Barbecue sauce is super hot! Eat 20 extra calories just by swiping once? Nutritionist reveals: These "4 kinds of additives" will make you fatter
Barbecue sauce and grease all over your stomach? Mid-Autumn Barbeque “4 kinds of additives” are bursting with heat
For many young people, a “barbeque party” is an indispensable part of the Mid-Autumn Festival every year. Three or five friends get together and chat happily, but they always unknowingly eat too much barbecue, which causes flatulence and discomfort. The next day, the whole body becomes edema due to eating too salty and oily food. What are some ways to avoid the above situation?
Li Yongwei, a nutritionist at Lianqing Clinic, said that it is easy to eat barbecued meats with excessive calories and sodium content. When you consume too much, your body will naturally be prone to edema and obesity. In severe cases, it may cause burden on the liver and kidneys, causing high blood pressure and cardiovascular-related diseases. People with existing chronic diseases should pay more attention when eating barbecue.
Nutritionist Li Yongwei pointed out that one of the health traps of Mid-Autumn Festival barbecue is the commercially available “barbecue sauce”. The sauce is not only high in calories and high in sodium, but it also contains many additional additives, such as cornstarch, preservatives, watercress, salt, etc. You can consume 20 calories with just one swipe. It’s easy to exceed your recommended daily intake of sodium by brushing a few times.
Do Taiwanese people like “heavy flavors” when eating barbecue? Nutritionist: Marinating meat is healthier than using sauce!
Taiwanese people like heavy-flavored barbecue, and the repeated application of barbecue sauce back and forth during the barbecue adds to the fun of barbecue, but these actions will make people eat more calories unintentionally. Nutritionist Li Yongwei said that the first step to reduce calories is to reduce the amount and frequency of barbecue sauce. In fact, just swiping it once will already taste salty, but swiping too much barbecue sauce over and over will make it feel greasy.
In addition, before grilling, you can marinate the meat with natural spices such as lemongrass, black pepper, cumin, chili pepper, basil, peppercorns, and thyme. After marinating, the ingredients will have a natural aroma and a delicious effect. , can help reduce the chance of applying barbecue sauce when grilling.
In addition, there are actually some eyebrows when choosing barbecue sauce. Nutritionist Li Yongwei recommends that the texture of the sauce should not be too thick. Many sauces have thickening. You can choose more seasonings with a watery texture, such as Japanese sauces and fruit-flavored sauces. Barbecue sauce; others such as spicy bean paste and sand tea are mine sauces. If you really want to use them, you can add more boiling water to dilute them.
Finally, nutritionist Li Yongwei recommends that people can DIY their own “yuzu-flavored Japanese style sauce”. It not only suits the occasion, but also tastes very suitable for barbecue. Considering that every household has grapefruit during the Mid-Autumn Festival, sometimes you can use it to make barbecue sauce. You only need to mince a portion of the grapefruit pulp and add salty soy sauce, rice wine, garlic, and ginger to make a non-greasy barbecue sauce.
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