Rice, noodles, and steamed buns are all staples that are never far from people's dinner tables. However, as living standards improve, these most "humble" foods are becoming increasingly distant from us. Because we can eat fresh vegetables and fruits, as well as a rich variety of poultry, meat, and fish, more and more people feel that staple foods are just for filling the stomach and are optional.
However, this behavior carries significant health risks. Only eating vegetables and not rice can lead to cancer and other diseases for your body.
Colorectal cancer, colon cancer
Not eating rice while consuming large amounts of high-protein foods like fish and meat on an empty stomach not only wastes protein but also increases the production of waste in the body.
This is because after protein is broken down, it produces a large amount of nitrogenous waste, which not only increases the burden on the liver and kidneys but also promotes the proliferation of spoilage bacteria in the large intestine, affecting the gut's micro-ecological balance and increasing the risk of colorectal cancer. Furthermore, excessive fat intake can also lead to a high incidence of colon cancer.
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Brain degeneration
Eating too few staple foods means a far from adequate intake of carbohydrates to meet the body's needs, leading to a deficiency of important substances in the body. For example, a decrease in glucose can affect the brain's cognitive activities.
According to research, the brain needs about 130 grams of starchy staple foods to provide energy daily. If this is insufficient, it can lead to listlessness, lack of concentration, slow thinking, anxiety, and other issues, severely impacting brain function.
Cardiovascular disease
Because many vegetables are stir-fried with excessive cooking oil, some dishes are almost swimming in oil, which can easily lead to increased fat intake.
At the same time, increasing the intake of poultry, livestock, and fish, which are rich in protein and fat, also leads to excessive fat accumulation in the body. This not only causes obesity but can also lead to a series of problems like hyperlipidemia, high blood pressure, and coronary heart disease.
Diabetes
Some diabetic patients or people worried about developing diabetes may intentionally eat less rice and flour, thinking this means they are consuming less sugar.
If a patient's staple food intake is too low, they can be in a semi-starved state, which can easily lead to reactive hyperglycemia and a reduced ability to fight off hypoglycemia. Over the long term, the patient's body will become emaciated, fat will be abnormally produced, and they are prone to various complications like hyperlipidemia, making treatment more difficult.
Fatty liver
Drinking alcohol and eating vegetables without rice is especially harmful to the liver and gallbladder. Even if one tries to eat less or no animal fats containing saturated fatty acids and switches to vegetable oils containing unsaturated fatty acids—which is naturally beneficial for preventing atherosclerosis—it is difficult to control the intake of oil and dishes at a banquet.
Over time, this will increase lipid peroxidation in the body, damage liver cells, and may also induce gallstones. Alcohol consumption can exacerbate this damage, causing or worsening fatty liver.
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