5 foods you must avoid eating with radish | The Times of India (2024)

Come winter and the one vegetable that we get in abundance is the white-coloured radish. Mostly consumed as a vegetable, radish is known to be rich in vitamins A, B & C, protein, calcium and several minerals such as iron. It is known to be a great vegetable for digestion and it is for this reason that many people love to consume it in winter. One can also stir fry radishes to make a dry vegetable which is best enjoyed with Chapati. People also make pickles with this vegetable and it provides great relief for gastric issues. As delicious and nutritious as this vegetable is, there are some foods and drinks that must be avoided while consuming this vegetable, as they can be deadly for the health of a person. Here is a list of all those foods. (Images courtesy: iStock)

Drinking milk right after eating radish can wreak havoc on the system, this is because radish gives warmth to the system and combining it with milk can trigger heartburn, acid reflux and stomach ache. Thus, it is best to keep a gap of a few hours between the intake of these two foods.

People celebrate the best combination of cucumber and radish. But do you know that cucumber and radish should not be eaten together because cucumber contains ascorbate, which acts to absorb vitamin C? For this reason, cucumber and radish should not be eaten together.

Consuming oranges along with radishes can also severely damage health. It can also be said that the combination of these two works like poison for you. This will not only make you a patient of stomach problems but can also give you more health ailments.

Be careful if you are consuming radish and bitter gourd together in any way. This can be dangerous for your health. Actually, the natural elements found in both of these can spoil your health by acting among themselves. This can not only cause you breathing problems, but it is also fatal for the heart.

This combination is extremely dangerous as it could lead to constipation and acidity. It is because, radish or mooli is cool in nature and tea is said to be warm in nature, and the two are completely opposite of each other. It is for this reason that the combination of tea and radish is said to be not compatible.

Although radish is a wonderful vegetable, which offers several health benefits too much radish also can cause certain health issues such as dehydration. When you consume too much radish, it makes a lot of urine in your body which can lead to too many visits to the loo. This can cause too much dehydration in your body. Thus, whenever you consume radish, make sure that you drink a lot of water. This way you will stay away from dehydration.

It is said that radishes can lower your blood sugar, and if a person has an issue with low BP, then he should definitely avoid consuming it. Thus, if you really like radishes, take the doctor’s advice before you consume this delicious vegetable.