Stomach problems tend to be more common in the elderly in the early stages, because the gastric function of the elderly, including the body functions of the whole body, will age and degenerate, so there will be problems with poor digestion in the stomach. This results in stomach problems.
Nowadays, stomach problems caused by the fast pace of life and work pressure have gradually become the patent of many young people, because not eating well, not taking a good rest or even not adjusting the mentality will cause stomach problems. inflammation.
If gastric diseases are not properly maintained, gastric bleeding, gastric cancer, etc. may even occur. Suffering from this disease at a young age will cause great harm to the body. Sometimes when they encounter stomach pain or stomach upset, many people will choose to drink porridge to nourish their stomach. But is it really good to drink porridge? Is it enough to just drink porridge if you have stomach problems?
What are the effects on the body of long-term consumption of porridge to nourish the stomach?
Sometimes when recovering from stomach problems or when they have no time to eat because of stomach problems, many people will choose to drink liquid food such as porridge, which can fill their stomachs and nourish their stomachs. If you eat porridge with coarse grains and fine grains, or add some other vegetables and meat, the porridge may be nutritionally balanced and provide some energy to the body, but long-term consumption will definitely do more harm than good.
Resulting in a sharp increase in blood sugar after meals
Some porridges are made from fine grains such as rice. This kind of porridge has a sweet taste and a refreshing taste. However, this type of porridge is not good for people with diabetes, because porridge is a kind of food that is easily digested quickly, so the sugar content it produces after digestion will rise relatively quickly, which has a great impact on the rise in blood sugar. promotion effect. Therefore, for diabetics, long-term consumption of porridge is not beneficial to the stability of blood sugar.
Affects normal digestive function
Many people think that drinking porridge will nourish the stomach. In fact, this is not the case, because porridge is still a kind of fluid after all. It is no different from drinks and water. If you drink it for a long time, it is actually not conducive to the digestion of the stomach. Because the digestive juices in the human body are not used to digest liquid food such as porridge, it will be difficult to function, which is also harmful to the stomach.
So, if you have stomach problems and poor digestion, you can quickly replenish nutrients and promote digestion by drinking porridge. But it’s not a long-term solution, and you can’t always rely on eating porridge to survive.
Easy to cause indigestion, anemia, decreased immunity, etc.
Porridge is a relatively large-capacity food. Sweet and salty ingredients can be mixed with grain to make porridge. drink. However, porridge cannot help replenish all the nutrients needed by the human body. If you simply drink porridge to nourish your stomach, it will affect the body's intake of other nutrients. In this way, the body will suffer from anemia, There are many problems such as indigestion and decreased immunity.
So whether it is nourishing the stomach or losing weight, we cannot just rely on eating porridge. If you really want to maintain a good stomach, you need to do the following things.
Chew slowly when eating
The stomach is a very delicate organ in our body, because the digestion of the stomach is only completed by gastric acid and gastrointestinal peristalsis. Therefore, if many things are swallowed without chewing, it will be a burden on the digestion of the stomach, so you must pay attention to chewing slowly when eating. Don't increase the digestive pressure on the stomach, because if this happens for a long time, it will easily damage the gastric mucosa and lead to gastric diseases, and then the gain will outweigh the loss.
Don’t eat too salty food
We all know that too salty food is particularly bad for the human body’s blood vessels. Eating too much can easily cause high blood pressure, arteriosclerosis and other problems. However, excessive salt intake can actually cause damage to the gastric mucosa, because the cells of the gastric mucosa will shrink due to the destruction of the gastric mucosa under the stimulation of a high-salt environment. If this continues for a long time, it will lead to gastritis, gastric ulcer and even gastric cancer.
It can be seen that nourishing the stomach is not just about drinking porridge. Normal eating and regular diet are also an important step for good health.
And if you want to take good care of your stomach so that your digestive function is good and there are no problems, you need to put a lot of effort into your eating habits and even your diet.