What will happen if you eat cucumbers with milk?
With the development of the Internet and its increasing popularity as an information carrier, there are many misconceptions literally about all aspects of life.Old myths and legends find more and more “confirmations”, come to life, become popular and at the same time unfounded and dangerous. So, the latest mainstream steel arguments about the compatibility and incompatibility of products.
Popular bloggers discuss this topic, give out completely unverified information and mislead people. Thus, the long-debunked legend of the incompatibility of milk and cucumber returned to our lives.
Product compatibility
First of all, it’s worth finding out what incompatibility products really are. Indeed, there are a number of products that are best not to eat together in one meal, but this does not always mean that after eating them, a person will get some problems with digestion. For example, it is undesirable to combine milk and banana, however, many of these products make milkshakes and drink them with pleasure. The fact is that trace elements of banana significantly reduce the possible benefits of milk.
The combination of cucumber and milk will not have any visible effect on a healthy body, and if after their joint use problems arise, it is worth visiting a gastroenterologist.
Salty
A combination of pickles and milk can actually have a laxative effect on the stomach, but only if the portion of cucumbers and the portion of milk were large. One cucumber and a glass of milk will most likely go unnoticed. Problems can arise because pickles are a fairly acidic product that contains a huge amount of lactic acid bacteria.
When fresh milk enters such an environment, it quickly and sharply stirs and settles in the stomach, creating even more acidic "conditions." To assimilate a small amount of such a mixture to a healthy body will require greater effort than in the processing of normal products. If the portions of milk and cucumber were significant, it will be easier for the body to simply clear of them.
To weaken the effect, and even to completely avoid it, can be used if salted cucumber is consumed simultaneously with rice or bread, and milk is drunk after dinner, and not simultaneously with it. If you eat salted fruit with fried potatoes or herring and drink milk - a sick stomach is guaranteed.
Fresh
Fresh cucumber fruits are very healthy. It is especially important to eat them during the ripening season. At this time, the benefits brought by these fruits, the biggest. This does not mean that in the summer you need to completely abandon milk, because milk in the summer is most useful, because at this time the cows feed on fresh grass.
The combination of fresh cucumber and milk does not affect the digestive system of a healthy person. Complications can occur only in the case of overeating, but exactly the same as complications when overeating any other products.
In the case when the stomach is weakened by increased acidity, gastritis or peptic ulcer, you should not use fresh milk at all, and especially with cucumber. Increased acidity of the stomach will become an activator of high coagulability of milk, as well as in the case of the simultaneous use of pickled cucumber and milk.
Possible consequences
It is extremely difficult to predict what will happen to the body of a particular person after drinking milk and a fresh or salted cucumber. It all depends on a huge number of factors: how many cucumbers were eaten and milk was drunk, with which they were consumed, what is the state of the human digestive system. Even the time of day can make a huge difference in how your body responds.
Disorders, nausea and vomiting, stopping of the stomach, frequent stools, fermentation in the stomach and intestines, flatulence and spasm of the gastric muscle are most often noted among the possible consequences.
In the event of symptoms, it is important to take timely measures to prevent even more complications. It is necessary to drink the sorbent at once: "Activated carbon" or "Smektu".A couple of hours after that, you can take enzyme preparations or lactobacilli such as "Linex" or "Mezim."
However, before using these medications, it is necessary to read the instructions for their individual intolerance by the body, but it is better to go to a doctor.
Opinion doctors
Opinions of doctors about the combination in the nutrition of cucumbers and milk are varied. So, the dietitian Elena Molotov does not see anything dangerous in this combination and allows the use of cucumbers and milk. However, it means that complications are possible in people with individual intolerance to these products. She does not recommend abusing such a combination, and if possible, replace milk with kefir, natural yogurt or fermented milk cheeses. These products contain less lactose and are safe even in combination with pickled cucumbers.
Professor of Novosibirsk State University, MD, a practicing obstetrician and pediatrician Mikhail Yu. Denisov categorically does not recommend the use of milk and cucumbers. He calls this combination a bad habit that is on par with smoking. He focuses on the fact that diarrhea (one of the possible consequences) removes a huge amount of enzymes and beneficial bacteria from the body. This weakens the immune system, leads to a number of other problems and significantly impairs the overall condition of the body.
He recommends completely eliminating this combination from the diet. Moreover, the doctor is of the opinion that milk is generally harmful for an adult, of a formed organism, and it is better to exclude milk altogether.
On the combination of cucumber and milk, as well as other products, see the following video.
