Why do experts not recommend porridge for breakfast? Is it good to drink porridge? 2 types of people are really not suitable for drinking

Jul 11, 2022

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Lao Jiang is 65 years old this year, and his daily breakfast is a bowl of porridge + pickles, which is cheap and filling, but Lao Jiang was suddenly told by his old friend that this kind of breakfast combination that he has eaten for more than 20 years , In fact, it is not nutritious at all .

"Experts have said on TV, don't drink porridge for breakfast, it's not nutritious at all!" The old friend also used the old man's mobile phone to pull out that video for Lao Jiang to watch.

"I don't believe it. I have had porridge for breakfast for so many years, and I have no physical problems at all. These experts are just talking nonsense!" Lao Jiang watched the video, but he didn't believe it at all.

"Oh, you are so stubborn, I don't care if there is a problem with drinking." In the end, the two broke up unhappy.

Regarding "drinking porridge for breakfast", some experts have indeed said that it is not recommended to drink porridge for breakfast, such as:

Zhang Wenhong once advised parents to prepare high-protein breakfasts such as eggs and milk for their children at a press conference, emphasizing that "no porridge is allowed for breakfast" ;
In an interview, Ruan Guangfeng, director of the Science and Technology Department of Kexin Food and Nutrition Information Exchange Center, also said that "the nutritional value of porridge is single . "

Many people like to drink porridge for breakfast, whether it is white porridge or various porridge with "additional ingredients", is it good to drink porridge for breakfast?

Many Chinese people have the habit of breakfast = porridge and side dishes. But in fact, from a nutritional point of view, drinking porridge in the morning is not the best choice.

For adults, a good breakfast can reduce hunger and help start the day's work and mood. For children, breakfast is even more important. Children are in the stage of reproductive development and have higher energy and nutritional needs. If there is not enough energy, it will affect brain activity and limit children's energy.

But why don't nutrition experts recommend drinking porridge in the morning?

Let's take a look at the nutritional content of porridge first. Every 100 grams of porridge mainly contains 9.58 calories of carbohydrates, 1.11 grams of protein , and a small amount of fat and trace amounts of cellulose.

It can be said that a bowl of porridge is equivalent to drinking a bowl of carbohydrates . It is okay as an energy supplement, but it has no nutrition.

And the common porridge with pickles is actually not healthy.

Pickles need a lot of salt to be cured. Eating too salty will increase the risk of hypertension . At the same time, pickles also contain nitrite, which may cause cancer if eaten for a long time.

In addition, if you only drink white porridge for a long time, it is not a good thing for your body. When drinking porridge, there is basically no need to chew, which will affect the secretion of saliva, reduce the secretion of digestive enzymes, and reduce the digestive function of the stomach.

For patients with gastric diseases, long-term consumption of porridge will promote gastric acid secretion and aggravate symptoms; for diabetic patients, gelatinized starch is easier to be digested by the body and quickly enters the blood, resulting in elevated blood sugar. Also very unfavorable.

Can you really not have porridge for breakfast? In this regard, Ruan Guangfeng, an expert from the China Food Rumor Repelling Alliance, said that it is not that drinking porridge is not allowed, but that it is recommended to drink less or not to drink only porridge .

Many people are used to drinking porridge with pickles, deep-fried dough sticks and other unhealthy foods. This mode is not recommended. White porridge is not "junk food". If it is served with vegetables, eggs, beef, etc., it will be much healthier . Drinking porridge pays attention to a reasonable mix and balanced nutrition.

2. You need to understand the consequences of skipping breakfast

Breakfast is the first meal of three meals a day, and it is also the most important meal, but some people may choose not to eat breakfast in order to lose weight. But in fact, this approach is wrong. It not only endangers human health, but may also lead to obesity.

Published in the American "Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism", a study on breakfast from the University of Lübeck in Germany found that the energy consumption of breakfast is 2.5 times that of dinner, and people who eat a rich breakfast every day have a stable energy throughout the day. Blood sugar and insulin levels, more to help with weight loss.

And those who skip breakfast for a long time may face these consequences-

1. Malnutrition, decreased resistance

Skipping breakfast for a long time will not meet the nutritional needs of the body, which will affect the body's resistance and make it easy to be attacked by viruses and bacteria.

2. Great harm to the digestive system

The food ingested by the human body will be emptied in the stomach in about 6 hours. If you do not have breakfast in time the next day, various digestive enzymes in the stomach will digest the "gastric mucosa". In the long run, the gastric mucosa is prone to inflammation under repeated stimulation, causing gastric ulcers and other lesions.

3. Easy to get gallstones

The bile in the gallbladder begins to be stored after dinner. If you do not eat breakfast, the stored bile will be concentrated after 12 hours, and cholesterol crystals will easily form. Day after day, it is easy to precipitate into gallstones.

4. Easy to become obese

Breakfast will not help people lose weight. When people are hungry, they will choose foods higher in carbohydrates and protein. If you don’t eat breakfast, you tend to eat too much for lunch. Fat accumulation makes the body more likely to gain weight.

But a healthy breakfast is also very particular, and eating the wrong one will be detrimental to human health.

3. Wrong choice of breakfast or harmful to health, what does a "qualified" breakfast look like?

Maybe most people don’t deliberately match breakfast. Sometimes they can eat whatever they want in the morning. In fact, eating the wrong ones may endanger cardiovascular health and even overall health, especially these types of breakfasts.

1. Milk + eggs

Many people think that milk and eggs are the best breakfast, but in fact, this combination is too high in protein, lacks in carbohydrates, and is not nutritionally balanced.

2. Bread, cake + drink

Bread and cakes are the most common combination for modern people for breakfast. However, the process of making bread and cakes often requires a lot of oil and sugar. After ingestion, it is easy to cause blood sugar to rise and fall rapidly, which will increase people's fatigue.

3. Soybean milk + biscuits + fried dough sticks

This combination is very common in the north. Although fried dough sticks and sesame cakes are delicious and contain carbohydrates, the fat is also excessive, and frequent consumption can easily make people fat. Moreover, fried food, after high temperature, destroys nutrition and produces carcinogens such as benzopyrene.

So how to match a "qualified and healthy" breakfast?

For a high-quality breakfast, you only need to follow one formula - staple food + eggs (milk, beans) + various fruits and vegetables + fat .

Student party : staple food + milk + fruits and vegetables
Office workers : boiled eggs + multigrain porridge + fruits and vegetables
Elderly people : less meat + low fat + high fiber

Experts and academicians once shared his breakfast mix, a glass of milk, an egg yolk, two egg whites, a bowl of whole grain porridge, two slices of cheese bread, and two oranges. He also emphasized that breakfast must not be sloppy.

Many people try to save worry and have a "perfunctory" attitude towards breakfast. Breakfast is an important source of energy for the human body to start a new day. If you treat it carelessly, you will be the one who "suffers" in the end.

References:

[1] "White porridge nourishes the stomach? Be careful the more you drink, the more you will hurt! I was cheated for many years again.” Popular Science China. 2020-06-04

[2] "Why did Zhang Wenhong say that porridge is not allowed?" Nutrition experts give explanations". CCTV Sannong. 2020-04-24

[3] "Eating a big breakfast makes it easier to lose weight!" Recommend a set of "universal breakfast formula". Life Times. 2022-03-23

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