Why do Cantonese people drink soup before meals, unlike northerners? When was this habit formed? She Zhiqiang, a "generation of soup king", studied soup for decades, but only gave an ambiguous answer: Guangdong's hot and humid climate affected Lingnan people's appetite and food absorption. Soup is a combination of nutrition and water. Taking a sip before meals can not only replenish water, but also stimulate appetite, which is beneficial to digestion and absorption. As for when it originated, this is not elegant.
In fact, soup plays a very important role in the diet of China people, and it also "incidentally" contracted our health maintenance task. Don't think that drinking soup is just drinking soup. In fact, there are many stresses. As the saying goes, "drinking soup before meals is slim and healthy; After eating soup, the more you drink, the fatter you get. "
One of the advantages of drinking soup before meals is that it can lubricate the mouth and esophagus before meals, which can prevent the stimulation of dry and hard food on the digestive tract mucosa, which is beneficial to the dilution and stirring of food and promote digestion and absorption.
The second advantage of drinking soup before meals is to make the food in the stomach fully close to the stomach wall and enhance the feeling of fullness, thus inhibiting the feeding center and reducing people's appetite.
Studies have shown that drinking a bowl of soup before meals can make people absorb less 100- 190 kcal. On the contrary, after eating soup, the meal is full, and then eating soup can easily lead to overnutrition and obesity; In addition, it will dilute chyme that has been mixed with digestive juice, affecting the digestion and absorption of food.
Unexpectedly, Lao Guang's habit of eating soup before meals is actually a particular regimen. As for foreigners who need data to support everything and study nutritional value, it is inconclusive whether to drink soup before meals or after meals. It's just that some media have used the saying that "Westerners usually eat soup before eating". If it really happens, the author wants to use the title "Cantonese people are in line with international standards in drinking soup".
Closer to home, whether Cantonese people are in line with international standards or whether the whole country is in line with Guangdong is not the point, and we don't want to be sprayed. Let's talk about the seven misunderstandings of drinking soup.
Misunderstanding of drinking soup
Myth 1: The essence is soup, just drink soup.
Many people think that the nutrients in stewed pork ribs soup and chicken soup are in the soup, so they only drink soup and don't eat meat. Actually, this is not right. No matter whether you cook chicken soup, beef soup or other kinds of soup, even if you cook for a long time, the protein of the soup is only about 6%~ 15%, and more than 85% of protein's nutrition is still in the meat itself. If you don't eat meat and drink soup, you will lose a lot.
Myth 2: Eat first, then drink soup.
As mentioned above, this is a bad habit of drinking soup. At least from the health point of view, learn Cantonese.
Myth 3: Drink hot and boiling soup.
The normal temperature of human mouth is about 37 degrees Celsius, while the highest tolerance temperature of human mouth, esophagus and gastric mucosa is only about 60 degrees Celsius. If the temperature exceeds this temperature, it is easy to cause mucosal damage. It should also be noted that drinking hot soup will increase the risk of esophageal cancer. So wait until the soup is a little cooler before drinking, so as to ensure that the body will not be threatened by disease.
Myth 4: eating soup quickly.
Eat soup slowly, not only fully enjoy the taste of soup, but also leave enough time for the digestion and absorption of food, so as to feel full in advance, so as not to get fat easily. Beauty who loses weight should pay more attention. Get rid of it, maybe you will lose weight better.
Myth 5: Drink soup for every meal.
Drink soup at every meal and several bowls at a time. For different people, you should not drink all kinds of soup, but drink more. If the types of soup are high in calories, salt and prin, you can't drink more, especially those with gout, kidney disease and hypertension, and you should avoid drinking these soups.
Myth 6: soup and rice
Soaking rice in soup can make rice soft and easy to swallow, and it is often too lazy to chew quickly, which increases the digestive burden of the stomach and may cause stomach problems in the long run.
Myth 7: Have soup for dinner.
The nutritional value of soup is relatively high. If you have soup for dinner, it is very easy to get fat near bedtime. Eating soup at lunch absorbs the least calories. Therefore, in order to prevent obesity, you might as well choose to drink soup at noon, which not only supplements nutrition, but also keeps your figure. Why not?
The correct way to open soup
Before eating. As the saying goes, "soup before meals is better than good medicine", which makes sense. It is right to learn from Cantonese in this respect. It is better to have soup about 20 minutes before meals.
restaurant It is also good to drink soup from time to time (note that it is not soup for soaking rice). Drinking a small amount of soup in a simple meal is helpful to the stirring of food and the digestion and absorption of food in the gastrointestinal tract. If you don't drink soup before meals, you will be thirsty after meals, because gastric juice is secreted in large quantities and body fluids are lost too much. Drinking water at this time will dilute gastric juice and affect the absorption and digestion of food. Therefore, some nutritionists believe that developing the habit of drinking soup continuously before or during meals can also reduce the occurrence of diseases such as esophagitis and gastritis.
Don't overdo it. Whether you drink soup before meals or between meals, it doesn't mean that it's good to drink too much. It varies from person to person. Generally, half a bowl of soup is suitable for lunch and dinner. And before breakfast, it can be more appropriate, because a night's sleep, the human body loses more water. When eating, you can also eat a small amount of soup slowly. When drinking soup, the stomach is comfortable, and "binge drinking" is forbidden before and after meals.
Finally, can people who have been to different countries help to finish it? Do foreigners eat soup first or eat soup first? Let's see, does our way of drinking soup meet international standards?
In addition, those who only eat soup and those who only drink soup and don't eat, also talk about your way of keeping in good health.