加拿大武威堂中醫診所

12/29/2024

廖醫師淺談體質與適合的食物，在中興大學加西校友會上的講座，有時間與興趣的人可以看看喔!

中醫師淺談體質與合適的食物

05/15/2024

夏天到了我想吃冰!!!食用冰涼的食物對呼吸系統的影響是怎樣的呢?你有沒有喝下冰水馬上咳嗽的經驗呢?這其實是氣管對冰冷的食物的正常反應。氣管食道位於頸部的腹側與背側，兩條管道緊緊靠在一起。當冰冷食物從口中吞嚥下食道時，冰冷的食物會急速冷卻我們的食道還有旁邊的氣管。氣管被冷卻後會產生收縮造成氣管狹窄。空氣中微小物質在通過狹窄氣管時特別容易引發咳嗽，狹窄氣管中的纖毛也更容易抓取到過敏的物質，造成過敏反應。所以食用冰涼食物對呼吸的影響可能是嚴重的。想吃冰的東西，廖醫師建議你先將冰涼的食物在口中加熱到不覺得冰冷後再吞入，這樣對身體造成的影響也會比較小喔!

05/15/2024

Summer is here and I want to eat ice cream !!! What is the effect of eating cold food on the respiratory system? Have you ever experienced coughing immediately after drinking ice water? This is actually a normal reaction of the trachea to cold food.

The trachea and esophagus are located on the ventral and dorsal sides of the neck, respectively, and the two tubes are tightly attached together. When cold food is swallowed down the esophagus from the mouth, the cold food will rapidly cool down our esophagus and the adjacent trachea. When the trachea is cooled, it will contract and narrow. Airborne particles are particularly prone to trigger coughing when passing through a narrowed trachea, and the cilia in the narrowed trachea are also more likely to capture allergens, causing allergic reactions. Therefore, the impact of eating cold food on respiration can be serious. If you want to eat something cold, Dr. Liao suggests that you first heat the cold food in your mouth until it doesn't feel cold and then swallow it. This will also minimize the impact on your body.

05/05/2024

🤔Myth!!! I have a problem!!! I often hear elders saying not to eat cold ❄️ food 😱, what’s wrong with eating cold 🧊 stuff!! Summer is here, and I don’t want to take 🧃hot drinks, I want Chopped ice!!!🍨

What is the impact of eating cold food on the body? The body's response to cold food is comprehensive.
Today I will take you to understand it from the perspective of physiological digestion.

First, let me tell you quietly, eating cold food is not as scary as you think😅~~~ As long as you don’t eat it too often, it will be fine!

Let’s start from the perspective of gastric digestion,
The stomach is a hard-working digestive organ, secreting gastric acid, stirring food, and allowing large molecules in the food to be cut into smaller molecules through the action of hydrochloric acid. Simply put, the stomach is like an electric hot pot for cooking. We eat food as if we were throwing something into a pot. The finer the bite, the finer the cut of something to be cooked. The smaller the bite, the easier it is to cook.

Of course, the temperature in the pot and the mixing are also key. If you want to cook something, the food in the pot needs to be heated and blended. The hot food is much easier to be cooked and homogenized; when it's cold, mixing is not easy. The more effort it takes, the more energy-consuming to cook.

So is it okay to eat cold food? Of course, YES! However, eating too much or frequently will cause stomach overload! From time to time, the stomach will strike. The excess gastric acid will cause reflux (secreting more acid to digest food), Flatulence (more space is needed for stirring), stomach pain (the blood vessels in the stomach wall become cold and less fluid, causing cramps), indigestion (it takes more time to digest food), fatigue and weakness; Qi deficiency (all the energy of the body is used to support the stomach) of digestion).

All the above disadvantages are health problems caused by eating cold food for a long time. If you want to stay away from these problems, you must first get rid of the habit of "frequently" eating cold food. People with normal gastrointestinal function have no problem eating cold drinks or food occasionally, but people with poor gastrointestinal function should first maintain their gastrointestinal function, and then indulge occasionally!

Have a health question? Ask Dr. Liao!

Liao Yuanwen R. TCM. P., a Chinese medicine practitioner from Wuweitang in Canada, will give you the answer.
Next time we will talk about the impact of eating "cold food" on the respiratory system. Anyone interested in this topic is welcome to leave your questions.
If you are interested in other topics, you can also submit them and I will launch related topics one after another.

05/05/2024

🤔迷思!!! 我有問題!!! 常聽到長輩說不要吃冰❄️的😱，吃冰🧊的東西到底那裏不好!!夏天到了，我不想喝飲料🧃都要喝熱的，我想要吃剉冰!!!🍨

到底吃冰冷的東西對身體的影響是怎樣呢?? 身體對冰的反應是全方面的，我🤔迷思!!! 我有問題!!! 常聽到長輩說不要吃冰冷❄️的😱，吃冰冷的🧊東西到底那裏不好!!夏天到了，我不想喝🧃熱的飲料，我想要吃剉冰!!!🍨

到底吃冰冷的東西對身體的影響是怎樣呢?? 身體對冰冷食物的反應是全方面的，我今天就從生理學消化的角度帶你們瞭解一下。

悄悄地告訴你，其實吃冰冷食物沒有想像中的可怕喔😅~~~ 只要不是常常吃就好了!
讓我們從胃消化的角度出發，

胃是一個辛苦工作的消化器官，分泌胃酸、攪拌食物、讓食物中的大分子透過鹽酸的作用切割成比較小的分子。簡單來說，胃就像是一個煮東西的電熱鍋。我們吃下食物就像是把東西丟進鍋中，食物被咬的越細，就像要被煮的東西切的越細一樣，越細小的東西越容易被煮熟。

當然鍋內的溫度與食物的攪拌也是關鍵，想要煮熟東西鍋子就需要加熱跟攪拌，如果要煮的東西是熱的，被加熱與攪拌就容易多了；如果是冷的，攪拌就需要費更多的力氣，加熱到煮熟就需要消耗更多的能量。

所以吃冰冷食物行嗎?當然行! 不過吃太多或太常吃就會導致胃的過勞! 久了，胃就會罷工，胃酸過多導致逆流(分泌更多的酸來消化食物)、脹氣(需要更多的空間來攪拌)、胃痛(胃壁血管受冷流動性變差導致痙攣)、消化不良(要花更多的時間消化食物)、倦怠無力;氣虛(全身的能量都去支援胃的消化)。

以上種種的壞處都是因為長期吃冰冷的食物造成的健康問題，想要遠離這些問題，先從戒掉"常"吃冰冷食物的習慣。胃腸功能正常的人偶爾吃吃冰涼的是沒有問題的，但是胃腸功能本來就不好的人，就要先把胃腸功能養好，再來偶爾放肆一下喔!

有健康的問題!問廖醫師!

加拿大武威堂中醫師廖源文R. TCM. P. 為您解答。
下次談談吃"冰冷食物"對呼吸系統的影響，歡迎有對這個主題的人留下你的問題。
對於其他主題有興趣的人，也可以提出，我之後再陸續推出相關的主題。