The harm of skipping breakfast to the body has been recognized by more and more people. Breakfast must be eaten, but at the same time, attention should be paid to how to eat it and how not to eat it. Inappropriate breakfast eating habits can also damage your health and rob you of your happiness. There are several very popular common breakfast methods you should remember: Do not eat like this!
Method 1: Fast Food Breakfast
Breakfast Content: Various types of Western fast food
Reasons for Popularity: Western fast food such as hamburgers and fried chicken wings has always been the dietary preference of fashionable people. Moreover, many fast food chains now offer special breakfast sets, such as a hamburger with coffee or milk and black tea, which are convenient, quick, and tasty.
Expert Comments: This type of high-calorie breakfast can easily lead to obesity, and the long-term consumption of fried food is also harmful to the body. If you have Western fast food for breakfast, lunch and dinner must be low-calorie meals. In addition, this type of Western breakfast has the problem of being nutritionally unbalanced; it is high in calories but often lacks nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, and fiber.
Suggestion: When choosing Western fast food for breakfast, you should add fruits or vegetable soup to maintain a balanced nutrition and ensure the intake of various nutrients. It is also best not to consume it long-term.
Method 2: "Leftover" Breakfast
Breakfast Content: Leftovers, such as stir-fried rice with leftovers, or noodles cooked with leftovers, etc.
Reasons for Popularity: Many "moms" in families will cook extra for dinner to make stir-fried rice for their children and family the next morning, or simply reheat the remaining food. Such breakfasts are convenient to make, rich in content, and basically the same as a regular meal, often considered nutritionally complete.
Expert Comments: After being left overnight, vegetables may produce nitrites (a carcinogen), which can be harmful to human health.
Suggestion: Try not to eat leftover vegetables; if you use other leftover food for breakfast, be sure to store it properly to prevent spoilage; food taken from the refrigerator must be heated thoroughly.
Method 3: Traditional Style Breakfast
Breakfast Content: Youtiao (fried dough sticks), Soy Milk
Reasons for Popularity: Many people have been accustomed to eating youtiao with soy milk since childhood, guided by their grandparents. They are not only used to the taste but also have an emotional "accumulation" of many years.
Expert Comments: Youtiao is a high-temperature fried food and has the problem of being high in fat, similar to shaobing (flattened bread) and fried dumplings. Nutrients are destroyed after food is deep-fried at high temperatures, and carcinogenic substances can also be produced. Moreover, youtiao is relatively high in calories and its fat is difficult to digest. Coupled with soy milk, which is also a medium-fat food, the total fat content of this breakfast combination is significantly excessive and is not suitable for long-term consumption.
Suggestion: Breakfast must include vegetables or fruit. It is best to eat the youtiao and soy milk combination infrequently, no more than once a week. On those days, lunch and dinner must be as light as possible, avoiding fried, stir-fried, and other greasy foods, and supplementing with more vegetables.
Method 4: Snack Breakfast
Breakfast Content: Various snacks, such snow cakes, biscuits, chocolate, etc.
Reasons for Popularity: Many people keep a stock of snacks at home for emergencies. When they wake up in the morning and are short on time, they often just grab a snack for breakfast, which is convenient and quick.
Expert Comments: It's fine to eat snacks like biscuits and chocolate when you're hungry, but using snacks as the most important meal of the day, breakfast, is very unscientific. Most snacks are dry foods, which are not conducive to digestion and absorption for the human body, which is in a state of semi-dehydration in the morning. Moreover, snacks like biscuits are mainly made from grains, which can provide energy in a short time, but will soon make people feel hungry again. Blood sugar levels will drop significantly by noon. Eating snacks for breakfast can easily lead to malnutrition, a decline in physical fitness, and make one susceptible to various diseases.
Method 5: On-the-Go Breakfast
Breakfast Content: Breakfast bought from the roadside, eaten while walking. Hands, feet, and mouth are all moving; a full-body workout.
Reasons for Popularity: The mornings of the working class are often spent in a hurry. For those who live far from their workplace, breakfast is often eaten on the road. Foods like steamed buns, tea eggs, Roujiamo (Chinese hamburger), and Jianbing Guozi (Chinese crepe) sold at the entrance of residential communities or near bus stops are their first choice. They buy one and eat it while walking.
Expert Comments: Eating while walking is not good for gastrointestinal health and is not conducive to digestion and absorption. In addition, street food often has potential hygiene problems, which can lead to illness.
Suggestion: If you choose to eat breakfast from a street stall, first, pay attention to hygiene, and second, it's best to buy it home or eat it at the office. Try not to eat breakfast on your way to work to avoid damaging your health.
Method 6: "Nutritious" Breakfast
Breakfast Content: Nutritious foods like fruits, vegetables, and milk, but it's missing staple foods that are "not high in nutritional value".
Reasons for Popularity: This type of breakfast is generally very popular among women because staple foods are the main source of calories, and calories are the enemy of slender women and those on a diet... So, various high-nutrient foods should be eaten, while calories should be reduced.
Expert Comments: Many people mistakenly believe that staple foods only provide calories and have nothing to do with nutrition. In fact, carbohydrates are also part of nutrition and are extremely important for the human body. Without sufficient calorie intake, the body will automatically break down its own energy stores. Long-term avoidance of staple foods can lead to malnutrition and weaken various body functions. In addition, yogurt and fruits that are sour in taste or high in coarse fiber, such as tomatoes, bananas, snow pears, plums, and apricots, should not be consumed on an empty stomach.
Suggestion: You should increase your intake of staple foods like bread and steamed buns. These grain-based foods can provide the body with enough carbohydrates and also help with the absorption of milk.