Why You Should Give Up Cucumber and Tomato Salad: The Unexpected Danger of a Popular Dish

17.01.2025 03:20

Many people like vegetable salad made from cucumbers and tomatoes.

This dish goes well with meat, as well as with most popular side dishes (for example, with potatoes or buckwheat porridge): it turns out very tasty.

At first glance, there is nothing dangerous in a tomato and cucumber salad.

Moreover, this dish is perceived by many gourmets as very healthy.

But in reality, it's not that simple. It turns out that there is a hidden danger in the popular salad.

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Why is a salad with cucumbers and tomatoes dangerous?

The problem is that there are ingredients that don't go together.

We are talking specifically about cucumbers and tomatoes. It turns out that these fruits are not "friends".

The combined use of the two above-mentioned vegetables can lead to negative consequences for the gastrointestinal tract.

The fact is that cucumbers are an alkaline product, and tomatoes are acidic.

If you eat these two vegetables in one meal, the body will begin to experience a rather dangerous reaction.

The result may be increased gas formation in the gastrointestinal tract.

A problem such as intestinal atony may also make itself known.

Considering all of the above, try not to eat cucumbers and tomatoes at the same time.

Kurchev Anton Author: Kurchev Anton Deputy Editor-in-Chief