Be particular about the order of ordering

It is best to drink the soup first before serving. As the saying goes: "Drinking soup before meals is better than good medicine." This is because the passage from the mouth, throat, esophagus to the stomach is like a passage that food must pass through. Before eating, drink a few mouthfuls of soup (or drink a little water). , which is equivalent to adding some "lubricant" to this section of the digestive tract so that food can be swallowed smoothly and to prevent dry and hard food from irritating the mucosa of the digestive tract.

In addition, you can eat staple food early. If you order the staple food after eating the hot and cold dishes, you will not only be unable to eat it and waste it, but you may also damage your gastrointestinal tract due to excessive drinking and eating meat. Therefore, eating some whole grain staple food first can not only protect and nourish the stomach, but also maintain nutritional balance. Steamed taro, steamed corn, steamed chestnut and purple sweet potato are all good choices. You can also drink some soup such as millet porridge first.

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It is best for cold dishes to contain starch

Fan Zhihong, associate professor at the School of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering at China Agricultural University, pointed out that cold dishes based on fish, meat and eggs It is not conducive to gastrointestinal health and nutritional balance. You might as well order starchy vegetarian food for cold dishes, such as fern root powder, jelly, glutinous rice and lotus root, etc. You can also order mixed vegetables, fruit salad, etc. with less oil to supplement dietary fiber.

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A combination of meat and vegetables is healthy

Experts say that when eating main dishes, try to achieve a ratio of one meat to three vegetables. To put it simply, eat One bite of meat, then three bites of vegetarian. When ordering hot dishes, you can follow the "1:1:1" principle. In other words, one pure meat dish, one meat and vegetable combination dish, and one pure vegetarian dish. When ordering cold dishes, it is recommended to have 2 vegetarian dishes and 1 meat dish. Although this still cannot achieve the ideal ratio of one meat to three vegetables, it has greatly improved the food structure and is conducive to reducing the environmental pressure caused by excessive animal food and the resulting burden on human health.

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Food preparation is very important

Try to choose as few dishes as fried, stir-fried, dry pot, and "boiled" as they are not only There is too much fat, too many calories, and the quality of the oil is difficult to guarantee. In comparison, cooking methods such as steaming, boiling, stewing, and cold salad are more beneficial to health. In addition, we should avoid eating too many "fake vegetarian dishes". For example, the following three "vegetarian dishes" have the same calories as soy pork elbows: Di San Xian, oiled eggplant and dry stir-fried beans. These three dishes have all been washed in an "oil pan bath". Although the ingredients are all vegetarian, once they are oiled, the calories are higher than ordinary fish. When ordering vegetarian dishes, look for ones with low oil content, such as stir-fried water spinach, stir-fried chrysanthemum with minced garlic, etc.

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Be careful when choosing drinks

In addition to advocating drinking less, there is also a need to pay attention to the choice of drinks. Coke and other carbonated drinks and fruit juices have high sugar content and calories, so you should try not to drink them or drink them as little as possible. In addition, tea should also be drunk less. Because tea contains tannic acid and theophylline, it will affect the digestion of protein by the gastrointestinal tract. If you want to drink tea, you should choose herbal teas with less tannic acid and theophylline, such as wolfberry, chrysanthemum tea, rose and red date tea, etc. In fact, some starchy hot drinks, such as whole grain and soy milk, are more suitable than tea to accompany meals and relieve tiredness. They can not only save soups with high salt content, but also serve as staple food to fill the stomach.