What foods can damage the spleen and stomach?

If you have a weak spleen and stomach, you must pay special attention to your diet and avoid eating foods that are not good for your body. But what are the foods that damage the spleen and stomach? When it is hot in summer, people like to drink cold drinks, but these are the foods that are most likely to damage the spleen and stomach, especially when they are just taken out of the refrigerator, which can cause greater harm to the stomach. In addition, pickled, fried, smoked and other foods are not good for the spleen and stomach.

What foods can easily upset the stomach?

1. Cold drinks

Cold drinks, popsicles and cold meals will lower the temperature in your stomach. Many digestive enzymes require suitable temperatures to work properly, which will affect gastric acid secretion and the action of digestive enzymes.

2. Pickles

Unqualified pickled vegetables contain large amounts of nitrite, which, under the action of suitable acidity in the stomach or bacteria, can synthesize nitrosamine compounds, which are carcinogenic. Japan has a high incidence of gastric cancer, which is related to its practice of pickling and preserving vegetables.

3. Smoked and fried foods

Smoked foods such as sausages and bacon are high in salt, which can damage the gastric mucosa. They also contain a large amount of carcinogens, such as benzopyrene and cyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Fried and grilled foods also contain such carcinogens and should be eaten less.

4. Alcohol

In addition to damaging the liver, excessive drinking can also damage the stomach. Clinical observations have found that 1/3 to 1/2 of gastric cancer patients have a long history of drinking, especially drinking white wine, and some have been drinking for more than 20 years.

Alcohol can cause damage to the gastric mucosa. If the mucosa is repeatedly stimulated for a long time and constantly undergoes a process of damage, repair, and re-damage, it will lead to chronic inflammation and ultimately lay the seeds for tumor occurrence.

5. Cold fruits and vegetables

Eating a piece of watermelon in the summer may make you feel refreshed, but it may not be easy on your stomach. These cold fruits and vegetables will irritate the stomach and reduce digestion ability.

6. Raw and cold seafood

Seafood is cold in nature, which will increase the burden on the stomach. If you eat too much, especially unheated sashimi, oysters, etc., the protein will be more difficult to digest and can easily lead to a decrease in stomach function.

7. Sweet and fatty foods

Some people can eat a pork elbow or a whole small cake in one meal, but eating too much of these high-sugar, high-fat, and high-protein foods will increase the burden on the stomach and cause stomach symptoms such as anorexia, diarrhea, and gastrointestinal dysfunction.

8. Spicy food

Chili is a condiment that many people cannot do without, and it also has many benefits to health. However, capsaicin can cause increased gastric acid secretion, stimulate mucosal congestion and edema, accelerate gastrointestinal motility, cause symptoms such as diarrhea and abdominal pain, and also affect digestive function.

What are some habits that hurt your stomach?

1. Excessive fatigue

Long-term overload of work will lead to excessive fatigue, which will not only reduce the body's resistance, but also weaken the defensive function of the gastric mucosa, easily causing insufficient blood supply to the stomach and causing secretory dysfunction.

2. Eating too fast

Eating too fast, swallowing food too tightly, not chewing the food thoroughly, insufficient secretion of digestive juices, and difficulty in fully digesting food can easily lead to stomach problems over time.

3. Overeating

Overeating not only makes the stomach's digestive capacity unable to bear it, causing indigestion, but can sometimes lead to serious diseases such as acute gastric dilatation and gastric perforation.

4. Read (play) and eat at the same time

Some people like to eat and drink while reading a newspaper, or eat while playing. In this way, since a large amount of blood is supplied to the brain when reading or playing, the blood supply to the gastrointestinal digestion and absorption is relatively reduced, which affects digestion and absorption. If this continues for a long time, it can easily lead to chronic stomach problems.

5. Eat fast

After food enters the stomach, it needs to go through a series of processes such as storage, grinding, and digestion before reaching the intestines. If you do not chew food thoroughly and eat too fast, the rough food will directly wear away the gastric mucosa, increase the burden on the stomach, and make the food stay in the stomach for a longer time, thereby causing gastric muscle fatigue and decreased gastric motility.

6. Eat while squatting

In some rural areas of our country, especially in the northern rural areas, many people have the habit of eating while squatting. This way of eating squeezes the blood vessels in the abdomen and digestive tract, which is not conducive to blood supply; however, when eating, a large amount of blood is needed to enter the stomach for digestion. Surveys show that stomach problems are prevalent in these areas, which is related to this bad eating posture.

7. Smoking

Smoking not only harms the human respiratory system, but also causes damage to the stomach. People who smoke too much are often more likely to suffer from gastritis because the nicotine in tobacco can damage the gastric mucosa. In addition, smoking is an important factor causing ulcer disease. Studies have shown that the more a person smokes, the longer it takes for their ulcer to heal.

8. Drug Abuse

Many drugs can damage the gastric mucosa. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as aspirin can relieve pain by inhibiting the synthesis of prostaglandins that protect the gastric mucosa. There are also hormonal drugs such as corticosteroids, which often cause gastritis, ulcers or gastric perforation. Therefore, these medicines should be taken according to doctor's advice, preferably after meals.