Drink soup before meals

In autumn, the human body often suffers from the damage of body fluid and dryness of lungs. At this time, drinking a bowl of hot soup can not only drive away the cold, but also replenish nutrition. Many areas in my country have the habit of drinking soup with meals, but many people do not pay attention to the time of drinking soup, which not only fails to achieve the effect of nourishing the body, but also increases the burden on the spleen and stomach to a certain extent, affecting the gastrointestinal digestion function.

Generally speaking, drinking soup before meals can, on the one hand, lubricate the mouth and esophagus, thereby preventing dry and hard food from directly irritating the digestive tract mucosa, which is beneficial to protecting gastrointestinal function; on the other hand, drinking soup before meals can promote the secretion of digestive juices and speed up gastrointestinal motility, thereby improving the gastrointestinal absorption rate of food nutrients.

In addition, drinking soup before meals can increase satiety and reduce appetite, thus avoiding overeating and achieving the goal of dieting and weight loss. It is recommended to drink 200 ml to 300 ml. It should be noted that for patients with gastric ulcers and chronic atrophic gastritis, it is generally recommended to drink 50 to 100 ml.

For northerners who like to eat noodles, drinking a bowl of noodle soup after a meal is believed to help digest food. In fact, food digestion mainly relies on gastric acid and pepsin. Drinking soup after a meal can easily dilute gastric juice, which in turn affects food digestion and the absorption of nutrients. Over time, it can easily lead to symptoms of indigestion such as bloating and loss of appetite. At the same time, the stomach is already full after a meal, and drinking another bowl of soup will increase the burden on the spleen and stomach. (▲Song Tianli)

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