Is soup a kind of "junk food"? How can we drink soup scientifically?

Soup is a nutritious and nourishing dish on many families' tables. But after we stewed four kinds of soup and sent them for inspection at a cost of more than 7,000 yuan, we found that soups really have no nutrition and can even be considered a kind of "junk food".

The 4 types of soup we stew are as follows:

After reading this article, your cognition will be overturned!

1. Drinking soup does not actually supplement calcium. We measured the calcium content of these four soups, and the results are as follows:

Judging from the actual measured data, their calcium content is really not high, and they are just a little brother to milk.

To get enough calcium in a box of milk, you need to drink at least 50 bowls of pork rib soup. Before you get enough calcium, you will burst your stomach. If you want to get enough calcium, you might as well eat more broccoli and drink more milk.

The Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents (2016 edition) has also long mentioned that the nutritional content of the muscle part of poultry and livestock is higher than that in soup.

This is because most of the protein and calcium in the meat are insoluble. Even after high-temperature stewing, only a very small amount can be dissolved in the soup. In other words, even if you stew for a long time, the soup is not as nutritious as the soup residue.

2. Drinking a bowl of soup is not as good as eating a bite of meat. We measured the protein content of soup and meat, and the results are as follows:

According to the measured data: no matter what kind of soup you drink, it is not as good as eating meat directly, as it can supplement more protein.

3. If drinking soup doesn’t cause milk production, it may also cause milk blockage. The white stuff in the soup is actually small fat particles that are stewed out.

Look at this crucian carp soup, the fat content is 8 times that of pork ribs soup!

If pregnant mothers drink it, it is easy to cause breast engorgement and milk blockage; if ordinary people drink it, it is easy to gain weight and gain flesh.

One more thing, some effective substances in Chinese medicine are soluble in water, so water can boil them out. However, many nutrients in food are not soluble in water, such as protein and calcium, so even if you stew them for a day and a night, they are useless.

4. How unhealthy is drinking soup? Soup is not only unnutritious, but also contains some unhealthy things, such as purine and salt.

Purine

Traditional hot pot soup? It’s a gout set meal!

Purine is soluble in water, and the longer it is stewed, the more it dissolves. Meat broth, fish broth, seafood broth, are all high-purine soups:

If you have high uric acid or gout, I advise you not to drink it. Normal people should not drink too much either. If you take too much purine, gout, kidney stones, and hyperuricemia will come to you in no time.

Salt

The soup contains not only purine, but also a lot of salt.

We asked our colleagues in the company to try the soup, and they all said the saltiness was just right. But when we sent it for testing, each bowl of soup had at least 1.5g of salt.

The "Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents" recommends that the daily salt intake for adults aged 18 to 50 and pregnant women should not exceed 6g.

Excessive sodium intake will increase the risk of high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease, and will also cause edema and dry skin.

Who would have thought that I only drank two bowls of soup and the salt intake in one meal exceeded the standard! Nourishing and beautifying? I think it’s just replenishing salt!

In a word: drinking soup is really not nourishing. Drinking soup without eating meat will lead to unbalanced nutritional intake.

There are only two situations in which you can drink some soup appropriately: in summer, if you have no appetite, drinking some vegetable soup can stimulate your appetite; for people who are postpartum, postoperative, or have weak stomachs, they may not be able to digest meat directly, so drinking some broth can replenish their strength.

If you really love soup, don't worry too much, you can still drink soup, but you have to drink it scientifically. We have summarized a few tips for you:

We know that for many people, it is impossible to not drink soup. This article is just to encourage everyone to eat healthier. Don't drink a lot of oil and salt without replenishing your body.

Finally, I hope everyone will give us a thumbs up. If your family and friends also love to drink soup, please forward it to the "Love Together" group so that everyone can drink soup in a healthier and more scientific way.