So far, there is no food that you can't eat glutinous rice balls.

Tangyuan, one of the representatives of traditional snacks in China, is a spherical food made of glutinous rice flour. There are usually fillings, which are eaten with soup when cooked. At the same time, it is also the most distinctive food of the Lantern Festival with a long history.

I. Nutritional components

Yuanxiao (Tangyuan) is rich in nutrition, and its main component, glutinous rice flour, contains nutrients such as fat, carbohydrate, calcium, iron, riboflavin and nicotinic acid. At the same time, its conventional fillings are mainly fruits and dried fruits, including sesame seeds, walnuts and peanuts. Adding vegetable oil, its nutritional value will be "higher".

Second, the main efficacy

Because glutinous rice balls are rich in nutrition, Chinese medicine has always regarded Yuanxiao as something that can tonify deficiency, regulate blood, strengthen spleen and stimulate appetite, and modern nutritionists also admire its health care function.

Third, taboos and side effects

It has long been recorded in Compendium of Materia Medica that glutinous rice is sticky and difficult to melt. "materia medica meets the original" also said that if glutinous rice is made into sticky cakes, it is difficult to transport and melt, and patients should not eat it. The skin of glutinous rice dumplings is made of glutinous rice flour, which is very sticky and difficult to digest. For people with poor gastrointestinal function, the elderly and children, special attention should be paid when eating glutinous rice balls to avoid indigestion or swallowing obstruction.

There are many kinds of jiaozi, among which the high oil content will affect the condition of patients with chronic diseases; In addition, sweet stuffing often increases blood sugar in diabetic patients; Peanut, sesame and bean paste stuffing will aggravate the condition of patients with kidney disease, so special attention should be paid to it; For patients with overweight or hyperlipidemia, hypertension and diabetes, it is not advisable to eat too much glutinous rice balls containing a lot of oil and sugar; For gout patients, high-fat food will affect uric acid excretion and increase the possibility of gout recurrence.

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