For example, eating meat and vegetables together can help the absorption of iron. Certain food combinations can produce synergistic effects and enhance the body's immunity, antioxidant capacity, etc. However, if there are opposite effects between foods, it may cause the absorption of nutrients to be blocked, produce harmful substances, or cause physical discomfort, which is what we call food incompatibility. Certain food combinations may produce substances harmful to the human body, such as oxalic acid combining with calcium to form calcium oxalate, which reduces the absorption rate of calcium; interactions between certain drugs and food may result in reduced efficacy or side effects. Long-term unreasonable food combination may lead to nutritional imbalance, which may lead to various diseases. Therefore, it is particularly important for our health to understand the food compatibility and food compatibility. This book carefully collects 50 common foods that are compatible with each other and 50 foods that are incompatible with each other. It also collects more than 90 simple and easy-to-make medicinal diet recipes and more than 50 simple and delicious home-cooked dishes, porridge, and soup preparation methods. It aims to help readers understand the nature, efficacy and mutual conflict of foods, avoid blind combinations, and help readers eat a balanced and healthy diet.