Egyptian Health warns against the favorite food of the Pharaohs: it affects the clot and affects the health of the kidneys!
The Egyptian Ministry of Health warned against eating fesikh, herring and citrus fruits, noting that they expose the person who eats them to dehydration, and affect the health of the kidneys, in addition to stroke.
The Ministry of Health added that the toxins present in fesikh do not nullify their effect on humans unless fesikh is exposed to a temperature of 100 degrees Celsius for ten minutes, such as frying in oil.
The "fesikh and herring" markets achieved great sales in Egypt, and this was evident in the last days of the month of Ramadan, through long queues in front of the shops.
Most Egyptians eat this meal on the first day of Eid al-Fitr, and fesikh is a type of salted fish, and Egyptians also prefer it in the smell of the breeze.
The Fifth Pharaonic Dynasty is the first to eat fesikh (salted fish), as they made it by drying and salting mullet fish, and it is linked to their beliefs.
Where eating fesikh was linked to their sanctification of the Nile, life for them began in the water and that the Nile River stems from heaven, according to their belief. Therefore, the pharaohs had a special care in preserving, drying and salting fish;
That is why they used to eat salted fish on their feasts and see that eating it is useful.
The prices of fesikh witnessed a rise in the past days, while one of the traders attributed this to the coincidence of the feasts of Sham El-Nessim and the Glorious Resurrection with the blessed Eid Al-Fitr, in addition to the high costs of importing these fish from their main source (the High Dam), where that timing is a peak season. Buying and selling by Egyptians for fesikh in Sham El-Nessim and Eid Al-Fitr.
The owner of a shop selling fesikh, quoting Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper, advised buyers to check the safety of fesikh and herring by checking the color of the meat, and warned against buying fesikh if its color changed from bright red to reddish brown.
The Egyptian Ministry said, on its official page on the “Facebook” website, that fasting people should not eat fesikh, herring and citrus fruits, because they cause many health problems.
Fesikh is a type of mullet that is dried and placed in coarse salt for 15 days or more until it acquires a silver color and a distinctive smell.
It is also eaten in some Arab countries, especially Jordan and Palestine, on the first day of Eid al-Fitr.
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