Experts stressed that there are five dietary "misunderstandings" in China, so it is urgent to guide food consumption scientifically. These dietary "misunderstandings" include:
First, the cooking process emphasizes the taste, oily and salty. Each person consumes an average of 30 to 50 grams of oil per day. Many residents directly use five-liter oil drums to pour oil into the pot, which is often excessive. There are not a few families with three people who can eat five liters of oil a month.
Second, urban and rural residents generally pay more attention to diet and nutrition, knowing that they should eat more vegetables and less meat. However, most domestic vegetables are mainly fried, which costs more oil than stew. For example, scrambled eggs with tomatoes generally use 50 grams of oil; Stir-fried vegetables, onions and green peppers also use about 50 grams of oil. Many people think it's not good to eat meat oil, and it doesn't matter to eat more vegetarian oil.
Third, although Chinese food consumes more vegetables than western food, restaurants and canteens also use more oil for cooking. After eating, the bottom of the plate is full of oil, which is a drawback of Chinese food. Residents in the north are "heavy-mouthed" and eat a lot of salt, some even as high as 13 to 15 grams a day.
American fast food is called "junk food" and "energy bomb" by nutritionists because of its high calorie, high fat, high protein, low minerals, low vitamins and low dietary fiber. It is especially addictive and has a bad influence on children's eating habits, but most parents don't think so.
5. The westernization of residents' diet structure, the change of food consumption demand and the sharp increase of meat consumption. At present, the per capita meat consumption of urban residents in developed areas has reached 46 kilograms, which has surpassed that of South Korea and Japan.
Experts call on the government to guide the whole people to consume food scientifically and rationally, and further adjust and optimize the food structure according to the national conditions on the basis of adhering to the traditional dietary structure. And the "misunderstanding" of diet is not swept away, and the "civilized disease" is hard to get rid of.
Experts pointed out that it is necessary to inherit the philosophical connotation of China's traditional diet nutrition, "make it appropriate according to food, treat it according to syndrome differentiation", adhere to the principle of food biodiversity, pay attention to the chronic safety of food, and study the potential impact of unbalanced dietary structure on human health; As soon as possible for people to develop a scientific and reasonable best dietary spectrum.