Can crabs and soybeans be eaten together?

September and October every year are the seasons for eating crabs. The nutritional value of crabs is very high, especially the crab roe. However, crabs are cold foods and it is not suitable to eat too much at one time. If you eat too much, it will have a great impact on the stomach and intestines, and may even cause diarrhea. There are also taboos when eating crabs. Some foods cannot be eaten with crabs. Eating them together will affect your health.

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Crabs and soybeans can be eaten together.

Precautions for eating hairy crabs

1. Wash the hairy crabs thoroughly. After buying hairy crabs, first wash off the dirt and mud attached to their bodies, then put them in light salt water for 1-2 hours to allow them to vomit out the dirt in their stomachs. Change the water twice during this period.

2. Don’t eat dead hairy crabs. Because crab meat contains more histidine, histidine can be broken down into histamine, which is a toxic substance. Moreover, the longer the hairy crab has been dead, the more histamine there will be in the crab's body.

3. Do not eat half-cooked hairy crabs. Chinese hairy crabs often carry paragonimiasis and Vibrio parahaemolyticus. If they are not sterilized or killed at high temperatures, they may cause paragonimiasis or bacterial food poisoning, which can be life-threatening in severe cases. The saying that "eating crabs raw and shrimps alive" is unscientific.

4. Do not eat the stomach, intestines, gills and other parts of the hairy crab. Hairy crabs like to eat rotten food. Their stomach, intestines, gills and other parts often contain a large number of bacteria and toxic substances. Therefore, when eating crabs, your mouth should not come into contact with these things, and you should not chew or bite them randomly. You should remove these parts before eating.

What can't be eaten with hairy crabs?

1. It is not advisable to eat peanuts when eating hairy crabs. Because peanuts are sweet and contain a lot of fat; while hairy crabs are cold in nature, slightly toxic, and are a cold and sharp food. Eating greasy peanuts and cold hairy crabs together can easily cause diarrhea.

2. Do not eat kiwi when eating hairy crabs. Because hairy crabs contain priceless arsenic compounds, and kiwifruit is rich in vitamin C, priceless arsenic will be converted into trivalent arsenic when it meets vitamin C, which is arsenic trioxide. If consumed for a long time, this toxic substance will accumulate and cause human poisoning.

3. Do not drink tea when eating hairy crabs. This is because the substances in tea will cause certain components of hairy crabs to coagulate, which is not conducive to the body's absorption of nutrients, thus causing abdominal pain and diarrhea. In addition, hairy crabs should not be eaten with fruits such as pomegranates, cantaloupe, persimmons, or with eggplants, sweet potatoes, and pumpkins, otherwise it will be harmful to the body.