Morning reading reflection: You are what you ate! 1013

"Food, sex, sex"!

Eating is the first survival instinct of human beings. Newborn babies know to look for food in their mother’s arms. Without diet, our basic survival is impossible.

But the same rice feeds all kinds of people. After eating the same food, why are some people slim, some fat, some healthy, and some sad?

You are what you ate!

We all need to eat, but how much should we eat and how should we eat? Let us learn about some common sense about diet.

What is 211? This is a visual eating method summarized by nutritionist Tian Xue. How much should we eat at each meal? Please raise our fists, and take the visual amount of one fist as the unit. For each meal, we have to eat: two fists of vegetables, one fist of staple food, and one fist of protein. This is referred to as the "211 Diet". Isn’t it very vivid?

So if I have a hot pot party with my friends and unknowingly eat several plates of hot-boiled mutton, the protein must be too high. Will I become obese and unhealthy? Of course the problem won't be this serious. If I consume too much protein at this meal, I will need to reduce or even eliminate protein at the next meal, or even several subsequent meals, in order to maintain a dynamic balance in my diet during this period.

Eat in moderation. "211" is enough to meet your body's food intake needs. Too little or too much is not healthy. Please follow the basic principles.

Friends get together for a dinner, and the table is full of delicious food. Which one should we start with? Is it just a matter of controlling the total amount and not caring about anything else? Of course not.

Everything in heaven and earth is in order, and so is the intestines and stomach. Different foods are digested and absorbed in different orders in the body. If we want to eat healthily and beautifully, we must master a basic principle when eating: the easier it is to digest and absorb, the easier it is to eat first.

At this point, you may want to ask: There are so many types of food, how do we know their digestion order?

Kimberly Schneider, a celebrity nutritionist based in Los Angeles, has summarized an "Eighteen-character Scripture" for our reference:

In other words, between raw and cooked foods, like Fruits and raw vegetables are easier to digest than cooked foods.

Among all cooked foods, vegetarian dishes are easier to digest than meaty foods.

They are also meat dishes. Fish, shrimp and other small-bodied dishes are easier to digest than heavier ones such as chickens and ducks, followed by sheep, pigs and cattle.

In addition, before the above meal sequence, there is another classic saying: "Drink soup before meals to stay slim and healthy." Drink some soup before a formal meal. On the one hand, it lubricates the mouth and intestines to prevent obstruction; on the other hand, it increases the feeling of fullness and reduces the intake of excessive food.

Zhu Danxi, a famous doctor in the Yuan Dynasty, put forward this theory in his "Ru Dan Lun": Get nutrients from natural grains and avoid eating overcooked food.

Zhu Danxi said: ""What is given by heaven is a naturally harmonious flavor, which has the effect of nourishing yin through food; what humans do is cooking to blend and thicken the flavor, which can cause illness and disease. The poison of fate. ”

The meaning of this sentence is: “Food that grows between heaven and earth has a natural taste, is indifferent and peaceful, will not cause internal heat, and has the function of nourishing yin and replenishing deficiency.” Although the flavors created by artificial cooking are delicious and enjoyable, they can cause internal heat and are harmful to health. ”

Food with original flavor and ecology is needed for good health. Excessive cooking techniques and processing methods certainly beautify the taste of food, but on the one hand they destroy the original nutrition of the food, and on the other hand they On the one hand, it also consumes too much substances that the body does not need, which affects the health of the body.

What makes you comfortable is probably not very healthy.

For health reasons, when processing foods, those that can be eaten raw should be eaten as raw as possible, and those that cannot be eaten raw should be steamed or made into soups, while the addition of unnecessary seasonings should be minimized.

Now that we have the methods and techniques, will it be effective tomorrow if I follow them today?

Do you think it is possible?

Any short-term, quick-acting thing - except for quick-acting Jiuxin Pills - basically has problems, especially when it comes to the health and beauty of the body. So even if we master the above basic dietary knowledge, we still need to do it step by step and persevere.

No matter how much you understand, if you don’t do it, you will still have a bad life.

Therefore, these basic dietary common senses have been popularized by everyone here today. So in the next step, let us practice it together and witness a healthier and more beautiful self!