These are various kinds of food in our daily life, each with different nutrition and health-care effect. Some kinds of food can not be eaten together, such as egg and soybean milk, persimmon and crab, tomato and cucumber, and so on. Otherwise, it is not beneficial for the health of the body. However, there are also certain kinds of food, which are healthier to the body if you eat them together.
First, peanut and whole wheat foods
Study has found out that, peanut contains some amino acids which are lacked in the whole grain foods. People have to take in sufficient amino acids to strengthen the muscles, especially when they are getting old. As a result, it is a good idea to add some peanut oil when you eat whole wheat bread.
Second, egg and cantaloupe
Research has showed that, eating more protein-rich foods will slow down the absorption of carbohydrate by the body, which can help lower the level of
glucose and blood sugar in the body, so as to reduce the occurrence of inflammation, diabetes, cancer and other diseases.
Third, curry and pepper
Curry contains curcumin, which has anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory and anti-tumor effect. However, if you use curry alone, its bioavailability may not be very high. But if you add some pepper in the curry, it can increase the bioavailability of curcumin by 1,000 times. This is due to the thermal property of piperine contained in pepper.
Fourth, garlic and fish
Most of the seafood are rich in minerals such as zinc, iron, copper, iodine, selenium. The mixture of these minerals not only has a natural anti-inflammatory effect, but also can reduce the level of cholesterol in the body. In addition, if you add some garlic when cooking fish, the effect of lowering cholesterol can be much better. This is because garlic can prevent the increasing of the low-density cholesterol in the body.
Fifth, yogurt and almond
The combination of a lot of important vitamins and fat can also promote the absorption. Fat-soluble vitamins include vitamin A, vitamin D and vitamin E. Yogurt contains a large number of vitamin D. As a result, if you eat some nuts such as almond when drinking yogurt, it can help to speed up the absorption of the nutrition contained in the foods.
After the detailed analysis in the above section, you must have a better understanding of the nutritious and healthy combination of different kinds of foods. Then you can try these food combinations in daily life, so as to promote the health of your body.
