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Who Should Avoid Chicken Soup?

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Chicken brothRich in nutrition and delicious, many families regard chicken broth as a nourishing delicacy. When there is an illness at home, people often prepare a pot of chicken broth as a tonic.However, not everyone is suitable for drinking chicken broth because the nutrients contained in the chicken broth come from small molecular proteins, fats, and inorganic salts dissolved from chicken fat, skin, meat, and bones.The protein content in the broth is only about 7% of that in the chicken.Most of the chicken fat in the soup is saturated fatty acids.Therefore, if you belong to any of the following categories, you are not qualified to enjoy chicken broth!Chicken broth has the effect of stimulating gastric acid secretion.Thus, patients with peptic ulcers, excessive gastric acid, or bleeding should generally avoid drinking chicken broth.People with gallstones and frequent attacks of cholecystitis should also refrain from drinking too much chicken broth. Since the digestion of fat in chicken soup requires participation of bile, drinking it can trigger gallbladder contraction and exacerbate cholecystitis.

For patients with hypertension, drinking chicken soup not only causes arteriosclerosis but also makes blood pressure harder to lower.The fats absorbed from the broth will further increase cholesterol levels.High cholesterol can deposit on the inner walls of arteries, leading to coronary artery hardening and other diseases.Chicken broth contains some small molecule proteins. Patients with acute nephritis, chronic or acute renal insufficiency, or uremia should avoid drinking too much chicken broth because their liver and kidneys cannot promptly process the byproducts of protein breakdown, which can lead to hyperammonemia and worsen their condition.

People with frequent gallbladder inflammation and gallstones should not drink too much chicken soup, as the digestion of fat in chicken soup requires bile participation, which can trigger gallbladder contraction after drinking, potentially causing gallbladder inflammation.

For hypertensive patients, consuming chicken soup not only leads to arteriosclerosis but also causes blood pressure to rise persistently and be difficult to lower.

The absorbed fats from the chicken soup will further increase cholesterol levels.High cholesterol can deposit in the vascular intima, leading to coronary artery hardening and other diseases.

Chicken soup contains some small molecule proteins. Patients with acute nephritis, chronic or acute renal insufficiency, or uremia cannot timely process protein breakdown products due to kidney liver function issues, and consuming too much chicken soup can lead to hyperammonemia, worsening their condition.