Which is healthier, rice or pasta? Eat staple food healthily and remember three principles.

I watched an interesting video yesterday. A man and his colleagues had a hot pot dinner. He comes from the north, while others come from the south. The rice bowl on the table is more interesting. He is the only one whose bowl is full of sesame sauce, and everyone else is rice. Southerners cannot live without rice. They feel full without eating a meal, and even have to fill a bowl of hot pot. Northerners often eat pasta, two big steamed buns at a time, and they are full immediately. So, which of these two diets is healthier?

Choosing rice or pasta seems to mean that the dispute between North and South has begun. Who is the representative of the health school?

Are northerners taller than southerners because they eat pasta?

It is common sense that northerners are taller than southerners. For men, the top five are from northern China, namely Shandong, Beijing, Heilongjiang, Liaoning and Inner Mongolia, with average heights of 175.44cm, 175.32cm, 175.24cm and 174, respectively. Why do they grow so tall?

The cold climate is a factor. In order to resist the cold, northerners usually need to eat more nutrients, so northerners often eat at the end of the plate. Of course, this is not the reason for their poor height. After all, there is little difference in nutrition between rice and pasta, and the intake of fruits and vegetables is similar. The difference is mainly caused by the difference of meat. Northerners generally eat mutton, beef and pork, while southerners like white meat such as chicken, duck and fish. Moreover, cold will prolong the growth period and give them more time to grow.

In addition, the north and the south receive light at different times. The sun in the north is mild, so you can go out to bask in the sun if you have nothing to do, while the sun in the south seems to melt people, so you have to take an umbrella every time you go out, and the light time is relatively short, which means that there are fewer opportunities to supplement vitamin D, which is an important element to promote bone development.

From this point of view, the height of northerners cannot be said to be due to long-term eating of pasta, and of course it is impossible to compare who is healthier.

Northerners are fatter than southerners because they eat too much pasta.

The obesity rate of the former is 35%, while that of the latter is 27%. Why are northerners fatter? Han Ping, from the Institute of Health Management, said that it is mainly related to climate, heavy taste and insufficient exercise, among which, it has a greater relationship with diet. Northerners love pasta. Let's talk about pasta first. Compared with rice, pasta is high in energy, fat and glycemic index, and it is easy to get fat if you eat too much. Especially fried and sugary pasta will bring more fat.

But we can't attribute the fat of northerners to eating pasta, because there are other problems in their diet, such as heavy oil and salt, heavy weight, uneven meat and vegetables, and love to add seasonings. Generally speaking, they are not as delicate and light as those in the south. Coupled with the cold weather, slow metabolism, staying in a warm room for a long time, the body's fat can't be consumed, and the weight will gradually increase.

From this point of view, obesity is not necessarily caused by eating pasta for a long time, but also related to less exercise and catching cold.

So, who is healthier and often eats rice or pasta?

The answer is that each has its own shortcomings!

After comparing the nutrition, calories, blood glucose response, chronic disease risk and allergy risk of rice and pasta, it is found that it is meaningless to answer this question, because no one can just eat rice/pasta without eating other foods, no matter what kind of diet you eat for a long time, as long as the collocation is reasonable.

Northerners love pasta and eat a lot. This is a habit they have developed for many years. I can't say anything bad, but now there are not only noodles, but also other vegetables, grains and eggs to make up for the shortage of pasta. They can also make dough and bean jelly to change their taste and still eat healthily. Southerners love rice, but they have never seen anyone who only eats rice. While eating rice, they also eat vegetables and soup. Sometimes they eat some rice noodles.

Therefore, this is not a question of health, but a question of whether it will be scientifically matched.

Stop arguing about rice and pasta, it's healthier to eat staple food.

Rule 1: Don't be so "exclusive" and do something new.

On the basis of rice and pasta, eat more coarse grains, such as corn, sweet potatoes, brown rice and red beans. , can be steamed alone, can also be bibimbap, mixed noodles. Many people have intestinal problems and usually have difficulty defecating. Changing the structure of staple food and increasing crude fiber may make your intestines easier.

Eight-treasure porridge, for example, can also be used as a staple food, and it is richer to eat with other miscellaneous beans and rice. But some people love sweets and cook them with a lot of sugar. This staple food is easy to get fat, which may lead to an increase in blood sugar. Noodles are the same, with less oil and salt and less bean paste. It's healthier to have a light taste.

Principle 3: Eat less staple food and eat more.

Chronic patients and obese people should reduce the amount of staple food, eat more a la carte, or eat vegetables and soup first, and then eat staple food when your stomach is almost full, which can help you control your blood sugar and blood lipid levels and lose weight.

To sum up, diet and health are closely related and affect each other, but the scope of diet is very wide, so we can't just look for reasons from staple food. Or maybe you eat too much, have a heavy taste and do little exercise. And the staple food can also be eaten healthily, with a little less weight and a combination of meat and vegetables, which are all good ways.