Source: Life Times
College of Food Science and Nutrition Engineering, China Agricultural University Associate Professor Fan Zhihong
Drinking porridge is one of the traditional health-preserving methods in China, which is very helpful for preventing the three highs. However, many people with poor gastrointestinal function worry that miscellaneous grains will "injure the stomach". This perception is actually wrong. The content of B vitamins, unsaturated fatty acids, dietary fiber, various minerals, and phytochemicals in miscellaneous grains is higher than that of polished rice and white noodles. The normal operation of the stomach and intestines needs these nutrients for support. In addition, the stomach is an organ that "does not want to make progress", with the characteristics of "use advancement and abolishment retreat". In other words, if you use less for a long time, or artificially reduce the workload of the stomach, the stomach will think that it does not need to work hard and run weakly. Therefore, soft foods are more likely to cause insufficient gastric motility and function. The grains are relatively hard in texture and rich in dietary fiber, which helps to ensure normal gastric secretion and gastric motility. Therefore, as long as you choose the right type and cooking method, drinking multi-grain porridge is a simple and feasible way to nourish your stomach.
People who are weak, indigestion, and prone to gastric congestion, flatulence, etc., use less or no ingredients such as soybeans, black beans, mung beans, because they are really hard to digest and easy to produce gas. Other miscellaneous beans account for no more than 1/3 of the raw materials of grain porridge. For example, kidney beans, red beans, , chickpeas, etc. can be used, but it is best to fully soak them for more than 8 hours before cooking. The sand will be soft and delicious without hindering digestion. If it's muddy, it's even more okay. With these beans, you can add brown rice, millet, yellow rice, white sorghum rice and other whole-grain ingredients. You can also add lotus seeds, dried yam, etc., plus some jujube meat and longan meat to increase sweetness. Aroma. This kind of porridge has high nutritional value and is friendly to the stomach and intestines. It is especially suitable for people with indigestion.
If you get tired daily, eat cold food and have diarrhea,It shows that the intestines are very sensitive and have poor absorption capacity. Some glutinous rice, rhubarb rice, sticky sorghum, yam, lotus seeds, etc. can be used. These ingredients are soft, sticky and easy to digest after being boiled. The yam and lotus seeds need to be soaked for several hours, and they will be fully soft and rotten after being boiled. Use sticky mixed grain porridge instead of white rice as the staple food. After a period of nourishment, the digestive function will slowly recover.
People who have poor chewing ability and lack of gastric motility, and can even see whole grains that have not been chewed in their stools, it is recommended not to cook porridge, but to directly drink the ingredients into a paste, the digestion and absorption effect will be more secure . Soymilk can not adapt to too thick and sticky paste, easy to paste the bottom, only suitable for relatively thin cereal paste, so it can only be used to replace breakfast porridge, not a substitute for dinner. It should be noted that the whole grain porridge or whole grain paste used to nourish the stomach must be thick enough, otherwise the nutrients are too thin, which will cause hunger, and people who are originally malnourished will have poor digestion. When digestion is improved, diarrhea is not easy and flatulence is not easy, you can try to introduce new ingredients one by one, such as oatmeal, red rice, black rice, lily, gorgon, barley, buckwheat grains, etc. You can also add dried fruits such as goji berries, raisins, and raisins, as well as diced pumpkin and sweet potato pieces. If you don’t feel bad in your stomach, you can try more difficult-to-digest barley, oats, and wheat berries. If you feel unwell after eating, such as stomach congestion, flatulence, etc., you should temporarily stop eating miscellaneous grains.
Finally, it should be reminded that patients with diabetes are not suitable to cook miscellaneous grains that are too soft or slurried to drink, because the easier to digest the way of eating, the faster the blood sugar rises after a meal. In addition to grain porridge, the stomach should also eat fish, eggs, milk, and vegetable foods to ensure the supply of vitamins, minerals and protein.
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