"Skipping breakfast is bad for your health." This is a familiar fact to many young urbanites. However, due to tight schedules, many office workers rely on soda crackers, bread, and other similar foods as their daily breakfast, often grabbing a quick bite before heading to work. Nutrition experts state that crispy, dry foods like soda crackers and bread are not suitable for breakfast. After a night's fast, various digestive secretions are insufficient. These dry foods are mostly grain-based and lack high-quality protein, providing only short-term energy.
Breakfast must include staple foods
Experts say that breakfast is the meal of the day least likely to be converted into fat, so it is essential to include staple foods.
The calories provided by breakfast account for 30% of the daily total, which is mainly supplied by staple foods. A lack of carbohydrate-based staples can lead to malnutrition. You should consume some starchy foods; grains are broken down into glucose quickly after absorption, which helps correct the post-sleep low blood sugar state. However, grains are digested quickly, and hunger may return in 2-3 hours. Therefore, it is also necessary to moderately consume some foods rich in protein and fat, such as eggs, meat floss, and soy products.
Soda crackers are not suitable for breakfast
"Crispy, dry foods like soda crackers and bread are not suitable for breakfast. Many people experience a dry mouth and find them difficult to swallow, which is because after a night's fast, various digestive secretions are insufficient. These dry foods are mostly grain-based, lack high-quality protein, and can only provide short-term energy. Many office workers, due to time constraints, often eat their breakfast while walking, which is detrimental to gastrointestinal health and hinders digestion and absorption," says Dr. Ximu.
Fried dough sticks no more than once a week
Dr. Ximu states that leftover vegetables may produce nitrites, which are extremely harmful to health. Do not be reluctant to throw them away. Other leftovers stored in the refrigerator should be reheated thoroughly. A refrigerator is not a safe.
In addition, if soy milk with fried dough sticks is your favorite breakfast, you should be cautious. This combination is low in nutrients, and fried, pan-fried, or stir-fried foods are significantly high in calories and fat. Long-term consumption is very detrimental to your health, so it should not be eaten more than once a week.