Eating mooncakes skillfully for a happy holiday
(2013-09-06 10:09:14)
"The moon is round in August and the moon cake is sweet" With the coming of the Mid Autumn Festival, there are many kinds of moon cakes on the market. Although various manufacturers have racked their brains to renovate the patterns, the moon cakes on the market are still mainly traditional flavors such as lotus paste, mung bean paste, red bean paste, jujube paste, and five kernels.
Although the raw materials of moon cakes are lotus seeds, mung beans, taro, almonds and other healthy foods, after they are made into stuffing, due to the addition of a large amount of sugar, oil and food additives, they have become high in fat and sugar, which is not very beneficial to health Food, and mooncakes, as a seasonal food, are difficult to fast in the festive atmosphere. Therefore, whether you are a healthy person or a patient, the elderly or a child, how to eat moon cakes skillfully and have a healthy and happy reunion has become a very important topic. Now please listen to the experts' suggestions:
1. Diabetics
The popular moon cakes can be divided into two categories: one is the double yellow and lotus shaped moon cakes with high fat and sugar content; The other is the five kernel and bean paste moon cakes with low cholesterol but high sugar content. Since animal oil is mostly added in the production process, the fat and sugar content of moon cakes are very high. From the perspective of nutritional balance, the nutritional value of moon cakes is not high. Therefore, for diabetics, mooncakes should be fasted. If you can't control the amount of food you eat too much, it is likely to increase blood sugar sharply, cause metabolic disorder, aggravate diabetes, and even induce ketoacidosis.
Special reminder:
(1) Under the condition that the blood sugar of diabetic patients is well controlled, they can eat some mooncakes in the form of extra meals, such as 1/4 sugar free mooncakes with some light tea, hawthorn water, chrysanthemum tea, etc.
(2) After eating mooncakes for extra meals, the amount of staple food for dinner after extra meals should be appropriately reduced to control the total calories of the whole day.
2. Patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases
Patients with hypertension, hyperlipidemia and coronary heart disease should eat some mooncakes. Because for such patients, eating more moon cakes will lead to increased blood lipids, blood viscosity, elevated blood pressure, and even coronary arteries that nourish the heart muscle may be blocked, affecting Myocardial blood supply. For some patients with cerebrovascular diseases, eating more moon cakes may even increase the risk of stroke. Due to the high oil content in mooncakes, some mooncakes even use lard as stuffing, which is very unfavorable for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular patients, especially those with high cholesterol.
Special reminder:
(1) Patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases can eat a small amount of moon cakes when their blood pressure is stable and their blood lipid indicators are well controlled;
(2) Patients with hyperlipidemia should also pay special attention to the egg yolks in the moon cakes, and try not to eat the egg yolks and meat filled moon cakes, but can choose the nuts.
3. Poor gastrointestinal function
For people suffering from acute and chronic gastritis, gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer, eating more moon cakes is not a good thing. Recently, the number of patients seeking medical treatment due to abdominal distension caused by eating moon cakes has increased significantly. For people with poor digestive function, eating more moon cakes will not only cause a large amount of gastric acid secretion, further damage the damaged mucosa, and some may even cause gastrointestinal bleeding. In addition, if the patient eats a lot, the risk of acute pancreatitis will also be greatly increased.
Special reminder:
(1) Avoid taking too much at one time, and control the amount below one.
(2) Mooncakes are best eaten with green vegetable porridge, which is conducive to digestion and reduces the irritation to the gastrointestinal tract.
4. Patients with cholecystitis and cholelithiasis
People with cholecystitis and cholelithiasis should not eat more moon cakes, which may cause indigestion or gallbladder disease; Eating too much moon cake may also induce acute pancreatitis. Therefore, patients with acute and chronic cholecystitis and cholelithiasis should try to avoid such high-fat foods as moon cakes.
