Vinegar and salt can flavor the food and add nutrients, and have no role in treating diseases. Iodized salt and vinegar can easily destroy iodine.
Vinegar and salt are seasonings, proper vinegar and salt can improve taste and increase appetite.
Vinegar, also known as table vinegar, the main raw materials are river rice, corn, rice, wheat, sorghum, bran and so on. The source of flavor is acetic acid, and the nutrients are amino acids, lactic acid, calcium and iron. Salt can mainly replenish sodium and chloride ions for the body, and iodized table salt can also replenish iodine and prevent goiter.
Therefore, vinegar with salt can supplement nutrients for the body and improve the taste of food, but there is no special therapeutic effect.
Contraindication: you can’t eat vinegar while taking sulfonamides. Patients with stomach ulcers and much stomach acid should not eat vinegar. Patients who are allergic to vinegar cannot eat vinegar.
Adverse reactions: eating vinegar improperly may produce stomach pain, nausea and vomiting. Taking sulfa drugs and eating vinegar may cause urinary stones.
Cautions: Iodine will be destroyed if it combines with acid, so it is not recommended to eat iodized salt and vinegar together. Patients with high blood pressure, kidney disease and edema should limit the intake of salt.
Eating vinegar and salt should pay attention to contraindications, precautions and adverse reactions.