What are the disadvantages of eating spicy food in summer?

In summer, the climate is dry, and the body's water is easily lost through sweating and breathing. In addition, the weather is changeable, and people's diet and clothes can't fully adapt to the changes. In addition, due to intense work and poor rest, it is easy to get angry, which is manifested as oral ulcer, sore gums and throat, chapped lips, burning nose, loss of appetite, dry stool and yellow urine.

Doctors suggest that in order to effectively "prevent fire", we should live a regular life, combine work and rest, eat more foods rich in vitamins such as vegetables and fruits, drink more water or drink heat-clearing drinks, and promote the discharge of "pyrogenic substances" from urine and sweat in the body to achieve the purpose of clearing fire and detoxifying; You should also avoid eating spicy food, such as pepper, pepper and pepper. Because these foods not only have a great stimulating effect, but also have a "divergent" effect. Excessive consumption is easy to "consume gas", which may lead to qi deficiency and decreased immunity.

Eating too much spicy food will not only make people constipated and get angry, but also make people easy to catch a cold or suffer from other diseases. There is a saying in the theory of yin-yang and five elements that "spicy food enters the lungs", that is, if you want to eat spicy food, it means that the lungs are too weak. Spicy food is mostly warm and can promote blood circulation after eating. In yoga theory, foods flavored with excessive spices such as pepper are called spoiled foods. It is believed that if people eat this kind of food regularly, they will become irritable and impatient, and suffer great physical and mental stress. Generally speaking, spicy food is more suitable for people living in wet and concave places such as Sichuan. The main reason is that spicy food can stimulate sweat gland secretion and accelerate metabolism.

However, we have to admit that pepper contains a variety of trace elements and a lot of vitamin C, which can prevent the formation of ammonium nitrite, a carcinogen in the gastrointestinal tract. Nitrate exists widely in nature, such as our food, which is non-toxic in itself. However, when it is close to the mouth, a part of it forms nitrite through the action of saliva, which interacts with amine, the product of protein decomposition, in the stomach and is transformed into ammonium nitrite, which is a strong carcinogen. Vitamin C can prevent the formation of ammonium nitrite and play a role in preventing cancer.