The calories of 100 grams of chicken are about 140 calories. Chicken is rich in high-quality protein, carbohydrates, fats and various minerals, which can greatly replenish vitality and enhance the body's resistance. Chicken is rich in unsaturated fatty acids, which can remove garbage from the blood, reduce cholesterol, and play a certain role in preventing atherosclerosis and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. It helps lower blood pressure and blood lipids, and people with high blood pressure can also eat it. The high-quality protein of chicken is easily absorbed and digested by the human body, and can enhance the body's resistance and immunity.
How to drink chicken soup correctly to avoid gaining weight
1. Remove the floating oil
When the chicken soup is being made, there will be a layer of floating oil on the surface. If this layer is removed If the fat is removed, the chicken soup will be clearer and the calories will be greatly reduced. In this way, drinking chicken soup correctly will generally not cause obesity.
How to remove oil slick: Place a few ice cubes on a stainless steel spoon. Wrap the bottom of the spoon filled with ice cubes around the surface of the soup a few times. The low-temperature spoon will automatically absorb the fat on the hot soup. Because greasy food will cool down and solidify at low temperatures. Then the bottom of the soup spoon absorbed a lot of terrible grease, so I quickly wiped it off with a paper towel. After doing this a few times, almost all the oil on the soup was gone. When the soup is hot, the spoon absorbs fat faster and cleaner.
2. Don’t drink it at night
Chicken is a low-fat and high-protein food, and nutrients are concentrated in the soup. If you drink it at eight or nine o’clock in the evening, it will easily cause overnutrition, which will lead to overnutrition over time. Naturally you will get fat. Moreover, drinking chicken soup before going to bed at night is not good for the gastrointestinal tract. Because the body's parasympathetic nerve excitability increases during sleep, parasympathetic energy strengthens intestinal peristalsis, which increases intestinal burden at night. It is recommended to drink it in the morning instead. It can supplement nutrients during the day and is easily consumed. Relatively speaking, the possibility of gaining weight is smaller.
3. Don’t eat chicken skin
Although chicken skin is ugly in appearance, it has relatively high nutritional value, especially rich in collagen, making it a good beauty product. However, it is also chicken skin that is easier to gain weight. Chicken calories are 167 calories/100g, while chicken skin is basically a pure fat food with about 380 calories. Therefore, it is best not to eat chicken skin.
4. Add vegetables to chicken soup
When making chicken soup, we can choose to add some vegetables, which can make the chicken soup more nutritious, relieve greasiness and reduce calories. It can also prevent weight gain. Alternatively, you can choose to neutralize the main ingredient with fiber-rich and digestive-friendly ingredients.
5. Control the amount
Chicken soup should be eaten as little as possible, let alone drink it every day. Generally, the best frequency is to maintain the frequency of 2-3 times a week. At the same time, it is not advisable to drink too much each time. If you are afraid of gaining weight, a small bowl at a time is enough.
As long as you drink in moderation and drink correctly, you will generally not gain weight. Chicken soup is very nutritious. It is rich in protein, amino acids and 18 kinds of trace elements such as phosphorus, iron and sodium. However, the content of cholesterol and fat is very low. It is a tonic with extremely high nutritional value. Drinking an appropriate amount of chicken soup has a very nourishing effect on the body and will not make you gain weight as everyone fears.