It’s the Lantern Festival, so you can eat dumplings healthily.

The fifteenth day of the first month is approaching. Tangyuan has become a popular holiday food for some people because of its softness and smoothness. Lei Min, the chief physician of the Nutrition Department of the Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, reminded that people with "three highs" should eat dumplings as little as possible, and healthy people should also pay attention to the details of eating, so as to eat dumplings healthily and never be willful.

Should be based on moderate consumption.

According to Lei Min, the traditional craft of making glutinous rice balls pays attention to materials. Glutinous rice flour is the main component of the outer skin of glutinous rice balls, which is sweet in taste and warm in nature, and belongs to spleen, stomach and lung meridians. It is rich in carbohydrates, calcium, iron, riboflavin, niacin and so on, and has the dietotherapy effects of invigorating the middle warmer, invigorating qi, astringing sweat and stopping diarrhea.

The conventional fillings of glutinous rice balls are mainly sweet, such as black sesame stuffing, bean paste stuffing, peanut stuffing, chocolate stuffing, sweet-scented osmanthus stuffing and various fruit fillings. Sesame, peanut, nut kernel, chocolate, etc. are all high-fat raw materials. Together with sugar and oil, the calorie density is relatively high, and glutinous rice is sticky. Excessive consumption will increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract, lead to excessive calories, and even cause a series of metabolic diseases, such as hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia and hyperuricemia.

In this regard, Lei Min pointed out that glutinous rice balls should be eaten in moderation. While eating glutinous rice balls, it is not recommended to eat other foods with high sugar content, and at the same time, the intake of other staple foods should be reduced accordingly. Generally speaking, eating three glutinous rice balls will reduce the staple food of the day.

This combination is nutritious and delicious.

When it comes to the cooking methods of glutinous rice balls, Lei Min said that many nutrients in glutinous rice balls, such as trace elements and vitamins, will be dissolved in the soup after being boiled. Cooking sweet dumplings, you can put hawthorn, pear, lily, tremella, red dates and other foods in the boiled soup; To cook salted dumplings, you can put melon, towel gourd, white radish, Chinese cabbage, shrimp and other foods in the boiled soup. Eating dumplings and fruits and vegetables with soup is nutritious and delicious.

The pot steaming method and baking method of glutinous rice balls have relatively no additional high oil and high sugar. The inherent nutrients in glutinous rice balls are less damaged, so it is also a good choice to mix them with vegetables and fruits when eating.

The raw fried method and cooked fried method of glutinous rice balls are all fried in oil, which will increase the heat in glutinous rice balls. For healthy people, it is ok to adjust the taste. However, it is not suitable for patients with cholecystitis and pancreatitis in the past, and it is easy to induce diseases.

Lei Min reminded that glutinous rice balls have a "slow stagnation" effect, and healthy people can bring benefits to their health if they eat them in moderation, but eating too much will slow down gastrointestinal peristalsis, leading to hiccups, bloating, loss of appetite, indigestion and other discomfort. Therefore, while eating glutinous rice balls, it is also a good choice to match some spicy foods, such as onions, ginger and garlic, to balance the sluggish effect brought by glutinous rice balls.

Don’t ignore these eating details.

Lei Min said that glutinous rice flour, sugar and oil are high in glutinous rice balls. If you want to eat delicious food, your blood sugar will rise sharply, which will not only aggravate your condition, but also may induce ketoacidosis. Therefore, diabetic patients need to pay special attention.

The oil and calories in glutinous rice balls are high, and excessive consumption is easy to increase blood lipid and weight. Patients with hyperlipidemia should eat a small amount on the basis of controlling the amount of food and oil in three meals. In addition, Lei Min said, Tangyuan can promote the increase of gastric acid secretion, aggravate the stimulation of ulcer surface, and even induce gastric bleeding in severe cases, so patients with digestive tract ulcer should eat carefully.

Lei Min reminded that children’s digestive function is weak, and the swallowing reflex is not yet fully developed. Therefore, when eating glutinous rice balls, one dumpling should be divided into multiple portions, and then the second bite should be eaten after eating one bite to prevent accidents. The digestive function of the elderly and infirm is decreased, especially the swallowing reflex of the elderly is relatively slow, which may cause aspiration due to swallowing disorder, resulting in dyspnea. You should chew slowly and eat a small amount.

Editor An Ruoxuan

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