Advantages and disadvantages of eating rice cakes

I. Benefits

Rice cakes are rich in nutrients, including protein, fat, carbohydrates and other nutrients, and are rich in elements needed by human body, such as calcium, phosphorus, potassium and magnesium. Eating it is good for your health.

Second, shortcomings.

The disadvantages of eating rice cakes are mainly caused by incorrect eating methods, including the following:

1. Don't eat too much.

The calorie per100g of rice cake is 165 kcal, which is 49 kcal higher than that of rice with the same weight. If you eat too many rice cakes at a time, it is easy to consume too many calories. The rice cake can be used as a part of the staple food, which can appropriately reduce the intake of rice, noodles and steamed bread.

2. Don't eat cold food.

The rice cake is made of glutinous rice and yellow rice. After cooling, it will reverse, become hard and brittle, lose its sticky taste, be difficult to digest, and stimulate the gastrointestinal tract. It is suggested that rice cakes be steamed after they are cooled.

3. Not suitable for frying

Fried rice cakes are the best-selling snacks in this street. Adding oil-absorbing flour to high-calorie rice cakes makes it easier to consume too many calories. It is suggested that the rice cake should be steamed, with less nutrient loss and healthier. Can also be used to rinse hot pot or make soup, with vegetables, tofu and so on.

4. Special people should not eat

The sugar index of rice cakes is high, especially fried rice cakes, which are sticky and difficult to digest. Many people like to dip rice cakes in sugar and honey, which leads to higher oil content and sugar content. People with high blood sugar can't eat too much. Old people and children have weak digestive systems, so they must chew slowly and don't eat too fast. Don't laugh and play when eating rice cakes, so as not to choke or cough due to esophageal spasm.

The rice cake is a traditional food of the Han nationality. It is steamed with glutinous rice or rice flour and steamed with yellow rice in the northeast. It is a seasonal food for the Lunar New Year. The rice cake is not only sweet and delicious, but also nutritious, and has the functions of fitness and disease elimination.

Soaking rice cakes with clear water is a good preservation method, but it should be noted that rice cakes soaked with clear water need to be cleaned every day and changed with water every day to be preserved for a longer period of time. If your rice cake has been soaked in water, washed and changed, and turned sour, you can't eat it any more.