Eating too hot
Hotpot is a dish with the highest temperature compared to other dishes because when it is boiling, people take the boiling water and immediately put it into the bowl or even directly into the mouth. Eating hot like this can have a negative impact on the mucous membrane of the mouth and esophagus. The mouth cavity, esophagus, and gastric mucosa can withstand a maximum temperature of 50 degrees Celsius. But eating hotpot can increase the temperature even higher. Eating hot food frequently can cause mouth ulcers and increase the risk of esophageal cancer due to regular exposure to high heat.
Regular damage to the esophagus caused by high temperatures can increase the risk of esophageal cancer.
How to handle: The correct way to eat is not to rush, you should put the food in the bowl for it to cool down a bit before eating.
Uncooked food, mixed dipping
Many people when eating hotpot only dip the meat or fish quickly into the hotpot and eat. This method not only causes indigestion and abdominal pain, but also allows bacteria and parasites hidden in the food to enter the digestive tract and cause diseases. Eating like this can lead to acute food poisoning, especially when hotpot often contains a lot of raw and mixed food, not dipping the food properly increases the risk of food poisoning.
Many people share the same hotpot, so there are ingredients that are already cooked but have not been taken out, while others put raw ingredients in, and before the hotpot boils again, others have already taken out the dipped food. This leads to cross-contamination. Eating like this is very harmful to health.
How to handle: Dip the food thoroughly and let the hotpot boil again to cook the food before putting it in the bowl. Dip each batch of food, dip it, boil it, scoop it out, and then dip something else to avoid cross-contamination.
Eating spicy
Just mentioning hotpot, the spicy and hot taste, the feeling of sweating makes many people excited, especially in winter weather. But eating too spicy combined with the high temperature of the hotpot can cause serious irritation of the mucous membrane of the digestive tract, resulting in increased gastric acid production, bloating. In addition, it can cause esophagitis, gastritis, and diarrhea, which cannot be avoided.
People who are constipated or have hemorrhoids are more at risk because it stimulates excessive blood flow to the surrounding muscles of the anus, making constipation even worse.
How to handle: Different people have different tolerance to spicy food, for the benefit of the stomach, doctors recommend eating less spicy food. In addition, after eating hotpot, drink more plain water or concentrated tea to dilute the spicy taste, reduce irritation to the stomach, and make the body feel more comfortable.
Nutritious hotpot, eating for too long
Most hotpot dishes use fatty ingredients such as pork, lamb, beef, seafood, with chili… Eating too much nutritious food at once can cause indigestion and food poisoning. Moreover, eating hotpot for too long, simmering hotpot repeatedly, can increase the nitrite content in the water, increasing the risk of cancer.
How to handle: Eat hotpot for no more than 2 hours, and remember to change the water, especially when dipping a lot of protein-rich foods such as fish, beef, shrimp, seafood…
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