Chao News client reporter Huang Huixian.
Visual China Diagram.
Every Spring Festival, many people can't escape the curse of "three pounds of fat".
With the upcoming Spring Festival of 2024, are you ready to wander around the homes of your family and friends and linger between the feasts every day? At the New Year's dinner table, is it necessary to interpret the scene of "non-big fish and big meat are not on the table"? After a few days of eating, the double chin and small belly also began to appear.
So, how to eat during the Spring Festival this year to reduce the possibility of growing "meat"? Listen to the professional advice of the dietitians of Zhejiang Hospital.
Someone gained more than a dozen pounds in a Spring Festival
You must have gained weight during the Chinese New Year! Miss Lu, a native of Jiaxing, said that Jiaxing people have a sweet diet, and an indispensable traditional dish on the New Year's table is hooves, plus fruit juice drinks that must be drunk at the gathering of relatives and friends, and a lot of melon seeds and peanuts will be eaten, which are all high-calorie foods.
Hoof. Visual China Diagram.
Miss Wang, born in the 90s, lamented that she would drink more milk tea than usual during the Chinese New Year, which is also one of the "roots of all evil" for gaining weight. "Go out to the movies and have a drink, go shopping, full of sugar. ”
I gained more than a dozen pounds when I went home for the New Year! "During the Spring Festival last year, as soon as Sister Teng, a Xianju person who had been working in other places all year round, returned to her hometown, she gathered with many relatives and friends who she didn't usually meet. Hot pot, barbecue, supper barbecue, as well as ice cream, candy and other sweets, Sister Teng has to eat a lot every day.
It's rare for friends to see each other, it's impossible to leave after a few glances, you always have to have a meal, and there are several parties a day. Sister Teng smiled helplessly.
For the Spring Festival diet, there are those who sigh that they "eat and drink the sea" to gain weight, and naturally there are also those who think that the impact is not great.
Miss Xu, a native of Shaoyang, Hunan Province, told reporters that now everyone's living conditions have improved, and they eat well for three meals a day.
And there are a lot of dishes for the New Year, and the banquet is basically not accompanied by rice, pure vegetables, no carbs, and I don't feel too fat. Miss Xu said that even if relatives drink more during the Chinese New Year, from a health point of view, the amount of alcohol should be properly controlled.
Dietitian: Eat more staple foods with a strong sense of satiety and low energy density
With the popularization of the concept of healthy eating, more and more people have begun to say "no" to overeating, and the New Year's eating habits have also shown a trend of focusing on balanced nutrition, small amounts and refinement.
How to achieve "out of the Spring Festival without getting fat" while having a happy reunion? The reporter specially invited Zhang Lun, the chief physician of the nutrition department of Zhejiang Hospital, to support everyone.
Sweet potato. Visual China Diagram.
You can eat some staple foods with a strong sense of satiety and low energy density, such as vegetables, and choose whole grains, mixed beans, potatoes and other foods rich in dietary fiber. Zhang Lun said that potato foods such as sweet potatoes have an energy density of only about 1 4 of rice, which can fill the stomach and not be easy to gain weight. When eating meat dishes, you can choose fish, shrimp, skinless chicken and duck, and refined pork, beef and mutton and other foods with low fat content; In terms of cooking methods, try to minimize frying and frying food, and choose steaming and boiling methods.
In Jiangsu and Zhejiang, braised pork and nuts are the "standard" on the New Year's table; But they are also foods with a higher fat content. In Zhang Lun's view, whether to gain weight or not actually involves the "amount" of food intake. Meat dishes can be eaten in palm-sized amounts per meal, and nuts can consume 50 to 70 grams per week, which is equivalent to eating a handful and a half of shelled sunflower melon seeds, or 2-3 large walnuts a day.
Intake of too much high-protein food or high-fat diet during the Spring Festival can easily lead to indigestion, and in severe cases, it can even induce diseases such as cholecystitis and pancreatitis. Zhang Lun said.
In addition, in terms of alcohol consumption, Zhang Lun suggested that you should drink as little alcohol as possible, and if you must drink, you can choose a low-alcohol alcohol, and the frequency of drinking should not be too high.
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