The harm to the body from skipping breakfast is now recognized by more and more people. Breakfast must be eaten, but at the same time, you must pay attention 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 common and popular breakfast methods that you must remember: you cannot eat like this! Eating Method One: "Leftover Breakfast"
Breakfast content: Leftovers, or fried rice with leftovers, noodles with leftovers, etc.
Reasons for popularity: Many mothers in families will cook extra for dinner and make fried rice for their children and families the next morning, or just reheat the leftovers. Such breakfasts are convenient to make, rich in content, basically the same as a regular meal, and are generally considered nutritionally complete.
Expert commentary: After being left overnight, vegetables can produce nitrites (a carcinogenic substance), 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 out of the refrigerator must be heated thoroughly. Eating Method Two: Fast Food Breakfast
Breakfast content: Various types of Western fast food.
Reasons for popularity: Western fast food like hamburgers and fried chicken wings has always been a dietary preference for fashionable people. Moreover, many fast-food chains now offer special breakfast menus, such as a hamburger with coffee or milk, black tea, which is convenient, quick, and tasty.
Expert commentary: This high-calorie breakfast can easily lead to obesity, and long-term consumption of fried food is also harmful to the body. If you use Western fast food for breakfast, lunch and dinner must consist of low-calorie foods. Additionally, this type of Western breakfast has the problem of nutritional imbalance: it is high in calories but often lacks nutrients like vitamins, minerals, and fiber.
Suggestion: If you choose Western fast food for breakfast, you should add fruits or vegetable soup to maintain a balanced diet and ensure the intake of various nutrients. Also, it is best not to eat it long-term. Eating Method Three: Traditional Breakfast
Breakfast content: Fried dough sticks and soy milk.
Reasons for popularity: Many people have been accustomed to eating fried dough sticks with soy milk in the morning since childhood, guided by their grandparents. They are not only used to the taste but also have an emotional attachment to it over many years.
Expert commentary: Fried dough sticks are high-temperature fried foods, similar to baked cakes and pan-fried dumplings, and have a high oil content. Nutrients are destroyed in food after high-temperature frying, and carcinogenic substances can also be produced. Moreover, fried dough sticks are relatively high in calories, and the oil is difficult to digest. Coupled with soy milk being a medium-fat food, the oil content of this breakfast combination is significantly excessive and is not suitable for long-term consumption.
Suggestion: Breakfast must include vegetables or fruit. The soy milk with fried dough sticks combination should be eaten infrequently, no more than once a week. Moreover, the lunch and dinner on that day must be as light as possible, avoiding fried, pan-fried, and stir-fried foods, and supplementing with more vegetables. Eating Method Four: Snack Breakfast
Breakfast content: Various snacks, such as snow cakes, biscuits, chocolate, etc.
Reasons for popularity: Many people keep a stock of snacks at home for unexpected needs. In the morning, when time is not abundant, they often conveniently grab snacks for breakfast, which is quick and easy.
Expert commentary: It's fine to eat snacks like biscuits and chocolate when you're hungry, but using snacks as the most important of the three daily meals is very unscientific. Most snacks are dry foods, which are not conducive to digestion and absorption for the human body, which is in a semi-dehydrated state in the morning. Furthermore, snacks like biscuits are mainly made from grains. Although they can provide energy in a short time, they will soon make the body feel hungry again, and 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. Eating Method Five: On-the-Go Breakfast
Breakfast content: Breakfast bought from roadside stalls, eaten while walking, moving hands, feet, mouth, and the whole body...
Reasons for popularity: The mornings of the working class are often spent in a rush. Especially for those who live far from their workplace, breakfast is often had on the way. Foods like steamed buns, tea eggs, roujiamo (Chinese sandwich), and jianbing (Chinese crepe) sold at the entrance of residential communities or near bus stops are their first choice. They buy a portion and eat it while walking...
Expert commentary: Eating while walking is not good for gastrointestinal health and hinders digestion and absorption. Additionally, street food often has hygiene risks, and one can get sick from what one eats.
Suggestion: If you choose to eat breakfast from a street vendor, first, pay attention to hygiene, and second, it's best to buy it and eat it at home or at the office. Try not to eat breakfast on your way to work to avoid harming your health. Eating Method Six: "Nutritious" Breakfast
Breakfast content: Nutritious foods like fruits, vegetables, milk, etc., but it's missing staple foods that are "not high in nutritional value."
Reasons for popularity: This type of breakfast is generally very popular with women, because staple foods are the main source of calories, and calories are the enemy of slender women and people on a diet... So, various high-nutrient foods should be eaten, while calories should be reduced.
Expert commentary: Many people mistakenly believe that staple foods only provide calories and have nothing to do with nutrition. In fact, carbohydrates are also a part of nutrition and are extremely important for the human body. Without sufficient calorie intake, the body will automatically break down and release energy. Long-term avoidance of staple foods can lead to malnutrition and weaken various bodily functions. Additionally, yogurt and fruits that are sour in taste or have coarse fiber, such as tomatoes, bananas, snow pears, plums, and apricots, are not suitable to be eaten on an empty stomach.
Suggestion: You should increase staple foods like bread and steamed buns. These types of grain foods can provide the body with enough carbohydrates and also help with the absorption of milk.