Should you avoid eating shrimp with lime juice in the summer?

Shrimp is a popular and easy-to-prepare dish, but many people are hesitant to try it because of potential allergies or food poisoning, especially with lemon-marinated shrimp. Experts will explain this issue.

Is eating shrimp with lemon juice and taking vitamin C supplements really fatal, as rumored?

Rumors of eatingshrimp with lemon juiceThe fact that consuming shrimp with Vitamin C can easily lead to poisoning makes many people wary of shrimp dishes. Meanwhile, in the summer, dishes like stir-fried shrimp, fried prawns, and sea shrimp... dipped in salt and lemon juice are very appetizing with rice. Stir-fried prawns (related to shrimp) with lemon juice before eating... are very delicious and are a long-standing tradition of the Vietnamese people.

So, is it true that eating shrimp or prawns with lemon juice can easily cause food poisoning?

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According to Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Duy Thinh (former staff member of the Institute of Food Technology, Hanoi University of Science and Technology), that was a rumor circulating online a few years ago. Vietnamese people commonly eat shrimp in combination with Vitamin C – which is abundant in lemons, star fruit, pomelos, guavas, longans, tangerines, oranges, water spinach, celery, coriander, jute leaves, and morning glory...

In reality, there is no harm in eating shrimp with lemon juice, or that eating shrimp with vitamin C will cause death. The rumors are completely unfounded and misleading to the public.

PrivateVitamin CTablets are medication, so they should only be used under a doctor's prescription.

According to World Marketing, delicious summer shrimp is rich in protein, unsaturated fats, and many essential micronutrients for the human body such as selenium, copper, zinc, niacin, choline… Especially astaxanthin, which gives shrimp its red color when steamed - helps fight oxidation and repairs brain cells and muscle tissue.

Eating shrimp with lemon juice, tomato sauce, or stir-fried shrimp with sour starfruit, all rich in vitamin C, has been common practice for a long time, and no one has ever been reported to have suffered any health problems from this healthy eating habit.

According to some medical researchers studying incompatible foods, each food has different properties and flavors; some are complementary, some are antagonistic, and not a few combinations can be fatal. However, shrimp and prawns combined with Vitamin C are not among those.

Shrimp is a common allergen for people with sensitive constitutions.

According to scientists, combining shrimp with Vitamin C is fine, but many people suffer from shrimp allergies.

After eating shrimp and other protein-rich seafood, allergic reactions can appear within minutes or as long as hours. Mild symptoms include hives in localized areas (or all over the body), intense itching, nausea, and discomfort… and these symptoms usually subside after a few hours.

In severe cases, in addition to rashes and itching, there may be facial edema, vomiting, abdominal cramps, a burning sensation in the epigastric region, diarrhea, and difficulty breathing. There are also critical cases where the patient experiences an anaphylactic-type reaction, leading to death.

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How to treat shrimp allergy

Currently, there is no cure for allergies in general, and seafood allergies in particular. Therefore, prevention is best, mainly by avoiding foods that trigger allergies.

If you accidentally ingest it, you need to remove the allergenic food from your body as soon as possible (by inducing vomiting).

If the allergy is mild, folk remedies can be used (applicable to shrimp and other seafood).

1.10g of fresh ginger, 100g of mung beans, 15g each of fresh perilla leaves and fresh reed roots. Wash the ginger, reed roots, and perilla leaves, crush them, and squeeze out the juice. Put this juice and mung beans into a pot, add enough clean water, and cook until the mung beans are tender.

2.Honey: When experiencing itching after eating seafood, drink a glass of warm water mixed with 1 tablespoon of honey. Honey, rich in vitamins, can help reduce itching and is considered one of the best remedies for seafood allergies.

3.Lemon: Excellent for all types of allergies, most effective for shrimp. When experiencing a rash, immediately drink a glass of warm water with fresh lemon juice.

4.Vegetable juice: Drinking a glass of vegetable juice after eating seafood helps reduce tongue swelling and boosts the immune system.

In severe cases, patients need to be taken to medical facilities to receive antihistamine medication – but this only treats the symptoms, counteracting the effects of released histamine on the body, and does not prevent severe allergic reactions such as anaphylactic shock or difficulty breathing.

Therefore, when symptoms are detected...shrimp allergyIf you experience food poisoning from shrimp or seafood, go to the hospital immediately and do not self-medicate with allergy medications.

Doctors advise that if you know you often have allergic reactions to shrimp or other seafood, it's best to avoid them to eliminate the cause of the allergy. Alternatively, try a small amount of a different seafood dish to test your body; if you don't experience any allergic reaction, then you can eat more of it next time. There's no need to completely give up all delicious and nutritious seafood dishes.

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