Dinner is something we eat almost every day, but how can we eat it to stay healthy? Not everyone knows the answer.
Five Taboos for Dinner:
First taboo: Eating too late. Eating dinner early prevents disease.
Research has shown that eating dinner early can significantly reduce the incidence of urinary tract stones. The peak time for 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 time arrives, the person is already asleep in bed. The urine cannot be expelled in time, causing calcium in the urine to continuously increase, which can easily deposit to form small crystals and gradually turn into stones.
Second taboo: Eating too much meat. A vegetarian dinner prevents cancer.
Dinner should be primarily vegetarian, with a focus on foods rich in carbohydrates. Carbohydrates can generate more serotonin in the human body, which has a calming and sedative effect, aiding sleep. It's best to minimize the intake of protein and fats. People who often eat meat for dinner have blood lipid levels 2 to 3 times higher than vegetarians.
Third taboo: Eating too much. A moderate dinner ensures sound sleep.
Physical activity at night is generally low. If you eat too much for dinner, it can cause cholesterol levels to rise, stimulate the liver to produce more low-density and very-low-density lipoproteins, and induce atherosclerosis. Long-term overeating for dinner lays the groundwork for diabetes.
Fourth taboo: Being too sweet.
Eating sweets at night causes sugar to be digested and broken down into fructose and glucose. After being absorbed by the body, these are directly converted into fat, leading to weight gain.
Fifth taboo: Eating late-night snacks.
If you often eat at night, your gastrointestinal tract doesn't get a chance to rest, and the repair of its mucous membrane cannot proceed smoothly, which can easily lead to stomach cancer.
What's good for dinner?
1. Chestnut Rice
Ingredients: 35g of rice or glutinous rice.
Seasonings: A little chestnut, cooking wine, and salt.
Instructions:
① Peel the chestnuts, remove their inner skins, and soak in salt water for about 30 minutes.
② Put the rice, cooking wine, water, and chestnuts into a rice cooker to cook the rice.
Editor's comment: Chestnuts have the lowest fat content among nuts. This chestnut rice can strengthen the intestines, promote gastrointestinal motility, keep the excretory system functioning properly, improve constipation, and help expel toxins in a timely manner.
2. Tomato Egg
Ingredients: 1 boiled egg.
Seasonings: A little tomato sauce and a little rosemary.
Instructions:
① Cut the boiled egg in one-third and scoop out the yolk.
② Drizzle a little tomato sauce over the yolk and mix well.
③ Place the mixed tomato yolk back into the egg white and garnish with rosemary.