Zhang pointed out that modern people pay more and more attention to health care, and whole grain porridge is the first choice for many people to keep healthy on weekdays.

Whole grain is a nutritious and comprehensive whole grain food, including protein, carbohydrate, fat, B vitamins, fiber and so on. It is very helpful for people with simple hypertension, high cholesterol or blood lipid, and poor defecation, especially the elderly, who often can't bite fiber food because of bad teeth and often eat insufficient fiber. Grains porridge is soft and suitable for the elderly.

Cereal porridge is also very suitable for young office workers for breakfast. Many office workers are used to swallowing vitamin B group in the morning to maintain their mental and physical strength for the day. Because it is rich in vitamin B group, it is suggested that they can also eat cereal porridge instead, and they can also eat fiber while taking vitamin B group, so they are not easy to feel hungry before noon.

Who is not suitable for porridge?

Eating porridge is good, but some people are not suitable for eating porridge, mainly because the molecules of porridge are very fine, the GI value (glycemic index) is very high, porridge is easily absorbed by the stomach, and blood sugar is easy to rise, which is the most important thing for diabetics to be careful in their diet. Therefore, diabetics are not advised to drink rice porridge directly on an empty stomach. Before eating, discuss with the doctor before deciding how to eat or change to porridge. Also, because the GI value of porridge is high, it is cooked too badly, which is easily absorbed by the stomach and then converted into fat storage, so obese people should try to avoid eating porridge to avoid getting fat.

Some people will cook porridge with bone soup to increase the flavor of porridge, but the purine content of bone soup is quite high. If you have gout symptoms, it is not suitable for this way of eating. In addition, due to the high water content of porridge, patients with gastroesophageal reflux or hyperacidity should eat as little as possible, or don't eat too much at a time.

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