Introduction: Summer has arrived, the weather is hot, people sweat excessively, and their bodies lack moisture. At this time, what is the most reliable way to rehydrate? The basic principle for choosing a source of water is simple: try to minimize sugar, salt, and fat.
Try to limit sugary drinks.
Minimizing sugar means trying not to add sugar, or adding as little as possible, when drinking soups, puddings, or water. On the market, the sugar content of various sweetened drinks labeled "low sugar" is between 4% and 6%, regular products are between 8% and 10%, and "sugar-free" products are below 0.5%. If the sugar content is 8%, then drinking a 500ml bottle of beverage will intake 40 grams of sugar in addition to water, equivalent to the amount of carbohydrates in half a bowl of rice. In a 1.25-liter large bottle of cola, there are about 130 grams of sugar, equivalent to one and a half bowls of rice, and it's not difficult to drink. Therefore, countries around the world have proven that drinking sweet drinks is a major cause of weight gain. You should try to avoid commercially sweetened drinks, and even pure fruit juice is not recommended to exceed one glass a day, as the sugar content is also very high, usually between 8% and 16%.
Go easy on the sugar in soups and desserts.
In addition to drinks, homemade soups and drinks may also contain sugar. For example, red bean paste, green bean paste, tremella soup, snow pear soup, almond milk, walnut milk, etc. If you really can't drink it without sugar, then add as little as possible, to the minimum amount you can tolerate.
Chinese Yam and Green Bean Soup
If the salt content of soup is 0.5% (most people prefer this level of saltiness), then drinking one 200ml cup of soup will intake 1 gram of salt. According to the recommended water for various commercial soups and soup bases, the salt content in the soup is usually between 0.7% and 1.0%. Therefore, when making soup, try to use as little salt as possible. Especially for soups made for health purposes, if you want to drink more bowls, you must use very little salt, control it below 0.3%, just a slight salty taste, or even no salt at all. Otherwise, not only will it not be healthy, but it will also increase the burden on the kidneys and even lead to high blood pressure.
Few people know that many sweet drinks also contain sodium. Take a close look at the nutrition facts label on the drink bottle, and the sodium content is listed there. On one hand, adding a little salt to sweet drinks can enhance the sweetness and improve the flavor. On the other hand, sweet drinks need to add some phosphates to improve the texture and make it less "watery," and these are also sodium salts, such as sodium tripolyphosphate, sodium hexametaphosphate, etc. Therefore, drinking too many sweet drinks is also not conducive to blood pressure control.
Sports drinks contain added salt and sugar because intense exercise causes excessive sweating, leading to a loss of some salt, and exercise also consumes blood sugar, requiring timely energy replenishment. If you are not doing intense exercise, not sweating a lot, just taking a few steps or doing some radio exercises, do not drink this type of sports drink, as it will instead increase the body's burden and pose a risk of weight gain.
Healthy Fruit and Vegetable Juice
Red Bean, Lily, and Coix Seed Soup
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