A nutritious diet leads to a healthy body. It is correct to drink both the soup and the solids for a nutritious diet. To develop a healthy soup habit and not destroy the nutritious food, one should have a proper nutritious diet.
Correcting Wrong Soup Habits
Many people, when drinking soup, only prefer the broth and discard the solids. In fact, although the soup is highly nutritious, most of the nutrients "remain" in the solids.
This is because even after simmering for a long time, the main nutrients of meat, such as protein, iron, and calcium from bones, are difficult to dissolve in water.
The "solids" are much richer in nutrients than the soup
Experiments have found that after simmering foods like fish, chicken, and beef, which contain different high-protein ingredients, for 6 hours, although the soup looks rich, the protein dissolution rate is only 6%—15%, with more than 85% of the protein still remaining in the "solids." The iron content in the soup is less than 1/6 of that in the original ingredients, and a bowl of bone soup contains only a few milligrams of calcium. Moreover, eating the solids increases the intake of dietary fiber, which helps promote gastrointestinal motility and accelerate metabolism.
Sedimented Juice: Not Fresh or More Nutritious?
When adding vegetables to soup, they should be added towards the end of cooking
And vegetables that are simmered with meat, such as white radish, although some of their water-soluble vitamins can dissolve into the soup, most are destroyed due to the long cooking time.
Therefore, vegetables should be added towards the end of the cooking process to prevent the destruction of vitamin C.
Warm Reminder:
It should be noted that the simmering time is not the longer the better. Generally, 1 to 1.5 hours is sufficient. You can add moderate amounts of seasonings like MSG and sesame oil, but not too much, so as not to affect the original umami of the soup.