Vegetables are food to be eaten every day. Nutritionists have always suggested eating no less than 500 grams of vegetables every day. Vegetables are low in calories, high in water and high in cellulose, which is obviously helpful to lose weight.
Wax gourd, for example, provides only 12 calories per100g, and contains almost no fat and protein. It can be said that eating a bowl of wax gourd is similar to drinking a bowl of water, so you can naturally eat more safely during weight loss.
The calories of green leafy vegetables are mostly low. For example, the calorie of spinach per100g is only 22 calories, while that of chrysanthemum is only 24 calories. At the same time, these green leafy vegetables are also rich in folic acid, vitamins and minerals, which can accelerate human metabolism and improve immunity.
But can eating whole vegetables help you lose weight? The answer is certainly not that simple. Although some foods are also classified as vegetables, the calories are really not less than rice.
For example, potatoes can provide 100 grams of carbohydrates per100 grams of potatoes. Steamed potatoes are actually the staple food in western food. Every100g of potato contains 8 1 calorie, and the calorie of a plate of shredded potato after frying increases to 1 15 calorie, which is similar to a bowl of rice.
If rice and shredded potatoes are mixed together, it is equivalent to eating two bowls of rice in one meal. Doubling calories is obviously not conducive to losing weight.
Then there are scrambled eggs with tomatoes, a dish that everyone likes to eat. The calories of tomatoes are extremely low, only 15 calories, which is lower than that of wax gourd. When tomatoes are scrambled with eggs, people usually fry the eggs with oil first, then pour out the eggs, then fry the tomatoes with oil, and finally add scrambled eggs and stir them evenly.
This is equivalent to putting cooking oil twice, and the heat will be close to 100 calories, which will turn the original low-calorie healthy food into high-calorie and high-fat.
Therefore, when choosing vegetables during weight loss, on the one hand, we should look at the calories of vegetables themselves. Some vegetables are high in carbohydrates and protein, such as potatoes, sweet potatoes and taro, which are not suitable for eating during weight loss.
That depends on how the food is cooked. Steaming and boiling, without oil, are perfect, while barbecue, frying and stir-frying will increase the calories of food.