Honor your father, a sumptuous meal may put more burden on your body! Nutritionists say that many children are used to celebrating Father's Day with family dinners, but a large meal often contains thousands of calories, more than half of dads' daily caloric needs. It is better to make afternoon tea at home instead of a restaurant meal. A nutritionist designed a walnut cake paired with fruit wine. The calories per serving are only 322 calories. Enjoy a warm tea time and avoid the hassle of queuing and crowding in the restaurant. Eating a big meal to celebrate Father's Day may lead to obesity due to excessive calorie intake. Nutritionists recommend replacing the three normal meals with light snacks such as afternoon tea to reduce calorie intake. (Photography/Luo Huiwen)

A Father’s Day meal contains more than half of the daily needs

He Yi-chen, a nutritionist at the Chung Hsing Campus of Taipei City United Hospital, said that people aged 50 or 60 years old A normal-sized man should consume a total of about 1,800 calories a day. However, if you eat a small portion of each dish at a table or restaurant buffet that is often eaten during Father's Day dinners, cumulatively, each person will eat at least 1,000 calories in one meal. ; Taking the Western-style set meal as an example, an 8-ounce sirloin steak with a lot of oil has about 700 calories. If you add soup, salad with dressing, dessert, drinks and other side dishes, the total calories will exceed 1,000 calories. card, more than half of what is needed for the day.

Excessive calorie intake can easily lead to obesity and increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, degenerative arthritis, metabolic syndrome, dyslipidemia and other diseases, so why should we Nutritionist Zhen recommends that filial children who care about their father's health should switch to hand-made low-calorie afternoon tea instead of a high-calorie meal. This can not only retain the purpose of a warm dinner, but also take into account health.