Is nori actually a "hair-trigger food"? The latest answer is here

Nori is the collective name for algae that grow mutually in the sea, growing on rocks in the intertidal zone of shallow seas. Common species include striped nori, altar nori, sweet nori, etc. Artificial cultivation has already been carried out in China's coastal areas. It is rich in protein and iodine, phosphorus, calcium, etc., and has the effects of resolving phlegm and softening hardness, clearing heat and promoting diuresis, and tonifying the kidney and nourishing the heart. Now let's take a look at whether nori is a hair-trigger food!

Is nori a hair-trigger food?

Nori is not a hair-trigger food. The so-called hair-trigger food refers to food that is especially likely to induce certain diseases (especially old chronic diseases) or aggravate already-occurring diseases. The taboo on hair-trigger foods is of great significance in dietary health preservation and dietary therapy. Under normal circumstances, hair-trigger foods are also food, and eating them in moderation will not cause side effects or discomfort for most people. Only for certain special constitutions and certain related diseases will they induce illness. Therefore, nori is not a hair-trigger food, so when eating nori you can do so according to your own preference, but you should also pay attention to moderation when eating nori.

Causes of disease from hair-trigger foods

1. Certain animal-based foods among hair-trigger foods contain certain hormones, which can promote hyperfunction or metabolic disorder of certain functions in the human body. For example, when glucocorticosteroids exceed the physiological dose, they can induce spread of infection, ulcer bleeding, epileptic seizures, etc., causing recurrence of old diseases.

2. The heterologous proteins contained in certain foods become allergens, causing recurrence of allergic diseases. For example, sea fish, shrimp, and crab often cause the onset of stubborn skin diseases such as urticaria, eczema, neurodermatitis, impetigo, and psoriasis in people with skin allergies. Fermented bean curd sometimes also causes recurrence of asthma.

3. Some strongly irritating foods, such as alcohol, scallions, garlic and other spicy and irritating foods, can very easily cause spread of inflammation and "running yellow" of boils in inflammatory infection lesions. This is the reason why traditional Chinese medicine says that heat syndrome and excess syndrome should avoid eating spicy and irritating hair-trigger foods.

Common types of hair-trigger foods

1. Edible fungi: Edible fungus hair-trigger foods mainly include mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, etc. Excessive consumption of such foods easily stirs wind and raises yang, triggering old diseases such as liver-yang headache and liver-wind dizziness. In addition, it easily induces or aggravates skin sores, ulcers, swelling, and toxins.

2. Sea-fish and seafood: Sea-fish and seafood hair-trigger foods mainly include aquatic products such as ribbonfish, yellow croaker, pomfret, clam meat, shrimp, and crab. Most of these foods are salty, cold, and fishy. For people with allergic constitutions, they easily induce allergic diseases such as asthma and urticaria, and also easily promote skin diseases such as sores, ulcers, swelling, and toxins.

3. Vegetables: Vegetable hair-trigger foods mainly include bamboo shoots, mustard greens, pumpkin, spinach, etc. These foods easily induce skin sores, ulcers, swelling, and toxins.

4. Fruits: Fruit hair-trigger foods mainly include peaches, apricots, ginkgo, peanuts, mangoes, bayberries, cherries, lychees, melons, etc. Predecessors once pointed out that eating too many peaches easily generates heat and causes carbuncles, sores, deep-rooted boils, furuncles, and parasitic malnutrition diseases, while eating too many apricots causes carbuncles and furuncles and harms the muscles and bones.

5. Poultry and livestock: Poultry and livestock hair-trigger foods mainly include rooster, chicken head, pig head meat, goose meat, chicken wings, chicken feet, donkey meat, venison, beef, mutton, dog meat, goose eggs, duck eggs, etc. Such foods are active in nature and tend to rise and float. Eating them easily stirs wind and raises yang, triggering old diseases such as liver-yang headache and liver-wind dizziness. In addition, they easily induce or aggravate skin sores, ulcers, swelling, and toxins.