Lantern Festival丨 Adults 5 small tangyuan at a time is enough It is best to accompany the digestive food tea

Today is the 15th Lantern Festival of the first month, is the tangyuan or lantern that symbolizes reunion ready? Whether it is the Lantern of the "rolling" in the north or the tangyuan of the southern "bag", the raw materials of the two are the same, both are glutinous rice as the skin, with various fillings, soft and delicious, which will make people can't help but eat. However, from a health point of view, both have the characteristics of high calories, high viscosity, high sugar, and high fat. Gu Zhongyi, director of the Beijing Dietitians Association, reminded that the consumption of tangyuan or lantern should not be excessive, and the elderly, children, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, acute gastroenteritis, gastric ulcers and other special groups should be more cautious.

Gu Zhongyi said that if the elderly and children eat tangyuan or lantern in excess, indigestion may occur, increase their gastrointestinal burden, pantothenic acid, heartburn, etc.; for ulcer patients, eating lantern will promote increased gastric acid secretion, aggravate the stimulation of the ulcer surface, and serious cases can induce gastric bleeding, gastric perforation, etc.; "three high people" Excessive consumption of tangyuan or Lantern will lead to increased blood pressure, uncontrolled blood sugar, increased blood lipids, etc., and in severe cases, it will even aggravate heart hypoxia, ischemia, and induce angina.

"Many of the tangyuan or Lantern on the market will use lard, nuts (peanuts and sesame seeds), and the flavor is often accompanied by a lot of sugar and fat, a large tangyuan may take half an hour to consume, and several large tangyuan are basically equivalent to a meal." Gu Zhongyi reminded that adults eat 5 small tangyuan each time is enough, the elderly and children should be less, infants and young children should avoid eating tangyuan or Lantern because their gastrointestinal function has not yet developed well.

Can diabetics eat sugar-free rice balls? Gu Zhongyi believes that even sugar-free tangyuan will use ingredients such as xylitol to replace sucrose, which is not of great significance, plus glutinous rice is an important raw material for lantern and tangyuan, and the proportion of amylopectin is higher, which is easier to be absorbed by the human body, and it is easier to be hydrolyzed into simple sugars to raise blood sugar.

【Consumption Suggestions】

Lunch is most beneficial

In the morning, the gastrointestinal tract function is the weakest, and eating food made of glutinous rice is prone to indigestion; at night, the stomach and intestines will stop peristalsis, which is not conducive to digestion. Eating tangyuan and lantern at lunch is the most beneficial.

Tangyuan Lantern is eaten hot

Tangyuan and Lantern should be eaten hot, otherwise the starch structure will change, the starch will age, and it will not be easy to digest and absorb. People whose gastrointestinal function itself is not good, do not eat cold rice balls.

It is healthier to eat with

When eating the Lantern, you can accompany some foods that are easy to digest, such as celery, hawthorn, raw radish, etc., and can also be paired with barley tea, hawthorn water, tangerine peel soaking water, which are easy to digest.

Beijing News reporter Zhang Zhaohui

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Source: Beijing News