At the same time, since ancient times, porridge has been considered to have the effect of nourishing and nourishing the stomach, and it is called "the wonder of nourishing the stomach" and "the best thing in the world to supplement people". I believe I was sick when I was a child, and my stomach was upset. Many grandparents and grandfathers generally recommend drinking more porridge on the grounds of nourishing the stomach.
However, with the development of network technology, we will see that many professional doctors and clinical nutrition experts will particularly emphasize that rice porridge or millet porridge that we often drink in our lives is not nutritious. Why?
Is there any nutrition in porridge?
In fact, the answer to this question is completely different in different times. For the older generation, porridge is of course "nutritious" and very nutritious. After all, it was not until 202 1 that China was declared truly out of poverty. During the five thousand years in China, the living standard of most people was actually very low, and their resistance to natural disasters was very small.
So in the past thousands of years, people will starve from time to time, and even many people will starve to death. At this time, white rice porridge is undoubtedly a very nutritious luxury food. As we all know, the glycemic index of cooked rice is very high. For hungry people, a bowl of warm rice porridge can quickly raise blood sugar and make hungry people feel satisfied and full.
At the same time, warm rice porridge will feel warm after entering the stomach, which will further make people feel comfortable, as described in a well-known drug advertisement as "warm and intimate". It is no exaggeration to say that for a hungry person, a bowl of warm rice porridge brings more pleasure than all kinds of delicious food.
So for the older generation, porridge is of course nutritious. Can provide enough heat for people to wrap their stomachs.
However, with the industrial revolution, reform and opening up, social progress and the improvement of production technology, people's living standards have been greatly improved. At this time, porridge, as a kind of food rich in carbohydrates and containing almost no other nutrients, is obviously not a nutritious food.
After all, there are more than 200 million overweight or obese people and nearly 654.38 billion diabetics in China. As a food with high glycemic index, porridge, especially white rice porridge, will undoubtedly further aggravate the burden of obese and diabetic people.
Therefore, as far as modern society is concerned, porridge, especially white rice porridge, cannot be regarded as nutritious food. Similarly, the so-called nourishing effect of porridge does not exist.
Nutritious and delicious, porridge should be done like this.
According to the standards of modern nutrition, a bowl of nutritious and delicious porridge must contain as much protein, dietary fiber, various perioperative operations and trace elements as possible besides providing a certain amount of carbohydrates. In order to meet this condition, rich ingredients must be added to porridge. For example, traditional eight-treasure porridge, preserved egg lean meat porridge, green vegetable porridge and so on. Much more nutritious than simple white rice porridge.
Generally speaking, people who like to drink sweet porridge can choose a small amount of rice or coix seed and rich beans, such as red beans, mung beans, black beans and soybeans, as well as other nuts or ingredients, such as walnuts, dates, peanuts and sesame seeds. The porridge made by mixing these foods is not only low in glycemic index, but also rich in protein, omega-3 fatty acids and various trace elements.
Similarly, people who like to drink salty porridge can choose a small amount of rice, various meats, seafood and vegetables as ingredients. Guangdong people have a deep understanding of this. For example, Cantonese-style boat porridge is based on white rice porridge, and various ingredients such as sashimi, lean meat, shredded fried dough sticks, peanuts, chopped green onion, shredded eggs, floating skin, jellyfish silk, shredded pork, shredded roast duck and squid are added, which is very nutritious. Besides, the famous places in Guangdong and the first porridge, raw beef porridge and casserole porridge are all nutritious and delicious salty porridge.
Generally speaking, porridge is an important part of China's food culture 5,000 years ago, which is of great significance to the development of Chinese civilization. But with the development of the times, porridge should also keep pace with the times, and a bowl of nutritious and delicious porridge is a good porridge that conforms to the times.