I Bet You Didn’t Know About These Dangerous Food Combos!

Have you ever tried these food combinations? Well, did you know that they could lead to food poisoning, kidney stones, or even inflammatory bowel disease?

Since the pandemic outbreak, quarantine confined us to our homes, leaving us in our kitchens, inspired to pursue homemade dishes of palatable and nutritious food. Social media trends alone share hashtags promoting delicious ways to wellbeing. However, you must understand that while some foods may appear wholesome as a dish alone, some combinations lead to grave consequences. These particular health hazards are caused by naturally antagonistic foods: dangerous combinations of two completely safe foods. Check out this list below to stay healthy and safe!

Shrimp with Milk

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Beware of mixing foods of animal origin! Especially flesh of marine species with milk. While shrimp and milk may both taste sweet, they are antagonistic foods. These may be nutritious culinary pleasures, but eaten together produces harmful health effects.

According to the International Journal of Scientific Reports’ trophology study of incompatible foods, a scientific basis supports homeostasis’s physiological theory. They claim the opposing potencies of milk and fish: milk is cooling while fish is heating. The health consequences are severe, inducing food poisoning, inflammatory bowel disease, and skin disorders like dermatitis and psoriasis. The same goes for dairy ice cream topped with shrimps, deriving from a rising trend in Japan to consume Omega 3 fatty acids.

Peach and Eel

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Who knew to avoid crispy eel with sweet peaches? Experts from Korea’s Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and the Food and Drug Administration insist that organic acids such as citric and malic acids in peaches interfere with the digestion of eel fat, inducing diarrhea and digestive problems.

Crab and Persimmon

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Never try this combination unless you want a 2-inch bezoar in your stomach! Fox News topped headlines when a woman in East China was admitted to the hospital with abdominal pains. Medical examinations revealed a phytobezoar when indigestible food fibers didn’t dissolve in her digestive tract. Her doctor determined a diet of persimmon fruits and crab meat as the cause. According to Health Chosun, Crabs are full of protein, and persimmon contains tannic acid and gallic acid. Eating them together may also cause severe diarrhea.

Banana and Milk

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Do you like banana milkshakes? Brace yourselves for the shocking truth! While we might think of banana milk as a healthy go-to snack, eating banana and milk together would disturb the digestive system, cause sinus congestion, and induce vomiting. According to the ancient holistic science of healing, Ayurveda, banana and milk are incompatible elements for the human body. Eating bananas with milk could affect the intestinal flora, produce toxins and trigger a cold, cough, and allergies. Although both bananas and milk taste sweet, their post-digestive effect is different. Bananas are sour, but milk is sweet, resulting in toxins, allergies, and other imbalances.

Tomato and Spinach

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I bet you’ve had spinach and tomatoes in a salad before! Did you know that eating spinach and tomatoes together may be detrimental to your kidney? Spinach and tomatoes are both oxalate-rich vegetables, meaning they are potentially stone-forming foods. Although they do not directly form kidney stones, eating them with calcium would highly increase the risk of creating stones. Harvard Health Publishing recommends calcium-rich foods to prevent kidney stones while avoiding oxalate-rich foods. Attention to people who already have kidney stones: the combination of spinach and tomatoes would aggravate the condition! Beets, chocolates, tea, most nuts, etc. are also rich in oxalate and can contribute to the formation of kidney stones!

Watermelon and Water

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Fun Fact: watermelon is 95% water! You might still take a swig of water after eating a watermelon slice. But be warned! According to Nutritionist and Weight loss consultant Dr. Simran Saini, 95% water-heavy-watermelon gets digested in your food pipe before reaching your digestive system. Therefore, drinking water with watermelon disturbs the pH and digestion. This means undigested watermelon could turn toxic, posing detrimental health risks. As a result, water and watermelon may induce diarrhea, leading to a dangerous cycle created by a weaker digestive system.