1. Precautions for eating zongzi
1, Zongzi is delicious, but it is not advisable to eat more. The main raw material of zongzi is glutinous rice, which is not easy to digest. Eating too much can easily cause bloating.
2. It is not advisable to eat zongzi on an empty stomach. If you eat zongzi on an empty stomach, glutinous rice will stay in your stomach for a long time, stimulating gastric acid secretion, which may lead to the recurrence of patients with chronic gastritis and esophagitis.
Jiaozi, which has just been taken out of the refrigerator, is inedible. In summer, jiaozi should be heated as much as possible before eating.
It is best not to eat zongzi two hours before going to bed. Zongzi has high viscosity, is not easy to digest, lacks fiber, and contains too much fat, salt and sugar. Experts suggest that it is best not to eat zongzi two hours before going to bed. For girls, there is no doubt that they will gain weight.
2. About Zongzi culture
China is a big country, so according to the local conditions, the ingredients for making zongzi are different. Each combination of different ingredients can breed different flavors, and its health care function and taste are also unique.
In the history of zongzi, it can be roughly divided into north and south. In the north, Beijing Zongzi is more famous. Beijing Zongzi is large, with an oblique quadrangle or triangle. Most of them are stuffed with red dates and red bean paste, and a few of them are stuffed with preserved fruits. There are differences between glutinous rice and yellow rice, but both of them have nourishing effects.
Guangdong Zongzi is a representative variety of southern Zongzi. Contrary to Beijing Zongzi, Guangdong Zongzi is smaller, with a square (pyramid-shaped) front and a sharp corner at the back, which looks like an awl. There are many varieties, besides fresh meat dumplings and bean paste dumplings, there are egg yolk dumplings made of salted egg yolk, and assorted dumplings with diced chicken, diced duck, roasted meat, mushrooms and mung beans, which have better flavor.
Among the representatives of North and South Zongzi, Jiangnan Zongzi is the most famous and complicated, especially the stuffing, which has a wide variety. A big difference with the northern rice dumplings is that the glutinous rice raw materials of Jiangnan rice dumplings are mostly soaked in grass ash soup in advance and steamed with meat stuffing, which is fragrant. Zongzi in the north is mostly made of glutinous rice and eaten with white sugar or brown sugar. In the south, zongzi is eaten directly after cooking or steaming, and its taste is original.
In the midsummer of the Dragon Boat Festival, eating zongzi in moderation is helpful for clearing away heat and promoting digestion, but we should pay attention to the shelf life and should not put it for too long. Try to refrigerate as much as possible and heat it thoroughly when eating. Don't eat too much. Too many dumplings can also cause indigestion. The ancients advocated half-satiety.
3. How to eat without hurting your health
(1) Zongzi is a high-energy food, so we should pay attention to slimming.
An impact survey shows that eating a new zongzi is equivalent to eating a bowl and a half of rice-do you dare to eat zongzi after seeing this weight loss? Therefore, for dieters, it is better to choose zongzi, or eat only half at a time. Especially those dumplings with meat stuffing or egg yolk, which are high in points and sugar, are not suitable for people with poor gastrointestinal function who need to lose weight and have three highs.
(2) Cold dumplings are not easy to digest, so eat them while they are hot.
Zongzi is mainly glutinous rice, with some meat, egg yolk or beans, peanuts and other fillings. If eaten hot, soft glutinous rice dumplings are easy to digest, but if cooled, they are not easy to digest and absorb. This is because the starch content of glutinous rice is high, it is easy to age and regenerate after cooling, and the cohesion between molecules is strengthened, so the cooled brown rice will be hard, sticky and not easy to digest. If you have a bad appetite, chronic gastritis or other chronic gastrointestinal diseases, you'd better control your mouth and don't eat cold zongzi.
(3) Although Zongzi is delicious, people with three highs should choose carefully.
For people with hypertension, hyperlipidemia and diabetes, Zongzi contains a lot of salt, sugar and energy, which is not suitable for people with hyperglycemia and is easy to cause hyperglycemia and other reactions. Therefore, it is recommended to eat less. When eating, it's best to choose the kind with relatively low sweetness and low calories like Babao, and don't choose red dates, bean paste and fresh meat dumplings. At the same time, it would be better if you could eat it with some vegetables and fruits.