Which can "nourish the stomach" between porridge and noodles? Your stomach nourishing concept is long overdue for a renewal

When it comes to "nourishing the stomach", the first thing that comes to mind for many people is to drink porridge. There are also some elderly people who eat white porridge all year round in order to protect their stomachs.

Can drinking porridge really nourish the stomach? Recently, this question has had a "subversive answer".

Experts interviewed

Song Xin, dietitian, head of the Department of Nutrition, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University

Cao Zhan, a registered dietitian in China

Yu Renwen, director of Beijing Dietitians Association and registered dietitian in China

Why always drinking porridge makes the stomach more and more fragile

Many people feel that the stomach is warm and comfortable after drinking porridge, so they drink it every day and drink it all the time, thinking that it is very nourishing to the stomach, in fact, this view is a bit one-sided.

Long-term drinking porridge and not paying attention to diet can easily lead to insufficient nutritional intake.

If the porridge is swallowed without chewing, it is not initially digested by the saliva amylase, and excessive water intake dilutes the gastric juice, which will also increase the gastric capacity and increase the burden on the stomach to a certain extent.

Eating a large amount of food at one time can also make gastric acid secretion excessive, prolong gastric emptying time, and make reflux more likely to occur, so patients with gastroesophageal reflux should not drink porridge for a long time.

The characteristics of porridge that are easy to digest and absorb are "double-edged swords", and the effect of raising blood sugar after eating is stronger, which is not conducive to controlling blood sugar.

People with excessive stomach acid can eat soft and rotten noodles, steamed buns, buns, flower rolls and other noodle foods to help neutralize stomach acid and reduce the chance of stomach attacks. If you especially want to drink porridge, it is best not to increase sticky ingredients such as yellow rice and glutinous rice to avoid increasing discomfort.

Can eating pasta nourish the stomach?

Long-term drinking porridge may not necessarily nourish the stomach, that is the same warm and soft food - pasta, is it good for the stomach to eat often? In terms of noodle method, pasta can be divided into dead noodles, hair noodles, and hot noodles:

◎ Dead noodles: cold water and noodles, kneaded dough has toughness, texture, commonly used to make hand-rolled noodles, dumpling skins, wonton wrappers.

◎Noodles: Add yeast powder when mixing noodles and ferment at a certain temperature. Common foods such as steamed buns, bread, buns, and dough cakes.

◎Hot noodles: according to the processing needs, use hot water and noodles at different temperatures. The higher the water temperature, the less tough and soft the dough.

From the perspective of "nourishing the stomach", eating pasta made with noodles is better digested, and the burden on the stomach is relatively light; Dead faces are more likely to have bloating, abdominal pain, and indigestion; The hot noodles live somewhere in between.

Healthy people do not need to worry about whether pasta is easy to digest, let alone eat only hair noodles in order to "nourish the stomach". Steamed pasta is relatively soft and does not cause too much irritation to the stomach. And eating something that is too soft and easy to digest every day may also cause digestive degradation.

The advantages of soft rotten foods such as porridge and noodles are high water content, easy digestion and absorption, suitable for gastrointestinal patients with poor digestive function, elderly people with weak chewing ability, and some extremely weak patients, and can also help people who often eat big fish and meat to "decompress" the stomach.

However, the stomach has the characteristics of "using in and out of waste", and long-term eating porridge, soft rice, and soft noodles that are particularly digestible will deteriorate and become more prone to problems.

In addition, because the main components of noodles, rice porridge, and paste foods are carbohydrates, it is not recommended for diabetics with stomach problems or stomach discomfort to eat frequently, otherwise blood sugar is easy to rise rapidly, which is not conducive to blood sugar control.

There are 6 key points to diet and stomach nourishment

The stomach digests food, absorbs nutrients, and excretes waste day after day, and the eating habit of "nourishing the stomach" is more important than what to eat.

1

Eat on time and seventy percent full

In particular, dinner should not be eaten too late, otherwise food accumulates in the stomach and is difficult to digest, increasing the burden on the stomach.

Don't overeat, seven points full is a very good choice to control energy intake, maintain a healthy weight, and maintain your stomach.

2

The temperature is moderate, and the taste is light

Excessive hot food will burn the oral mucosa, esophageal mucosa, gastric mucosa; Too cold food can easily cause gastrointestinal stress, affect digestion and even cause acute diarrhea.

Long-term eating too salty will gradually thin the gastric mucosa, which is also one of the factors that induce gastric cancer; Excessively sweet foods can stimulate excessive secretion of stomach acid; Too spicy will cause irritation to the gastrointestinal tract and cause intestinal stress response.

3

Protein fat should not be much

If you eat too much high-protein and high-fat food at one time, it needs to be digested for an average of 3~4 hours, which will not only consume more calories, but also bring a lot of burden to the liver and kidneys. Therefore, it is necessary to moderately control high-protein, high-fat foods.

4

Food is soft and hard from person to person

"Soft food" is mainly aimed at specific groups, such as young children, mothers, patients with stomach problems, and the elderly with poor chewing and swallowing ability. Long-term consumption of soft food by healthy people with complete teeth chewing function and good gastrointestinal function will reduce gastrointestinal capacity.

5

Chew slowly and swallow well

During the chewing process, the human digestive system reflexively secretes more digestive juices, which is more conducive to the digestion and absorption of food. It can also extend the meal time, so that the brain can capture the information of "full" in time. Avoid eating too much food because you eat too quickly, which will burden the body and stomach.

6

Choosing the right snack is important

Snacks prefer fresh fruit, low-sugar yogurt, plain milk, plain nuts, etc. For people who are prone to low blood sugar, you can prepare some snacks that are easy to raise blood sugar, such as biscuits, bread, and sugar cubes. ▲

Editor of this issue: Deng Yu