As a distinctive local delicacy, Baoding donkey meat fire recently appeared on CCTV's "Three Meals and Four Seasons" column, so it is "out of the circle". During the "May Day" holiday, tourists from all over the country came to taste Baoding donkey meat.
From the perspective of nutrition and food science, donkey meat has the characteristics of "two highs and two lows". The "two highs" are high protein and high amino acids, and the "two lows" are low fat and low cholesterol. Donkey meat is rich in 8 essential amino acids and 10 non-essential amino acids. Tryptophan is an important substance to identify whether the protein in meat is comprehensive, and it is also an important indicator to evaluate the quality of meat. The content of tryptophan in donkey meat per 100 grams is 300~314 mg, which is much higher than that of pork and beef of the same weight. In addition, donkey meat also has a high protein content, containing about 21.5 grams of protein per 100 grams.
Although donkey meat is delicious, some people, especially some patients with liver disease, should eat less, be cautious, or even fast.
If the patient is in the stage of chronic hepatitis and is not in the acute stage of chronic liver disease, it is possible to eat donkey meat and burn it.
If the patient is in the compensated stage of cirrhosis and does not have significant esophageal and gastric varices, that is, when the risk of esophageal and gastric variceal bleeding is not high, donkey meat can also be eaten.
If the patient has obvious esophageal and gastric varices, that is, when the risk of esophageal and gastric variceal bleeding is high, then donkey meat should be eaten with caution, and chewed slowly, not too much.
If the patient is in stage 1~2 of hepatic encephalopathy, the intake of protein-containing foods should be limited in the first few days, and the protein intake should be controlled at 20 grams per day, and the plant protein diet can be appropriately increased first. Because plant protein contains less sulfur-containing amino acids methionine and cysteine, it is not easy to induce hepatic encephalopathy. As the symptoms improve, patients can increase their protein intake by 10~20 grams every 2~3 days. For example, start with 1/4 of the donkey meat burned every day, and then decide how much donkey meat you can eat each day according to the individualized situation.
If the patient is in the decompensated stage of liver cirrhosis, and has complications of hepatic encephalopathy, and is in stage 3~4 of hepatic encephalopathy, it is forbidden to supplement protein from the intestine. At this time, donkey meat should not be eaten.
Text: Shi Rongya, Chief Physician of the Department of Difficult and Critical Liver Diseases, Baoding People's Hospital, Hebei Province
Finishing: Correspondent Sun Jingwei Health News Special Reporter Xiao Jianjun
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