Eating moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival, just like eating jiaozi in the Lantern Festival and eating zongzi in the Dragon Boat Festival, is a traditional custom in China. With the improvement of people's living standards, the status and significance of moon cakes are also changing quietly: in the past, moon cakes had an irreplaceable important position, so important that people could not feel the Mid-Autumn Festival without eating them. At that time, people didn't have enough health awareness and didn't value taste; Now Mid-Autumn Festival gifts are more and more diversified, and moon cakes are no longer necessary. At the same time, people also pay attention to taste and health.
Are moon cakes "junk food"?
Perhaps because of the "three highs" of high oil, high sugar and high fat, moon cakes are regarded as "junk food" by many people, which makes people who pay attention to health avoid them.
Are moon cakes really junk food? The new point of view is that there is no such thing as "junk food", only junk food that is harmful to human body.
As far as the moon cake itself is concerned, the fillings in the moon cake are mostly plant seeds, such as walnut kernel, almond, sesame kernel, melon seed kernel, hawthorn, lotus seed, adzuki bean and jujube paste. It has a certain health care effect on human body. Plant seeds contain high unsaturated fatty acids, mainly oleic acid and linoleic acid, which are beneficial to soften blood vessels and prevent arteriosclerosis; Contains minerals, which is beneficial to improving immunity and preventing zinc deficiency and iron deficiency anemia in children; Lotus seed, adzuki bean and sesame have high potassium content, which can replace intracellular sodium salt, nourish myocardium and regulate blood pressure; From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, some raw materials are mostly mild and have the functions of strengthening the heart, calming and calming the nerves. Some seeds are rich in vitamin E, which has the functions of anti-aging, nourishing skin and blackening hair. As long as you master the correct eating method and follow the principle of moderation, eating moon cakes will not cause harm to the human body.
Who can't eat? Who should eat less?
Patients with diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease, duodenal ulcer, gallstones, stomach diseases and pancreatitis should not eat or eat less moon cakes, otherwise it will endanger their health and cause disease attacks. Who should pay attention to for health?
Patients with cholecystitis and cholelithiasis: Patients with cholecystitis and cholelithiasis should not eat more moon cakes, and what's more, it can cause disease attacks. Eating too many moon cakes may lead to acute pancreatitis, which is acute and a few acute patients can die in a short time.
Patients with hypertension, hyperlipidemia and coronary heart disease: patients with hypertension, hyperlipidemia and coronary heart disease should never eat more moon cakes. Because the sugar and oil in moon cakes will increase blood viscosity, aggravate the degree of cardiac ischemia and even induce myocardial infarction. Patients with hyperlipidemia should pay special attention to the yolk in moon cakes. Due to the high cholesterol content, it is generally recommended that the daily intake of cholesterol should not exceed 400 mg, and an egg yolk should be about 600 to 1500 mg. Patients with hyperlipidemia can only eat a small amount of moon cakes filled with egg yolk, so as not to affect their condition.
Patients with duodenitis or gastritis: it is not good for disease healing and should be controlled.
Patients with nephritis: patients with nephritis avoid salty food, while some moon cakes contain more salt. Often feel thirsty after meals, easy to drink too much water, increase the burden on the kidneys, aggravate renal hypertension, and easily edema.
Diabetic patients: Because of the high sugar content of moon cakes, eating too much will make blood sugar rise sharply and make the condition worse. Faced with the so-called "sugar-free moon cakes", you can't eat them to your heart's content, because the starch in them will be converted into sugar in the human body. Diabetic patients should not forget to measure their blood sugar before and after meals while eating delicious food, so as to master their own condition.
Obese people: moon cakes are rich in oil and sugar. Mooncakes filled with duck egg yolk are high in cholesterol and belong to high-calorie food. Obese people should not eat more. A small souffle has 250 calories, and a 4-5 Liang moon cake has 500 calories, which is equivalent to two bowls of rice. ?
Infants and young children: Infants and young children can't bear a lot of high-sugar and high-fat foods because their digestive system is not well developed. Pay attention to control and don't eat too much.
8. Older people: Due to poor digestion and absorption capacity, eating more may increase the burden on the spleen and stomach, causing diseases such as indigestion and diarrhea.
When is the best time to eat moon cakes?
The best time to taste moon cakes is to take a nap after meals or 1 hour. Cut the moon cakes and eat them on an empty stomach, so as not to burden the stomach.
It is not advisable to wake up in the morning and eat on an empty stomach, which will stimulate gastric acid secretion and cause pantothenic acid. People with a history of stomach trouble may cause stomach cramps. Eating egg yolk moon cakes with high cholesterol before going to bed will increase the risk of sudden cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases in the middle of the night.
How to eat moon cakes in moderation?
Normal adults do not exceed 1/2 moon cakes and 1 salted egg yolk a day; For diabetics and the elderly, the consumption should be halved, with no more than 1/4 moon cakes a day as the principle, and egg yolks should be avoided as much as possible.
When tasting moon cakes, what is better to go with them?
Taste green tea and moon cakes: it is best to eat sweet moon cakes and drink scented tea, which is sweet and delicious; It is best to eat salty moon cakes and drink oolong tea or green tea, which will refresh you. Strong tea and coffee contain high caffeine, while soda, cola or juice contain a lot of calories and sugar. Eating with moon cakes is unhealthy, but more greasy.
Sour fruit with moon cakes: seasonal fruit moon cakes are also very delicate. You can choose orange, sour and vitamin C-rich varieties, such as kiwi fruit, guava, orange, watermelon and banana. These fruits can play an antioxidant role in the metabolism of high-fat and high-protein substances, thus protecting cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. However, peaches, plums, apricots, pears, apples and other fruits contain too much sugar, and durian contains high protein and calories, so you should eat less.
Grapefruit with moon cakes tastes good: grapefruit is one of the necessities of Mid-Autumn Festival, because "grapefruit" is homophonic with "you" and also means wishing the moon bless. Eating sweet moon cakes and then eating sweet and sour grapefruit is both appetizing and boring, which makes people feel refreshed. ?
Boil water chestnut porridge to relieve greasy: Eating water chestnut in Mid-Autumn Festival is said to make children grow smart. Most of the water chestnuts are cooked with clear water or salt water, and then peeled as snacks; You can also cook shelled water chestnut and rice together to make salty rice congee. After eating sweet and greasy moon cakes and drinking a bowl of water chestnut porridge, the greasy stomach was removed on the spot.
Salty before sweet: If the moon cake is both sweet and salty, it should be salty before sweet, otherwise it will not taste the moon cake.
How to eat and drink on Mid-Autumn Festival?
Mid-Autumn Festival is another festival where friends and relatives gather together to enjoy the moon and sigh for delicious food. Naturally, food is indispensable. Delicious. You must pay attention to your diet at present. How to eat scientifically and reasonably? Health experts suggest:
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the diet should follow the main and auxiliary collocation (animal food should not exceed plant food), vegetarian collocation, coarse and fine collocation (coarse grains and flour, rice collocation), lean collocation (steamed bread, jiaozi, rice and porridge, soup and sweet drink collocation), fat and thin collocation (meaty food should be less but fine, mainly thin) and snack collocation (appetizing, regulating qi, reducing swelling and reducing fire).
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is suggested to change the daily cooking oil into olive oil. In order to ensure the effect, try to choose high-quality Greek extra virgin olive oil. Why? Miss Jane, a health consultant of Shantai Health, a Greek olive oil importer, explained the reason: olive oil can not only help digestion, but also prevent the "three highs". Olive oil contains no cholesterol and is rich in monounsaturated fatty acids and vitamins, which is helpful to prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases, hypertension and diabetes. At present, Shantai Health Company has launched a new Mid-Autumn Festival profit-making activity, buying 750ml double olive oil gift box or 500ml double Greek olive oil gift box to send a box of famous moon cakes (ordering telephone number: 4000-08 1-085), so that you can taste delicious moon cakes with your family and ensure a healthy diet. Two 750ml or two 500ml olive oils are just the amount of edible oil during the Mid-Autumn Festival. In view of the benefits of olive oil, you can eat olive oil for a long time for the health of your family.
Before and after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the climate was slightly cooler and there was a general lack of water in the air. Dietary nutrition should prevent dryness and yin, nourish kidney and moisten lung. As for the elderly, you can also eat more rice porridge to benefit your stomach and produce fluid.