Porridge is usually made of carbohydrate-rich grains, beans, soybeans and other foods after a long period of boiling. After a long period of heating, the dietary fiber and other components in these plant foods are softened and the nutritional components are inhibited. Reduce obstacles to food digestion; After long-term heating, starch food will also increase its gelatinization degree. The higher the gelatinization degree, the closer the starch is to the semi-colloidal state, which is more conducive to digestion and absorption. Therefore, for some people with poor oral cavity, poor digestive ability and slow gastrointestinal peristalsis, porridge is beneficial to digestion and absorption, which really helps to reduce the gastrointestinal burden.
But not every meal of porridge every day is good for the stomach.
We have heard a proverb. Born in sorrow, died in happiness? The same is true for the stomach. If we give it some soft, rotten, mushy or even semi-liquid food every day, it will gradually get used to digesting food comfortably. Even if we give some hard food containing more dietary fiber, it may affect digestion and absorption and make the stomach uncomfortable. To nourish the stomach, we need? Step by step? Reduce their load properly, but at the same time, we should also carry out appropriate training to improve their digestive ability. If the stomach is bad, we can choose to eat porridge for dinner with indigestion in one day, or eat dry rice properly for breakfast or lunch, or don't cook porridge too soft or rotten. You can also add some coarse grains, miscellaneous beans and brown rice containing dietary fiber, such as eight-treasure porridge and red bean porridge. Many friends think that soaking rice in soup is not good for the stomach, because soup will dilute gastric acid, which will affect digestion and increase the burden on the stomach.
In fact, stomach acid is not so fragile. If you drink a few small bowls of soup after a meal, it will not affect its secretion, and our digestive ability will not be reduced. What's the difference between drinking it with meals?
However, the problem with soaking rice in soup is that if you drink too much soup, it will fill your stomach. When the stomach is full to a certain extent, it will feel full and suppress appetite. As a result, we become unwilling to eat vegetables, meat or food. If you add too much soup to soak rice, it may affect the intake of other foods and reduce the intake of nutrients; If you add some soup properly, it won't have any effect.