Secondly, porridge is bigger than solid food, which is more likely to cause bloating, so drinking porridge is more likely to make people feel full. This feature is helpful for people to control their food intake and lose weight.
In addition, drinking porridge can nourish yin and replenish qi. "Compendium of Materia Medica" describes rice oil as "black and thin people eat it, and it will be fat and white in a hundred days. With its nourishing yin, it is better than rehmannia glutinosa, and you can save a bowl every day. It is best to go into battle lightly. " In the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, there is a saying that the stomach likes to moisten dryness and hates dryness. Therefore, drinking porridge properly can replenish water in the body, nourish and protect the stomach. It is a "good method" for constipation.
Ignoring these two points may lead to the misunderstanding of "drinking porridge to nourish the stomach"
From the above aspects, drinking porridge does have many benefits, but its warning function can not be ignored, otherwise it will enter the misunderstanding of "drinking porridge to nourish the stomach":
1. Many enzymes in saliva can promote the digestion and absorption of food, and the secretion of these enzymes needs to be stimulated by chewing. If you often drink porridge without chewing, it will inhibit the secretion of enzymes, not only reduce the digestibility of food in the mouth, increase the burden on the stomach, but also affect the digestion and absorption of food by the gastrointestinal tract. Moreover, if you drink porridge for a long time, gastrointestinal peristalsis will always be in a state of "stealing leisure", just like a machine that has been stagnant for a long time will rust, which may induce the decline of digestive function, which is not conducive to "nourishing the stomach".
2. Drinking porridge will increase the size and weight of the stomach in a short time, which is not good for patients with gastroptosis. Moreover, for people who are prone to heartburn and acid reflux, drinking gruel is easy to aggravate symptoms. So this kind of people should drink less.
Keep in mind the scope of application in order to nourish the stomach healthily.
How can we avoid falling into a misunderstanding? We need to keep in mind the scope of application of "drinking porridge to nourish the stomach".
Suitable for people: more suitable for children, the elderly, postoperative and people with weakness of spleen and stomach, insufficient gastric motility and low gastric acid secretion.
Not suitable for people: those who have symptoms such as acid reflux and heartburn or suffer from gastric ulcer, reflux esophagitis, gastroptosis and hyperglycemia.
Suitable time: you can't drink porridge for three meals a day for a long time.
Suitable type: according to different physique, the partial eclipse choice of porridge should not be too absolute. For example, people with spleen and stomach deficiency or weakness are not suitable for taking mung bean porridge and red bean porridge.
The statement that "diabetics should not drink porridge" is too absolute.
For healthy people who have no stomach trouble, drinking porridge in moderation has the effect of nourishing the stomach. But you can't drink porridge for a long time, otherwise it will be unfavorable in terms of nutrient intake and gastrointestinal peristalsis; And according to the physical differences, the types of porridge can also be slightly adjusted.
The digestion and absorption speed of porridge is fast, so the postprandial blood sugar reaction is fierce, which is not conducive to the control of blood sugar in patients with hyperglycemia. Therefore, people with diabetes should not drink porridge. But this statement is not absolute. As long as the ingredients of porridge are well matched, it is ok to drink porridge properly. Such as oats, barley, brown rice and other ingredients with low blood sugar reaction can not only have slow blood sugar reaction, but also supplement enough dietary fiber and other nutrients, which will make you feel full and help you control your food intake better.
To sum up, "appropriateness" and "moderation" are very important. In fact, real stomach nourishing is a comprehensive conditioning process, including diet, work and rest, proper exercise, mental relaxation, and drugs. Therefore, cultivating a healthy lifestyle in a multi-pronged manner is the biggest health preservation method.