For many office workers, dinner is often late and hastily eaten, and many of our body's illnesses are related to this poor eating habit. If you want to eat a healthy dinner, the three elements below must be kept in mind.
First, eat dinner early.
Having an early dinner is a health strategy recommended by medical experts. Relevant studies have shown that eating dinner early can greatly reduce the incidence of urinary tract calculi.
In dinner foods, there is a large amount of calcium. In the process of metabolism, some calcium is absorbed and utilized by the small intestine, while the rest is filtered through the glomeruli into the urinary tract and excreted from the body. The peak of calcium excretion in the human body is often 4 to 5 hours after a meal. If dinner is too late, when the peak calcium excretion period arrives, the person is already asleep. The urine then stays in the urinary tract such as the ureter, bladder, and urethra, and cannot be excreted from the body in time. This causes the calcium in the urine to continuously increase, easily depositing to form small crystals. Over time, these gradually expand to form stones.
Second, dinner should be light.
Dinner should be primarily vegetarian, rich in carbohydrates, and one should especially consume more fresh vegetables, while minimizing the intake of excessive protein and fatty foods.
However, in real life, because there is relatively ample preparation time, most families have very lavish dinners, which is detrimental to health. Consuming too much protein, which the body cannot absorb, will remain in the intestine, where it can spoil and produce toxic substances such as ammonia, indole, and ammonium sulfide, irritating the intestinal wall and inducing cancer.
If you eat too much fat, it can cause blood lipids to rise. Numerous clinical studies have confirmed that people who often eat meat for dinner generally have blood lipids 3 to 4 times higher than those who often eat a vegetarian diet. For people with high blood lipids and high blood pressure, eating meat for dinner is like adding fuel to the fire.
Third, eat less for dinner.
Compared to breakfast and lunch, dinner should be smaller. Generally, it is recommended that the calories provided by dinner should not exceed 30% of the total daily dietary calories. Frequently consuming excess calories for dinner can lead to an increase in blood cholesterol. Excess cholesterol accumulates on the artery walls over time, which can induce arteriosclerosis and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. If dinner is too heavy, the concentrations of sugar, amino acids, and fatty acids in the blood will rise. After dinner, people's activity level is often small, and calorie consumption is low. These substances are then converted into fat under the action of insulin, and over time, the body will gradually become obese.