First of all, it is clear that "nourishing the stomach" in the traditional sense should reduce the burden on the gastrointestinal tract.
First, the scientific basis for drinking porridge to nourish the stomach
During the long-term boiling of rice, the starch is fully gelatinized, and the burden on the gastrointestinal tract during the digestion process will be much smaller than that of other foods; Rice porridge is rich in Vb, which can play a role in protecting the gastric mucosa. Therefore, drinking porridge to nourish the stomach is not groundless.
Second, suitable for people who drink porridge
Elderly people with insufficient gastric acid secretion, atrophic gastritis, weakened chewing ability, and patients who have just completed gastrointestinal surgery can get through this period by drinking porridge.
3. People who are not suitable for drinking porridge
People with excessive gastric acid secretion and reflux esophagitis should minimize the frequency of drinking porridge.
People with high blood sugar and diabetes should not drink porridge to avoid the risk of elevated blood sugar.
Fourth, the potential risk of drinking porridge
Drinking porridge will cause the stomach to secrete more gastric acid to irritate the ulcer surface or mucous membrane, and eating too much fluid porridge is more likely to lead to reflux of food and gastric acid, causing or aggravating acid reflux heartburn symptoms.
Drinking porridge does not need to be chewed, and the lack of chewing will lead to the degradation of chewing ability. This is not the concept of advancing and retreating, but the chewing muscles are the same as muscles, and if they are not used for a long time, they will inevitably atrophy.
Compared with the same volume of rice, porridge has a stronger feeling of fullness, energy density and nutrient elements are much different. In the long run, this can lead to an enlarged stomach, eating too much food in one meal, and may also cause obesity.
5. How should we ensure the health of the stomach?
Three meals regularly, regular and quantitative, do not eat full, can be hungry but can not last.
If the temperature of food is too high or too low, it will irritate the gastric mucosa. Among them, food with high temperature is the most harmful, for health considerations, we are actually more suitable for eating room temperature food.
Do not drink a lot of water before and after meals to prevent digestive juices from being diluted and not conducive to the digestion of food.
Chewing slowly can reduce the burden on the stomach while exercising facial muscles and enhancing satiety.
Cold can cause stomach cramps or inhibition of stomach movements, leading to indigestion, so you need to keep warm.
Spicy and stimulating foods, strong tea, strong coffee, alcohol and other foods will cause damage to the gastric mucosa, ulcers, bleeding and other symptoms. In daily life, you should do less contact with the above foods.
Scientific health preservation and avoiding the misunderstandings caused by the old saying is my dream.
At the end of this article, I wish everyone good health and success in their work!