Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, how to eat moon cakes is healthy

Near the Mid-Autumn Festival, "moon cake" has become the most frequently talked topic in people's lives. In the Ming Dynasty, Tian Yucheng's "West Lake Tour Notes" said: "On August 15th, the Mid-Autumn Festival, the folks sent the moon cakes and took the meaning of reunion." With the improvement of our living standards, people face the high sugar, high fat and high calorie moon cakes, people began to entangle, how to eat this moon cake is healthy?

Moon cake heat

At present, the most common moon cakes on the market are mainly Cantonese, Su-style and Beijing-style. Although the production process is different, the main raw materials are flour, sugar and edible oil. The difference between them is mainly reflected in the difference of mooncake filling. On the top, there are common nuts, Rongsha, meat and poultry products, egg yolks and jams.

For the nutritional value of moon cakes, if you open up the deep cultural significance of the Chinese nation, it is very simple, basically a mixture of sugar and oil. Its biggest feature is high calorie. The average moon cake can bring 400 kcal per 100 grams. The calories, while the average adult woman needs only 600 calories per meal, which means that one and a half moon cakes can satisfy the calorie needs of one meal. Therefore, although the moon cake contains reunion and auspiciousness, from a nutritional perspective Speaking, it is undoubtedly a pile of high-sugar, high-fat, high-calorie food!

"Sugar-free" moon cake truth

Under the banner of health, the advertisement of “sugar-free” moon cakes is flying all over the sky, so many people think that such moon cakes are made for themselves, and they are safe to eat moon cakes. Is the “sugar-free” mooncake really sugar-free, can you really sit back and relax for a special group of people?

There are two types of "sugar-free" moon cakes on the market, one is sugar-free moon cakes, and the other is sugar-free moon cakes. The national standard stipulates that the “sugar-free” requirement means that the sugar content per 100 grams of food is not higher than 0.5 grams, but the moon cake that can actually meet this requirement is basically not. As consumers need to pay special attention to sugars including monosaccharides and disaccharides, such as glucose (slurry), fructose, sucrose, maltose (slurry), etc. belong to these two types of sugar, many people on the food label can not figure out these terms This is one of the reasons why manufacturers are arbitrarily advertising.

For the "sucrose-free" mooncake, although he did not add traditional sugar, he may have added glucose syrup, maltose syrup, etc., and these sugars even have higher glycemic index for blood sugar than for sucrose. For diabetics. Undoubtedly it is worse. Another type of so-called "sugar-free" mooncakes uses sweeteners instead of sucrose, such as xylitol, maltitol, etc., although these sweeteners do not cause a rise in the glycemic index, the mooncake material itself also contains A lot of sugar, eating too much will increase blood sugar quickly.

Therefore, for sugar-free moon cakes, consumers must be treated with caution, especially those with diabetes, so as not to cause problems.

How to eat moon cakes healthily

Although mooncakes are not always eaten like healthy foods, occasionally eating a little, there is no problem with eating the right amount. Many people will also be embarrassed, Mid-Autumn Festival, friends and family sent a lot of moon cakes, eat and can not eat, it is a pity, can you eat healthy? Here are some suggestions for you:

1, moon cake is a high-energy food, there are many young people do not eat breakfast or breakfast intake is insufficient, may wish to put moon cakes for breakfast, in addition to eating a moon cake (100g), you can also drink a box of milk or soy milk, add some vegetables And fruit, it is a good breakfast, but I suggest you not to eat it in this way for a long time.

2, the moon cake itself tastes good, you can cut into small pieces as a dessert between the two meals to enjoy. Cut a moon cake into 4 small pieces or 8 small pieces, three or five family members or colleagues, you are a piece of me, talk about work, talk about home, and don't have a charm.

3, of course, moon cakes can also be used as emergency food, moon cakes are a good choice when traveling with food is not convenient. Think about it, when you are exhausted and hungry, eating a moon cake is a very enjoyable thing.

4, moon cake high sugar and high fat, can be used in coarse grains, mixed beans together into a porridge, is also a delicious.

In general, moon cakes are high-sugar, high-fat, high-calorie foods that can be eaten for people with high blood sugar, high blood fat and diabetes. The key is to control the amount, master the principle of equal volume exchange, and eat the right amount. Mooncakes also reduce the intake of staple foods, which will not affect health and meet our psychological needs.