When we often walk into the ward or conduct dietary surveys, we will find that parents and friends often take soup as the first choice for supplementary nutrition. It seems that the soup is easy to swallow, delicious, stewing for a long time and adding more ingredients, so it can integrate the nutritional value of various ingredients. People in the southeast coast seem to be indispensable in their daily diet, and every household seems to have its own recipes.

But does soup really have so many magical effects? Is your soup really right?

Myth 1: Bone Soup Supplementing Calcium

Truth: Although animal bones contain a lot of minerals such as calcium, not much calcium in bones is dissolved in bone soup. This is because calcium mainly exists in bones in the form of phosphate, and its solubility is extremely low, so it is difficult for bone soup to play its role in supplementing calcium. The average calcium content of 500 ml bone soup mixed with 1500 ml at high temperature is 20 mg, while the calcium content of 500 ml milk is about 500 mg. Therefore, calcium supplementation, bone soup is far less than milk.

Myth 2: The whiter the soup, the more nutritious it is.

Truth: Not really. This is mainly because of the high fat content, and the fat in the soup is emulsified and suspended in water at high temperature, making the soup look white. There is about 25g of fat in 500ml bone soup, which almost reaches the daily fat intake recommended by China residents' dietary guidelines. In order to make the soup "white", some restaurants also use lard as emulsifier. Drinking milky soup for a long time is likely to increase the risk of hyperlipidemia, hyperuricemia, obesity and other diseases.

Myth 3: Drinking soup is a light diet.

Truth: Eating soup may lead to excessive sodium intake. Salt in the soup accounts for more than half of the whole dish. Generally, we don't eat ordinary stir-fried soup, but everyone can drink a bowl of stew and drink the salt, so remember to put less salt in the stew, put salt in the pot and drink a little soup, which is the real "health".

Is it reliable to drink soup to supplement nutrition?

There is little difference in nutritional types between soup and meat, but the nutritional content of soup is low. Therefore, drinking soup can really get some nutrition, but it is far less than the nutritional supplement of eating meat Therefore, it is not recommended to supplement nutrition by drinking soup.

Are hospitalized children suitable for soup?

Soup is a liquid diet, which is easy to digest and has little residue. Suitable for children with high fever, extreme weakness and inability to chew. However, liquid diet is an unbalanced diet and should not be eaten for a long time. Moreover, high-fat broth may stimulate the stomach of hospitalized children and aggravate the symptoms of indigestion. Therefore, how children eat and drink during hospitalization should follow the advice of doctors and nutritionists.

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