1, the snack with the most additives-
A survey report on children's food additive intake in nine cities of China released by the non-profit organization "My Earth-Love the Earth" shows that among the nine snacks that children often eat, the additive content is the highest. The report shows that110 children eat snacks with additives more than three times a day, and 6% children drink more than three bottles of drinks a day (excluding mineral water and homemade tea). In summer, up to 26% of children eat ice cream every day. The survey also sampled the ingredients list and food additives of 489 kinds of food in 33 categories. Among them, instant noodles, milk drinks, potato chips, ice cream, biscuits and other foods have the most additives.
(1) instant noodles
A pack of instant noodles can contain up to 25 kinds of food additives, such as sodium glutamate, caramel pigment, citric acid, tert-butyl hydroquinone and so on. Children's long-term consumption of products containing citric acid may lead to hypocalcemia.
(2) ham sausage
Additives include sodium nitrite, potassium sorbate, etc. Among them, sodium nitrite may generate carcinogenic nitrosamines in the body.
(3) Candied fruit
Additives include citric acid, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, etc. Among them, sodium benzoate will destroy vitamin B 1 and affect children's absorption of calcium.
(4) jelly
Additives such as potassium sorbate, citric acid and carrageenan are the most commonly used. Excessive intake of potassium sorbate can lead to allergic reactions and affect children's absorption of calcium.
ice cream
Additives such as artificial flavors, thickeners and synthetic pigments are the most commonly used. According to foreign regulations, some of these artificial colors cannot be used in food.
(6) cookies
Additives include sodium metabisulfite, citric acid and sorbitol. A large amount of sodium metabisulfite can damage cells and has biological toxicity.
(7) Milk tea
Additives include potassium sorbate and sodium hexametaphosphate. Excessive amount of the latter will cause calcium metabolism disorder.
(8) chewing gum
It may contain aspartame, sorbitol, citric acid and other additives. Too much sorbitol can cause diarrhea.
(9) Potato chips
Possible additives include sodium glutamate, disodium 5'- guanylate, etc. Both of the above are forbidden to be used in infant food.
In addition, the survey also found that many sweeteners, such as aspartame or acesulfame K, are used in the foods that children often eat. These two additives have also been reported to be related to a variety of adverse reactions. Experts remind parents of children with allergies, asthma and ADHD to pay special attention to the foods their children often eat, because some food additives may aggravate these symptoms.
Du, an associate researcher at the Institute of Nutrition and Food Safety of China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that not all snacks are harmful to children. Snacks may be graded. For example,
Snacks that can be eaten frequently include: graham crackers, nutritious cereal, dried fruit, yogurt, homemade bread, etc.
Eat 2-3 times a week: sweet biscuits, ice cream, hawthorn slices, egg rolls, pudding, animal biscuits, oatmeal rolls, seaweed, self-squeezed juice, etc.
What you can only eat occasionally are: candy, chocolate, potato chips, French fries, cornflakes, marshmallows, scones, preserved fruits, shrimp strips, carbonated drinks and so on.
Instant noodles, ham sausage, jelly, instant milk tea, etc. You'd better not eat it.
2. What are the healthy snacks?
1. Ejiao candied dates
The main components of Ejiao candied dates are jujube and Ejiao. Ejiao has the function of nourishing blood, nourishing yin and moistening dryness. Jujube is sweet and warm, which can strengthen the spleen and produce blood, and help to improve symptoms such as yellow complexion, fear of cold, mental fatigue and limb weakness. It is suitable for people with physical deficiency and blood deficiency and parturient women.
Ejiao is greasy and difficult to digest and absorb. People with poor spleen and stomach should eat less, not more than 10 capsules a day. In addition, because of its high sugar content, diabetics do not eat it.
2. Guiling Ointment
Guiling ointment is made by eviscerating tortoise and adding Radix Rehmanniae, Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae, Flos Lonicerae, Radix Glycyrrhizae, Fructus Cannabis, etc. It has the health-care effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials and eliminating dampness.
However, Smilax glabra, Lonicera japonica Thunb and Radix Rehmanniae are all drugs for clearing away heat and toxic materials or promoting diuresis. They are used for acne and dry mouth caused by yin deficiency and blood heat, and should not be eaten as food or even snacks. At the same time, patients with tortoise shell cold, spleen and stomach weakness, diarrhea and dysmenorrhea should not eat it, otherwise the symptoms may be aggravated.
3. Herbal tea
The main components of herbal tea are chrysanthemum, honeysuckle, selfheal and licorice. Has the effects of clearing away heat, promoting diuresis, nourishing yin and reducing fire. Suitable for people who are often flushed, impatient and talkative, have swollen gums, oral ulcers, dry stools, like to drink cold water and eat cold food. Moderate drinking by patients with hypertension and heart disease with fever symptoms can also reduce dryness and heat.
Herbal tea should not be drunk much, nor should it be drunk as water. Excessive consumption of herbal tea will consume the yang of the human body. Drink 200-400 ml every day, not much. People with pale face, shortness of breath, laziness and fatigue, cold hands and feet and thin stools are cold constitution. People with cold constitution try not to drink herbal tea.
4. Poria cocos cake
Poria cocos cake is made of Poria cocos (ground into fine powder), rice (powder) and white sugar. Has effects in invigorating spleen, regulating stomach, promoting diuresis, removing dampness, calming heart and tranquilizing mind.
Generally speaking, poria cocos cakes are suitable for men, women and children, but those who have symptoms such as dry stool, red tongue, yellow greasy fur, kidney-yang deficiency and fine smoothness should use them with caution, and those who have a cold, fever and high blood sugar should not eat them.
5. Autumn pear cream
The weather is dry and cold in winter, and many people often have symptoms such as colds and coughs. Therefore, autumn pear cream has become a must-have item for many people at this time. Many people have this habit. When they have a sore throat or cough, they will buy two bottles of autumn pear cream, eat a spoonful and melt it with warm water. When they drink it made in My Sweetie, it doesn't taste like medicine, but it also tastes like pear, which is suitable for all ages.
However, autumn pear cream is not suitable for everyone to drink, let alone drink it casually as a drink. Qiuli ointment is made of Qiuli as the main raw material and other medicines (such as chrysanthemum, boat-fruited Sterculia, Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae, Ophiopogon japonicus, Poria, Fritillaria and honey). ) relieving cough is especially effective for dry cough caused by yin deficiency and lung heat. But for cold cough, wind-heat cough, phlegm-heat cough, liver-fire cough and so on, eating Qiuli ointment is not only ineffective, but sometimes it will get worse. People with cold autumn pear cream, spleen and stomach deficiency, cold hands and feet, and thin stool had better eat less or not, so as not to aggravate the symptoms of deficiency and cold. It should also be noted that Qiuli cream has a high sugar content and is not suitable for diabetics.
6. Sour plum soup
In summer or early autumn, many people are prone to feel hot and sweaty, and some people often drink cold drinks, which damages the spleen and stomach and leads to loss of appetite. At this time, you can drink sour plum soup properly. In Sour Plum Soup, dark plums promote fluid production to quench thirst, hawthorn strengthens stomach and helps digestion, licorice strengthens spleen and benefits qi, and clears heat and detoxifies.
However, dark plum contains more acidic components, and people with hyperacidity should not drink more; Cold hands and feet, cold stomach, people in loose stool often use it with caution. In addition, sour plum soup contains more sugar, which is not suitable for people with diabetes and obesity and overweight.
7.mints
Friends who smoke regularly put some mints in their pockets, bags and cars to relieve the bad smell in their mouths. Some friends who like singing will also prepare some to refresh their voices. However, many people don't know that mint is actually a traditional Chinese medicine. If it is authentic mint candy, it will contain a small amount of mint extract, which has the effects of dispelling wind and heat, clearing throat and promoting diuresis, detoxifying and erupting, soothing the liver and relieving depression, and relieving itching, and is helpful to relieve symptoms such as cold and fever, headache and sore throat, anhidrosis, wind and fire, rubella, itchy skin, hernia, dysentery, lymphoid tuberculosis and so on.