The main ingredients of moon cakes are starch, sugar and oil. In order to cater to people's tastes, merchants also add various fillings to moon cakes, such as lotus seed paste, jujube paste, red bean paste and so on. These fillings are high in sugar. In addition, making moon cakes requires lard, butter and margarine. These oils contain a lot of saturated fatty acids and high cholesterol. Therefore, moon cakes are not suitable for dieters, diabetics, patients with fatty liver, patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, etc. The average person should not eat more. Mooncakes are high in calories, so eating more can easily lead to excessive calorie intake and obesity. Moreover, moon cakes are difficult to digest, which will also hinder the absorption of other foods. Eating too much can easily lead to gastrointestinal stagnation. In addition, the process of making moon cakes includes frying and baking, which easily produces "hot air" and makes people angry.
1. Moon cakes are delicious, and you can't be greedy.
Mooncakes are high in calories, so you can't indulge your appetite even on holidays. How many moon cakes did you eat at that time? According to the book Calories and protein Intake published by the World Health Organization, a healthy adult woman needs to consume 1, 800 ~ 1, 900 calories a day, while men need 1, 980 ~ 2,340 calories. Among them, the calorie intake of three meals a day is about 1500 calories, that is, women can't consume more than 300 calories a day, which is about 1254 kilojoules, which is equivalent to half to two-thirds of moon cakes. If you are greedy and eat more moon cakes, you should reduce the amount of dinner and balance your diet for a day.
Don't eat moon cakes as food.
Mooncakes have a high starch content, and some people will take it as their staple food. Although moon cakes can fill the stomach, they have high sugar content and are a kind of sweets. Eating moon cakes will stimulate people's appetite and enhance their desire for sweets. Moreover, mooncakes are high in calories. Under the same satiety, eating moon cakes will consume more calories than eating other staple foods.