The fifteenth day of the first lunar month every year is the Lantern Festival, our traditional Chinese festival. On this day, every household will eat glutinous rice balls. However, relevant research shows that glutinous rice balls are high in calories and are not suitable for all hot foods.

Nutritional experts said that the skin and filling of glutinous rice balls contain high calories, and the energy they provide to the human body is no less than staple food, so you should be moderate when eating glutinous rice balls. Traditional glutinous rice balls are made of glutinous rice and different fillings. Glutinous rice itself is grain and contains a lot of starch. The fillings contain higher calories, such as the sesame-filled glutinous rice balls we often eat. The sesame seeds themselves contain a lot of fat, and some vegetable oil is added during the production process for a delicate taste. Therefore, glutinous rice balls contain only a lot more calories and fat than the same amount of staple food. An ordinary glutinous rice ball stuffed with sesame seeds can bring the same calories to the human body as one or two rice. Two or three glutinous rice balls can cover the meal. The standard amount of staple food recommended by Pagoda for each adult meal.

Fried glutinous rice balls are too high in calories

In addition to boiling glutinous rice balls, some people also like to fry the endless glutinous rice balls and eat them. Although fried glutinous rice balls are golden in color, crispy and delicious, the high temperature of frying will destroy many of the nutrients contained in the glutinous rice balls themselves and reduce the warming effect of the glutinous rice balls; frying will also increase the fat content of the Yuanxiao rice dumplings, which have a high fat content. High and increased calories are more likely to lead to obesity. In addition, frying will also produce some carcinogens that are harmful to human health. Therefore, fried glutinous rice balls are the most undesirable from a nutritional point of view. Don’t sacrifice your health for taste. Especially for patients with gallbladder and pancreatic diseases, eating fried glutinous rice balls is likely to cause the disease to relapse in these patients.

After we have introduced the calories of glutinous rice balls to everyone, we should understand that when eating glutinous rice balls, we should avoid frying glutinous rice balls to increase the calories, and also eat some crude fiber foods, preferably one after a meal. Take a walk after hours.