Speaking of not eating this or that, foodies quit. They want to know why they can't eat eggs. Today, Bian Xiao will talk to you about whether fever and eating eggs can coexist.
That's why people say you can't eat eggs with a fever.
The classic reason why you can't eat eggs with fever is that the content of protein in eggs is high, and protein metabolism will release more calories. Therefore, eating eggs when you have a fever is easy to increase the body's basal metabolic rate. Not only can it not lower the body temperature, but it will increase the body heat, which is not conducive to the recovery of the disease.
That sounds reasonable, and so does the physiology teacher in Bian Xiao. But the teacher calculated the total calories for us:
Just eat the simplest boiled eggs when you have a fever. The weight is about 65g, the protein content 12.8%, the edible part is 88%, and the protein content of an egg is about 65×88%× 12.8% g = 7.3g, which is converted into 7.3×4 kcal =29.2 kcal in the body for digestion and absorption. These extra calories have little effect on the body temperature of adults.
So eating an egg will burn even worse, which seems to be alarmist.
In fact, young people with fever can eat eggs, which doesn't matter anymore. The point is that a fever will affect their appetite.
The medical term for fever is "fever", which is defined as the regulated temperature rise (above 0.5℃) caused by the action of pyrogen to move the temperature regulating point up.
Common fever activators include exogenous pyrogens, such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, spirochetes and plasmodium. There are also antigen-antibody complexes and steroids from the body. Generally speaking, most of the fevers we talk about are caused by virus or bacterial infection.
When you have a fever, the activity of digestive enzymes in the body is inhibited due to the increase of body temperature, which leads to the decline of digestive function, especially in the case of high fever. However, some digestive tract infections, such as rotavirus, Coxsackie virus and enterovirus infection with fever, may cause more obvious decline in digestive tract function. So it's normal to have a fever and a bad appetite.
Eating an egg is very useful when you have a fever and can't eat anything.
In fact, protein in eggs has a high utilization rate in human body, which is very useful when you have a fever, have a bad appetite and are in urgent need of supplementary nutrition. The biological value shows that the utilization rate of egg protein is higher than that of pork, that is, the nutritional value of egg protein is higher. In other words, compared with some meat, eggs are more easily used by human body. If you don't fry eggs, one egg a day 1-2 eggs will not bring too much burden to the digestive system of patients with fever and cold. In addition, eggs contain a variety of vitamins, rich in B vitamins, as well as vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E and vitamin A. It can be seen that it is helpful to supplement various nutrients contained in eggs when patients have a fever.
However, there are indeed some patients with fever who can't eat eggs.
Clinically, it is generally not recommended that children with hand, foot and mouth disease and fever patients with digestive tract infection eat high-protein foods such as eggs, because such patients need to reduce the burden of digestive tract in order to maintain digestive function. It is also forbidden to eat eggs during the onset of basic diseases such as kidney disease and allergic diseases such as henoch-schonlein purpura nephritis to avoid allergies or aggravate allergic symptoms. People who are allergic to eggs, whether they have a fever or not, can't eat eggs.
What should I eat with a fever?
When you have a fever, your metabolism is accelerated, and the decomposition of protein in your body is accelerated. Drink more water, urinate more and sweat more to help you recover. At the same time, the discharge of B vitamins and vitamin C is greatly increased. The drug metabolism after taking various drugs also needs to consume B vitamins.
Fever weakens the activity of digestive enzymes, leading to a decline in the function of digesting food, which may further cause loss of appetite and poor appetite. At this time, the diet should be light, digestible and moderately nutritious. You can eat cereals rich in carbohydrates and some fresh fruits and vegetables to maintain or improve immunity and restore your health.
Therefore, except for patients with special contraindications who really can't eat eggs, they can eat 1~2 eggs normally every day and eat milk, livestock meat, fish and shrimp in moderation, instead of "not eating eggs for all fevers".