Can I eat chicken essence during menstruation?

Menstruation is a very special and sensitive period for female friends. Special attention should be paid to diet during menstruation. If you do not pay attention to diet during menstruation, it will easily lead to various problems in the body, making the discomfort during menstruation more intense. Therefore, female friends must master some knowledge of diet during menstruation so that they can improve some of the symptoms that often occur.

Chicken essence is a common seasoning. Many people have always believed that chicken essence is extracted from chicken. In fact, chicken essence is made from MSG, so chicken essence has no nutritional value. Therefore, women should not consume chicken essence during menstruation.

Chicken essence is not extracted from chicken. It is made by adding chemical seasonings to MSG. Because nucleotides have the flavor of chicken, it is called chicken essence. It can be used in all occasions where MSG is used, and the desired effect can be achieved by adding an appropriate amount to dishes, soups, and pasta. In addition to monosodium glutamate, chicken essence also contains a variety of amino acids. It is a home-cooked condiment that can both increase people's appetite and provide certain nutrition. MSG products focus more on the umami taste, so the MSG content is higher; chicken powder emphasizes the natural umami flavor of the product from chicken, so the amount of chicken powder used is higher.

Knowledge Introduction

MSG is a commonly used umami seasoning in cooking. There are two types of MSG: solid MSG and liquid MSG. Liquid MSG is the MSG concentrate that has not been refined into granules. Solid MSG is commonly used in the catering industry. The chemical name of MSG is monosodium glutamate, which is made from soybeans, wheat flour and other substances high in protein through starch fermentation. In addition to monosodium glutamate, it also contains a small amount of salt. It is divided into various specifications according to the amount of monosodium glutamate (100%, 95%, 90%, 80%). It is produced all over the country.

Additional information

MSG identification:

1. Take a small amount of MSG and put it on the tip of your tongue. If it feels cool, delicious and fishy, ​​it is qualified. If it tastes bitter and salty without fishy, ​​it means that the MSG has been mixed with salt. If it feels cold, slippery, sticky and difficult to dissolve, it means that gypsum or tapioca starch has been mixed in.

2. MSG is white crystals and uniform powder; fake MSG has a strange color and uneven powder;

3. MSG feels soft and has no graininess; fake MSG feels rough and has obvious graininess;

4. The MSG solution is transparent and colorless, without foam or impurities.

Pregnant women and infants should not eat MSG because it may cause fetal defects; the elderly and children should not eat too much MSG; if people with high blood pressure consume too much MSG, their blood pressure will be higher. Therefore, patients with hypertension should not only limit their salt intake, but also strictly control their intake of MSG.

Suitable for

Suitable for adults

People with memory impairment and high blood pressure should not eat MSG; pregnant women and infants should not eat MSG; the elderly and children should not eat too much of it.

In the above article, we introduced that diet is very important for women during menstruation. Women during menstruation need better care. During menstruation, many things that you can eat at other times should not be eaten randomly, such as chicken essence, which we often use for seasoning. Although chicken essence can make dishes taste better, it has no nutritional value, so it is best not to eat chicken essence during menstruation.