Does rice porridge really lie to us by nourishing the stomach?

People think that rice porridge nourishes the stomach because it is easy to digest and has little burden on stomach digestion. In fact, the main nutritional component of rice porridge is starch, and its protein and fat content are actually very low, which can't support the body's demand for energy and can't directly nourish the stomach.

If you drink rice porridge for a long time to nourish your stomach, not only can you not nourish your stomach, but it will worsen your digestive function.

When your stomach is upset, you should chew slowly and let the food mix with saliva, so that the food can be digested more easily in your stomach. When drinking porridge, you can't chew slowly, and food can't be evenly mixed with digestive juice, which is not conducive to digestion and may eventually induce various gastrointestinal problems.

Of course, for people with stomach discomfort caused by insufficient stomach power, drinking white rice porridge can be relieved to a certain extent, and it is okay to drink it occasionally, but everything should be moderate. Don't drink white rice porridge for a long time because you want to nourish your stomach. This is not good.

So how to nourish the stomach? The correct posture of "nourishing the stomach" is as follows:

1, healthy eating

This can be ranked first. A healthy diet includes many aspects, such as the taste of food, the types of food and so on.

In terms of taste, avoid foods that are too irritating and have a heavy taste. For example, pickled pickles, too spicy food and so on. Even if you want to eat, you'd better eat less. Otherwise, although it will not cause discomfort immediately after eating, it will bring chronic harm to the stomach.

In addition, the diet should be regular, even if it is a meal, it is best to control it at the same time, not more than half an hour before and after, and then eat when you are full.

Step 2 stay away from alcohol and tobacco

Although it is unrealistic for many people to abstain from alcohol and tobacco at all, it is still necessary to mention it from the perspective of nourishing the stomach, because alcohol and tobacco are very irritating to the stomach.

People who have been drunk may have this experience. Once drunk, the stomach will feel uncomfortable for several days, which is actually the result of alcohol stimulating the gastric mucosa. Although smoking has no such direct reaction, it will bring invisible harm to the stomach and intestines, which will be reflected after a long time.

Step 3 chew slowly

After food enters the stomach, it needs to be ground and digested, and chyle will appear before it is transported to the intestine.

Gobbling, poor chewing, easy to wear the gastric mucosa, thus causing muscle fatigue in the stomach, increasing the burden on the stomach and slowing down intestinal peristalsis. In the long run, it is easy to cause various intestinal diseases due to indigestion.

Chewing slowly can promote saliva secretion, which is conducive to better digestion and absorption of food. At the same time, it reduces the secretion of gastric acid and bile, which is beneficial to the maintenance of the stomach.