Moon cakes are delicious, how to eat healthy?

"August and May, Mid -Autumn Festival moon cakes are sweet and sweet." The Chinese people are naturally indispensable for the Mid -Autumn Festival. Moon cakes were first used by ancients to worship the moon. Mid -Autumn Festival Eating Mooncakes is a custom of south and north of China, symbolizing reunion.

Bean paste and Wuren moon cakes are northern moon cakes. Fresh meat mustard moon cakes are southern moon cakes. In the south, there are also trendy moon cakes and Cantonese moon cakes. Frequent milk yellow moon cakes, Cat Mountain king durian moon cakes can be called the newesty of moon cakes. Moon cakes are delicious, and fat people are true. In order to keep a delicate and soft taste, a lot of fat and sugar are often added to the moon cakes, so the moon cakes are three high foods with high calories, high sugar, and high fat.

Let's see how the moon cake is made? Cantonese -style moon cake heavy sugar, Soviet -style moon cake heavy oil, no matter which moon cakes can't escape high oil and high sugar pits. For example, a brand of lotus roe moon cakes, 425 kcal energy per 100 grams, is about 3.6 bowls of rice; five kernel moon cakes, 396 kcal energy per 100 grams, which is about 3.4 bowls of rice; ice cream moon cakes, per 100 grams per 100 grams There are 438 kcal energy, which is about 3.8 bowls of rice. Usually four boxes of middle and small moon cakes, each monthly cake weighs 150 ~ 180 grams, and each weight of small moon cakes is about 50 grams.

If the Mid -Autumn Festival, if you just enjoy the deliciousness, it is doomed to get three pounds of fat every festival! But don't eat moon cakes in the Mid -Autumn Festival, do you only look at the moon?

In fact, we can still use some tips to enjoy the festive food without hoarding too much calories.

1. How to choose moon cakes?

Fat content: Soviet -style> Cantonese> Ice skin; sugar content: Cantonese> Ice skin> Soviet -style; the calories and Soviet -style moon cake calories are similar, and the ice skin is relatively low in calories; Moon cakes with meat stuffing, moon cakes of five kernels and egg yolks, are second, bean paste and fruit moon cakes are relatively low. With the deep popularity of the concept of healthy diet, everyone pays more attention to food health problems. Many food companies have produced low GI (blood glucose production index) moon cakes. Choose this moon cake that has a small impact on blood sugar, which is more suitable for fat reduction and three highs. crowd.

2. How to eat moon cakes?

First: It should be early or late. Eat moon cakes in the morning or noon, and eat less or not at night. In particular, the elderly with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases should be the case, otherwise the risk of thrombosis will increase.

Second: Cut small pieces to eat. Moon cakes are cut into small pieces, and they are eaten with fruits and fruits with low -liter indexs such as cucumbers and tomatoes. The total amount of moon cakes is reduced and healthier. When eating moon cakes, you can also match tea. Green tea and Tieguanyin's tea polyphenols can remove the sweetness of moon cakes and help us digest food.

Third: Breakfast or exercise. In the morning and exercise, insulin sensitivity is high. At this time, the impact of high -sugar foods on blood sugar will be relatively small.

Fourth: Do it yourself. The ingredients are completely controlled by ourselves. We can use mushroom sugar and lignol instead of white sugar. Choose low -liter pumpkin, purple potato, taro instead of flour, and fruit instead of traditional fillings to make low -fat and low -liter moon cakes.

Mid -Autumn Festival is a day of reunion. The family will gather together, and the sense of rituals of festivals is also very important! Let us enjoy the festive atmosphere with a healthy and happy atmosphere!

(Author: Hu Ping, Nutrition Department of Hunan Cancer Hospital)

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