Have you ever had this experience? When you have a fever, you are told to eat lightly; when you have a cold, you are told to eat lightly; when your stomach is uncomfortable, you are told to eat lightly... Many people's first reaction is that "

"Light diet" refers to "eating only vegetables and no meat" and quietly living a "grazing" life.

But I must explain to everyone here that “light diet” does not mean “no meat”!

If you only eat vegetarian food every day, problems such as malnutrition, anemia, and low immunity will gradually come to your doorstep. On the contrary, the more you eat, the less healthy you will become.

In fact, a light diet means that it is recommended not to eat foods with heavy flavors such as greasy and sweet foods. This means that even if you eat vegetables, if the vegetables are stir-fried with a lot of oil and salt, it does not count.

Light!

A light diet can not only preserve the original flavor of the food, but also retain the nutrients of the food as much as possible.

So how do you achieve a light diet?

You will know after mastering the following 5 points.

1. Choose the right cooking method. The great thing about Chinese food is that there are countless cooking methods. Stir-fry, deep-fry, boil, pan-fry, roast, simmer, roast, steam, stew, rinse... the same ingredients can be prepared in different cooking methods.

, can burst out different taste enjoyment, just afraid that your mouth will be too busy.

However, if you want to eat a light diet, it is best to choose steaming, boiling, cold dressing, etc. to minimize the digestion consumption of the spleen and stomach and retain food nutrients.

In fact, although many steamed dishes are not so heavy on the meal, they often have the deliciousness of the ingredients themselves!

2. Less oil "Oil" is really something that people love and hate. When the ingredients meet the oil, they will become particularly fragrant, tempting you to take another bite.

This causes some people to put a lot of oil even when frying vegetables. Eating in this way is obviously not good for health, especially for some middle-aged and elderly people with high three-high income and poor digestion ability.

Be careful when cooking and think about whether adding less oil would be enough.

3. Less sugar. Here is a piece of data: The World Health Organization proposes that the daily sugar intake of adults and children should be controlled below 50g, preferably no more than 25g.

How much is 25g?

It's probably about 2 spoons on a normal eating spoon.

Especially those who like to eat desserts and drink sugary drinks should pay special attention. For example, if you drink one cup of milk tea, you may have consumed more than 50g of sugar without even realizing it.

Eating a lot of added sugar will stimulate a rapid rise in insulin levels and accelerate fat synthesis. You must also be wary of the emergence of diabetes.

So, drink less sweet drinks and eat less sweet foods.

4. Less salt For adults, the daily salt intake should be controlled within 6g. If you eat too salty, it will not be conducive to the discharge of metabolites in the body. Water retention in the body will also cause obesity.

In addition to using less salt when cooking, you should also eat less snacks such as potato chips, salt and pepper peanuts, biscuits, and melon seeds, because most snacks add a lot of salty seasonings.

5. Avoid heavy flavors. Heavy flavors generally include greasy and spicy ones.

Eating too much greasy food will increase the digestive burden on the spleen and stomach. These greasy things cannot be eliminated in time. In addition to causing obesity, in serious cases, it can also cause problems such as high blood pressure and fatty liver.

Eating too much spicy food will irritate our digestive system and harm the spleen and stomach.

Therefore, although foods with strong taste can stimulate our appetite, for the sake of health, it is better to eat less.