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Nutritionist Solomatina: hot drinks are incompatible with spicy, sour and cold foods

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Nutritionist Solomatina spoke about dangerous combinations of various products with hot drinks.

According to dietitian Elena Solomatina, hot drinks cause severe irritation of the mucous tissues of the digestive tract. Their combination with unsuitable products can contribute to its serious damage. In particular, hot drinks are incompatible with spicy foods.

“If we consume spicy foods that are irritating, such as pepper or ginger, and wash them down with a hot drink, the burn and irritation may be too severe,” – Elena Solomatina warned.
Talking to Moscow 24, the doctor advised not to combine acidic foods with hot drinks – this combination also provokes excessively strong irritation.

Solomatina advised not to put berries and fruits in hot tea and other drinks. High temperature has a destructive effect on the same vitamin C, other vitamins. You have to wait for the drink to cool down.

Still hot drinks are incompatible with heavy food, it is very uncomfortable for digestion. In addition, the combination of hot drinks and cold foods is dangerous. Due to the resulting temperature drop, cracks can appear on the enamel of the teeth.

“Any fermented products, which include yogurt, curdled milk, fermented baked milk, sauerkraut, should also not be washed down with hot drinks,” the doctor added, explaining that this is detrimental to probiotics.
In addition, Elena Solomatina recommended not to combine hot drinks with carbonated ones.

Earlier, the MedikForum.ru portal wrote about why it is harmful to refuse milk.

Important! Information provided for reference purposes only. Ask a specialist about contraindications and side effects and under no circumstances self-medicate. Seek medical attention at the first sign of illness.

Elena Solomatina Elena Solomatina healthy lifestyle dietitian, candidate of medical sciences