Zongzi is a good medicine for relieving summer heat.
Although there are many kinds of zongzi stuffing on the market, the zongzi stuffed with red dates and chestnuts is the "best" in zongzi. From the point of view of TCM dietotherapy, jujube is sweet and warm, and has the effects of tonifying middle warmer, benefiting qi, nourishing blood and calming the nerves, while chestnut has the effects of invigorating qi, strengthening spleen and tonifying kidney.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that zongzi wrapped in leaves and lotus leaves is a good medicine for clearing heat and relieving summer heat, and glutinous rice also has the effects of benefiting qi, promoting fluid production and clearing heat in traditional Chinese medicine. Chinese medicine believes that after the Dragon Boat Festival, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and people often get angry and suffer from heatstroke. Eating zongzi at this time is really a good "medicine" to relieve summer heat.
Eating zongzi is a traditional custom in China. Many citizens like to eat zongzi for breakfast. Experts in the Department of Gastroenterology of the hospital reminded the public that eating zongzi should be moderate, and eating zongzi indiscriminately can easily lead to diseases.
Recently, several citizens got up in the morning to eat unheated frozen zongzi and felt stomachache. They were taken to the hospital for emergency treatment and found to be acute gastritis. Because zongzi is made of glutinous rice, it is not easy to digest. Eating zongzi in the morning and staying in the stomach for a long time may stimulate the secretion of gastric acid, which may lead to the onset of chronic stomach diseases and gastric ulcers. Experts suggest that it is best to drink tea and water at the same time when eating zongzi to help swallowing and digestion; It is not advisable to eat more every time. Besides, it's best to eat zongzi lightly. Some dumplings that are too greasy and fat are easy to cause indigestion and flatulence.
Eating zongzi for breakfast is not easy to digest.
Many citizens like to eat zongzi. They eat zongzi for breakfast every day. Some people who love zongzi even give up dinner and eat it as a meal every meal.
It takes at least 6 hours for food to digest from stomach to intestine. Zongzi is made of glutinous rice and is not easy to digest. Eating zongzi in the morning will stay in the stomach for a longer time, stimulate gastric acid secretion, and may lead to chronic stomach diseases and gastric ulcers. Zongzi can be eaten cold, but it will be hard. It is recommended to take it out of the refrigerator and heat it fully. You can't eat until it's soft.
It is worth noting that you should never treat zongzi as a midnight snack before going to bed, otherwise it will not be easy to digest if you stay in your stomach for one night.
Some people shouldn't eat zongzi.
Qu Min, a teacher in the Food Engineering Department of Dalian Fisheries University, said that eating zongzi improperly can also hurt people. Zongzi with glutinous rice as the main component is not suitable for digestion, and overeating will cause abdominal distension and diarrhea due to injury to the spleen and stomach. Therefore, the elderly, children and people with poor digestive function should not be greedy. Even people with strong spleen and stomach function should follow the principle of "eat less and eat more". If you pack zongzi at home during the holiday, you should grasp the principle of "eat it now", and the frozen zongzi bought from the supermarket should be cooked before eating. But from a health point of view, some people are not suitable for eating more zongzi.
Patients with cardiovascular diseases: There are many kinds of zongzi, among which meat zongzi, lard and red bean paste zongzi are rich in fat and belong to greasy food. People with hypertension, hyperlipidemia and coronary heart disease eat too much, which will increase blood viscosity, affect blood circulation, increase heart burden and ischemic degree, and induce angina pectoris and myocardial infarction.
Old people and children: Zongzi are mostly made of glutinous rice, which is sticky. If the elderly and children eat too much, it is easy to cause indigestion, and the resulting symptoms such as hyperacidity, bloating, abdominal pain and diarrhea.
Gastrointestinal patients: Steamed rice dumplings will release a gelatinous substance, which will increase the load of digestive enzymes after eating. The glutinous rice in zongzi is warm and stagnant, and contains many and long plant fibers. Eating too much will increase the burden on the stomach. If patients with stomach disease and duodenal ulcer are greedy for zongzi, it is likely to cause perforation and bleeding of ulcer and aggravate the condition.
Diabetic patients: There are often red dates and red bean paste in zongzi, which have high sugar content and are usually dipped in sugar when eating. If it is not controlled, it will damage the function of islet, make the patient's blood sugar and urine sugar rise rapidly, aggravate the condition, and even appear coma and poisoning. If it is not rescued in time, it will be life-threatening.
To sum up, in addition to the above four kinds of people, healthy people should stop eating zongzi as soon as they feel upset in the stomach to prevent unnecessary trouble.