Wrong ways of eating breakfast (file photo)
Method One: "Nutritious" Breakfast
Breakfast content: Nutritious foods like fruits, vegetables, eggs, milk, etc., but lacking in "low nutritional value" staple food.
Popularity reasons: This type of breakfast is generally popular among women because staple food is the main source of calories, and calories are the enemies of slim women and those who want to lose weight... Therefore, various high-nutrition foods must be consumed, while reducing calorie intake.
Expert comments: Many people mistakenly believe that staple food only provides calories and has nothing to do with nutrition. In fact, carbohydrates also belong to the scope of nutrition and are extremely important for the human body because without sufficient calorie supply, the body will automatically break down to release heat. Long-term lack of staple food can lead to malnutrition and weaken various functions of the body. Besides, yogurt and acidic fruits like tomatoes, bananas, snow pears, plums, apricots, and fruits with coarse fiber should not be eaten on an empty stomach.
Suggestion: Bread, steamed buns, and other staple foods should be added. These types of cereal foods.
Method Two: Fast Breakfast
Breakfast content: Various Western fast foods.
Popularity reasons: Western fast foods such as hamburgers and fried chicken wings have always been the dietary preference of fashion-conscious individuals. Nowadays, many fast-food restaurants also provide door-to-door breakfast services, such as a hamburger with coffee or milk, black tea, which is convenient, quick, and tastes good.
Expert comments: This high-calorie breakfast can easily lead to obesity, and long-term consumption of fried foods can also harm the body. Using Western fast food as breakfast requires eating low-calorie food for lunch and dinner. Besides, this Western breakfast has an unbalanced nutrition problem, with high calories but often lacking vitamins, minerals, fiber, and other nutrients.
Suggestion: If choosing Western fast food for breakfast, add fruits or vegetable soup to maintain a balanced diet and ensure the intake of various nutrients. Also, it's best not to consume it long-term.
Wrong ways of eating breakfast (file photo)
Method Three: Traditional Flavor Breakfast
Breakfast content: Fried dough sticks, soybean milk.
Popularity reasons: Many people have developed the habit of eating fried dough sticks with soybean milk in the morning since childhood under the guidance of their grandparents. They are accustomed to this eating method both in taste and emotionally.
Expert comments: Fried dough sticks are high-temperature fried food, just like baked pancakes, egg pancakes, and fried dumplings, all of which have the problem of being high in oil. After food is fried at high temperature, nutrients will be destroyed, and carcinogenic substances may be produced; besides, fried dough sticks are high in calories and hard to digest, and soybean milk also belongs to medium-fat food. The oil content of this breakfast combination obviously exceeds the standard and should not be used for a long time.
Suggestion: Breakfast must include vegetables or fruits. It's better to eat less fried dough sticks with soybean milk. It shouldn't exceed once a week, and the lunch and dinner on that day must be as light as possible, avoiding fried, grilled, and stir-fried foods, and supplementing more vegetables.
Method Four: Snack Breakfast
Breakfast content: Various snacks, such as crispy rice cakes, cookies, chocolate, etc.
Popularity reasons: Many people keep some snacks at home for emergencies. And in the morning when there isn't much time, they often grab snacks as breakfast, which is convenient and quick.
Expert comments: Eating biscuits, chocolates, and other snacks when hungry is fine, but using snacks as the most important breakfast of the three meals a day is very unscientific. Most snacks belong to dry food, which is not conducive to digestion and absorption for the body in a semi-dehydrated state in the morning. Moreover, cookies and other snacks are mainly made from cereals, which can provide energy in a short time, but soon make the body feel hungry again, causing a significant drop in blood sugar levels near noon. Eating snacks for breakfast can easily lead to insufficient nutrition, weakening physical fitness, and making one susceptible to various diseases.
Suggestion: It's not advisable to replace breakfast with snacks, especially too much dry food. Breakfast food should contain enough water. A cucumber can be added if the breakfast is too dry.
Method Five: Mobile Breakfast
Breakfast content: Breakfast bought on the street, eaten while walking, hands moving, feet moving, mouth moving, whole-body exercise...
Popularity reasons: The mornings of working people are spent in a hurry, especially those who live far from their workplace, often solving breakfast on the road. Buns, tea eggs, meat sandwiches, pancakes, etc., sold near residential areas and bus stations, are their first choice. Buy a portion and eat while walking...
Expert comments: Eating while walking is harmful to gastrointestinal health and affects digestion and absorption. Moreover, street food often has hygiene risks, possibly leading to illness.
Suggestion: If choosing street-side stall food for breakfast, attention must be paid to hygiene, and it's best to take it home or to the office to eat. Try not to eat breakfast on the way to work to avoid harming health.
Method Six: "Nostalgia Breakfast"
Breakfast content: Leftover food, leftover food fried rice, leftover food cooked noodles, etc.
Popularity reasons: Many families' "moms" prepare extra food during dinner so that they can make fried rice for children and family members the next morning or reheat the leftovers. This breakfast is easy to prepare, rich in content, almost the same as regular meals, and usually considered to be comprehensive in nutrition.
Expert comments: Vegetables left overnight may produce nitrite (a carcinogen), which can harm human health when consumed.
Suggestion: Avoid eating leftover vegetables as much as possible; store the remaining food properly to prevent spoilage; heat up thoroughly before consuming food taken out of the refrigerator.
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