The health-preserving proverb says, "Eat well in the morning, eat full at noon, and eat less at night." But now many people are used to "being careless about breakfast, coping with lunch, and having a rich dinner," which has frequently raised a "red flag" for the health of our countrymen. What is considered a healthy way to eat dinner? Here are several situations described in detail.
1. Eating too late
Dinner time for modern families is generally delayed, with some even eating at eight or nine o'clock at night. Children are busy with work, and the elderly like to wait for the whole family to return before eating, thus pushing the dinner time again and again. The best time to finish dinner should be before 8 pm, so there can be a 2-4 hour interval between dinner and going to bed. This can greatly reduce the incidence of urinary tract stones.
2. Eating too much meat
Some people always think that they have to work overtime every day until very late, and they always want to make up for what they haven't eaten during the day in the evening. If there is no fish or meat in their dinner, they feel like they're missing out. In fact, this view is wrong. People who often eat meat for dinner have blood lipid levels three to four times higher than those who eat vegetables.
In terms of nutritional balance, the intake of fat in dinner should be as little as possible, accounting for about 25% of the total energy of the dinner, protein accounting for 12%, and the rest being carbohydrates. It is better to eat lightly, with more vegetables and whole grains, etc., which can prevent the occurrence of the "three highs" (high blood pressure, high blood lipids, high blood sugar) and also prevent cancer.
3. Eating too much
"A bite less for dinner, live to ninety-nine." At night, people sleep and rest, and the body's activity level drops to the minimum. If dinner intakes too many nutrients, over time, fat accumulates more and more in the body, leading to obesity while also increasing the burden on the heart, bringing adverse factors to health. Eating dinner too full will also cause bloating, affecting the rest of the gastrointestinal digestive organs, leading to gastrointestinal diseases (please refer to how to clean gastrointestinal waste).
4. Eating too casually
Office workers who need to work overtime frequently cannot go home to eat, and can only order takeout from a fast food restaurant near the office, hastily solving the problem in just fifteen minutes. This type of "quick battle quick decision" dinner is most detrimental to digestion, and immediately starting work after meals will further increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract.
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