Nowadays, people regard staple foods as the culprit of gaining weight, and they think that eating less staple foods or not eating staple foods can control carbohydrate intake and have a weight loss effect.
Many people believe that people who eat a lot of staple foods not only gain weight quickly, but also age quickly, and are prone to problems such as hyperlipidemia, diabetes, and high blood sugar.
So, is it really healthy to eat less staple foods?
When I was in college before, due to the lack of control of my diet, my height of 160cm and my weight reached 110 pounds, and the good woman was not more than 100 pounds, in order to lose weight, I also tried to lose weight without eating staple foods, and I ate apples and milk when I was hungry for three meals, and my weight returned to 95 pounds in 2 months, and I lost 15 pounds.
However, the person has lost weight, but the hair loss is very severe, and the menstrual period is irregular. I read Chinese medicine, and Chinese medicine said that girls nowadays can do everything to lose weight. If you want to menstruate, you need to eat staple foods normally.
However, eating staple foods means that the weight will regain back, is it for beauty or to restore menstruation? #春日生活打卡季#
And there are many examples around me, there is a relative's daughter, and after going to college, menstruation became once a semester. Later, I learned that in order to lose weight and maintain a thin figure, she rarely eats staple foods, such as: milk and eggs for breakfast, a small steamed bun for lunch, with vegetables, vegetables and lean meat or fish for dinner, and the staple food intake at the end of the day does not exceed 3 taels.
Therefore, eating too much staple food is easy to gain weight and get three high diseases, and not eating staple food or eating too little staple food is also prone to health problems, and even affects life expectancy. Skipping staple foods is equivalent to a ketogenic diet, which increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, including heart disease, stroke, and other problems.
In a person's normal diet, the staple food part should account for about 40%-50% of the total food portion, and too little or too much intake will increase the risk of death.
You will find that a person who does not eat staple food for a long time or eats very little staple food will have poor qi and blood, malnutrition, serious hair loss, and amenorrhea, which is that the body is in a state of famine, and will give up some peripheral things to maintain the core functions of the human body.
If you continue to insist on not eating staple foods, the body will further develop health crises, such as decreased brain reaction speed, weakened learning ability, muscle degeneration, hypothyroidism, damage to heart blood vessels, and induced risk of myocardial infarction.
So, how much is the right staple food for an average person to eat every day?
An adult's daily staple food weight is about 200-350g, and heavy manual workers can appropriately increase the intake of staple food to provide energy to the body.
What is raw weight? It is about 2 taels of steamed steamed buns, and the raw weight may only be 1.25 taels, so you can eat 1-1.5 steamed buns in one meal, which can meet the carbohydrates required by the body. People who are losing weight can appropriately reduce staple foods, rather than not eating them, and it is recommended that the intake of staple foods be controlled at about 70% of the usual amount.
Of course, there are many choices of staple foods, we can choose some yams, potatoes, pumpkin, potatoes, beans with slow glycemic levels and long satiety time, instead of some noodles and rice, the combination of coarse and fine grains has a more balanced nutrition, which can prolong the satiety time and reduce fat accumulation.
So, are you eating the right staple food?