The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, and all kinds of moon cakes are back in people's sight again. There are many kinds of moon cakes on the market, such as "five-kernel moon cakes", "yolk moon cakes" and "sugar-free moon cakes" ... moon cakes with various fillings are dazzling.
Wang Shidong, Chief Physician of Endocrinology Department of Dongzhimen Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, and Meng Jie, Chief Physician of Spleen, Stomach, Hepatobiliary Surgery Department of Oriental Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, reminded that although mooncakes are delicious, you should choose one that suits you.
Just try it in moderation, not breakfast or dinner.
"Moon cakes are foods with high calorie, high sugar and high fat." Meng Jie said that a high-fat diet will inhibit the emptying of the stomach, make food stay in the stomach for too long, promote excessive gastric acid secretion, aggravate the ulcers of patients with gastric and duodenal ulcers, and even lead to bleeding and perforation. Mooncakes with high oil content can also promote the secretion of pancreatic juice, stimulate sphincter spasm and duodenal papilla edema, and make pancreatic juice excreted poorly, thus causing acute pancreatitis.
Meng Jie suggested that healthy adults should not eat more than one piece of moon cakes every day, and the elderly and children had better eat half a piece. It is best for patients with digestive system diseases not to eat or try a little. "Don't eat moon cakes for breakfast or dinner, because it doesn't conform to the principle of balanced diet and nutrition, and it is not conducive to the health of the gastrointestinal tract. Mooncakes contain high fat and sugar, but little protein and cellulose. Dinner is best to be light, reduce carbohydrates and fat appropriately, and eat more vegetables at the same time. The staple food can replace rice and pasta with coarse grains. " Meng Jie added.
Diabetic patients should look at the ingredient list first.
With more and more kinds of moon cakes, it is not impossible for diabetics not to eat moon cakes at all. "When diabetics choose moon cakes, they should look at the ingredients list and choose moon cakes with clear ingredients, low sugar content or calorie value and low oil content to reduce the calorie intake of sugar and fat, such as sweet potato moon cakes and miscellaneous grains moon cakes." Wang Shidong said.
Although sugar-free moon cakes can reduce the calories in moon cakes to a certain extent, they can't be eaten in unlimited quantities. "Although the sweetener in this kind of moon cakes is not sucrose, it contains more carbohydrates such as starch, which can be decomposed into glucose; The fat content in sugar-free moon cakes is still high, and fat can produce more calories than carbohydrates. Eating a lot of sugar-free moon cakes will also lead to an increase in blood sugar. " Wang Shidong explained.
Wang Shidong reminded diabetics not to drink liquid food such as rice porridge, batter and soup thickened with starch when eating moon cakes. "The starch paste contained in this liquid food is digested and absorbed quickly in the human body, which will increase the postprandial blood sugar peak of diabetic patients and aggravate blood sugar fluctuation, which is not conducive to blood sugar control. People with diabetes can eat moon cakes with light vegetable soup and vegetable juice. "
"Simple tea and light rice" moon cakes are good for health and help digestion.
A plate of moon cakes and a cup of hot tea is a healthy choice to enjoy the moonlit night. Tea is rich in tea polyphenols, which can quench thirst and relieve boredom, help digestion, increase satiety and avoid physical discomfort caused by excessive calories. Here, Meng Jie also recommends two kinds of tea drinks for invigorating stomach and promoting digestion.
barley tea
Materials: Chinese medicine stir-fried malt.
Function: "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "The accumulated food of rice and flour can be eliminated". Brewing fried malt with hot water instead of tea can promote qi circulation, promote digestion, strengthen spleen and stimulate appetite. However, fried malt has the function of returning milk and is not suitable for lactating women.
Hawthorn, tangerine peel and licorice tea
Ingredients: fried hawthorn 10g, dried tangerine peel 6g, licorice 3g.
Function: After hawthorn is fried, the sour taste is weakened and the bitter taste is increased, which is helpful for digestion and spleen and stomach strengthening; Chenpi can promote appetite and digestion; Licorice can regulate the properties of various drugs, and decocting tea with these three drugs can also play the role of invigorating stomach and promoting digestion.
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