Yesterday morning I had a lovely little surprise sitting on my desk, a notice from our local health center.  I was about to throw it away when I noticed the title that had me instantly hooked:

20 Foods Which Should Not Be Eaten Together

I'd like to translate these twenty food combinations for you, including their purported effects, and in turn I want you to realize that this was not meant to be a joke.  These health officials are completely serious.  This notice was passed around the city in hopes that people would think twice before serving, let's say...rabbit meat and celery in the same meal.  Apparently, all your guests would walk away bald.  I'm doing you a favor here, so you might want to take some notes.

1. Pork + water chestnuts = a stomach ache


2. Beef + chestnuts = vomiting


3. Lamb meat + watermelon = a decreased vigor for life


4. Dog meat + green beans = poisonous to the body


5. Rabbit meat + celery = loss of hair


6. Chicken + celery = a decreased vigor for life


7. Goose meat + chicken eggs = a decreased vigor for life


8. Turtle meat + amaranth (a nutritional herb) = poisonous to the body


9. Carp + liquorice (not the candy) = poisonous to the body


10. Crab + persimmon fruit = diarrhea


11. Chicken eggs + saccharin = poisonous to the body, potentially fatal


12. Brown sugar + preserved eggs = poisonous to the body


13. White wine (白酒) + persimmon = chest pains


14. Onions + honey = damaged vision


15. Radish + fungus = dermatits (a skin disease)

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