However, if you want to drink broth to achieve the effect of strengthening your body, it is likely to be counterproductive and even directly endanger your health. Why do you say that? To answer this question, we need to start with the five defects of broth:
1, the salt content exceeds the standard. In order to get a more delicious taste, many people often add too much salt to the soup, especially the northerners are salty and the salt content in the soup will be higher. Under normal circumstances, the daily salt intake of adults is recommended not to exceed 6 grams, which means that many people will exceed the standard even if they eat normally, let alone drink a bowl of salty soup, and the result can be imagined.
2, a lot of fat. If it is a stew, the soup will be mixed with a lot of animal fat. At this time, except those who deliberately gain weight, most people will consume 100% too much fat when drinking soup. If there is no special physical need, then drinking broth often will only lead to one result-getting fat.
3. High purine content. Purine is the chief culprit of gout, which is abundant in animal skin and viscera, and also in seafood. Purine is a water-soluble substance, which will dissolve in soup with the extension of stewing time. Studies have shown that the total purine in the soup exceeds the total purine remaining in the meat after chicken soup is stewed for 10 minutes.
4. protein is rare. Although amino acids, sarcoplasmic proteins, peptides, etc. When the meat is stewed, it will blend into the soup. protein, the most important nutrient, is extremely difficult to blend into the soup. Generally speaking, the content of protein in broth and chicken soup is only 1% 2%, while the content of protein in meat is as high as 15% 20%, which is much more than that in soup.
5. The mineral content is very low. Except potassium is soluble in soup, most minerals are insoluble in soup, such as calcium, iron, zinc and selenium. No matter how you stew, these substances are difficult to dissolve in the soup and be absorbed by the body.
From the above analysis, it can be seen that if you want to keep healthy by drinking broth, you may have stepped into a misunderstanding from the beginning. But when it comes to this, some people may have questions. If drinking soup doesn't tonify the body, why stew soup for the patient?
In fact, the reason is very simple. Many patients are weak during illness or rehabilitation, and the digestive function of the stomach is also poor. At this time, if they are allowed to eat food directly, it will increase the burden on the stomach and is not conducive to health. On the contrary, if we let them drink soup, it will often have a better nourishing effect, so we will have the habit of stewing soup for patients. As for normal people, it is better to eat vegetables directly.
Finally, I would like to give you some advice on drinking soup or stewing soup, hoping to help you:
1, add less salt when stewing soup;
2. Skim off the oil slick on the broth as much as possible;
3. Don't throw the ingredients of stew, the nutritional value of the ingredients is often higher;
4, gout and other special patients must follow the doctor's advice to decide whether to drink soup.
Although drinking soup has disadvantages, it is not without its merits. If it is for the special needs of the body or occasional pleasure, then a bowl of thick broth is also good. But remember, soup is delicious, but don't be greedy!