Global Hospital Network 2008-07- 13 I want to comment on the diet of tuberculosis patients. Some foods are beneficial to the rehabilitation of tuberculosis patients, such as eating more chicken, fish, lean meat, eggs, milk, bean products, fresh vegetables and fruits rich in animal protein. High-quality animal protein food accounts for 50% of protein's intake. A reasonable diet can not only ensure the rehabilitation needs of tuberculosis patients, but also avoid excessive intake of nutrients and increase the burden on the liver. But some foods are the opposite. Spinach is a bad food for tuberculosis patients. Therefore, patients with tuberculosis should not eat more spinach.
Spinach is sweet and cool, which can nourish blood and stop bleeding, astringe yin and moisten dryness, and clean up heat toxicity in human stomach and intestines. Although spinach is a nutritious vegetable and a good friend of human health, tuberculosis patients should not eat more spinach. The reason is that spinach is rich in oxalic acid. According to the determination, every 100g spinach contains 360mg oxalic acid. After oxalic acid enters the human body, it is easy to combine with calcium to form insoluble calcium oxalate, which cannot be absorbed, leading to calcium deficiency in the human body, thus delaying the recovery of the disease.
Therefore, patients with tuberculosis should eat less or not eat spinach. If you can't eat it, you can first blanch the spinach with hot water to dissolve some oxalic acid in water, and then take it out to eat, so that the human body can reduce the intake of some oxalic acid.