＂online celebrity＂ moon cakes are healthier？ Listen to the nutrition experts.
Near Mid-Autumn Festival
The festive atmosphere is getting stronger and stronger.
A large number of ingredients are distinctive and have novel tastes.
New moon cakes are on the scene.
however
Moon cakes known as "nutritious" and "green and healthy"
Is it really like propaganda?
Let’s take a look at the "beauty filter" after turning off the promotion.
What exactly do they look like?
"Beauty" Publicity 1: The ingredients are high-end and nutritious.
Drawn bird’s nest moon cake, some merchants claim that the professional water locking technology can integrate bird’s nest into the moon cake, which has beauty beauty effect.
The moon cake with wings, ginseng and abalone is claimed to contain a lot of protein and amino acids, but the content of fat and cholesterol is very low, so it is very suitable for taking care of the body. Similarly, there are spirulina and American ginseng moon cakes.
Various kinds of matcha moon cakes claim that tea polyphenols are added, which can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, accelerate metabolism and help the human body to detoxify. Similarly, there are barley green juice moon cakes, which are green in color and claim to be pure natural, green and healthy, with detoxification effect; Olive oil moon cakes are claimed to moisturize the skin and have beauty effects.
[Turn off the Beauty Filter].
Fan Zhihong, a professor at the School of Food and Nutrition Engineering of China Agricultural University, said in an interview with China Consumer News that, first of all, most of the so-called health-care ingredients in these mooncake fillings, such as bird’s nest and tea polyphenols, are only added in a small amount, and mooncakes are only eaten once or twice occasionally, so the functions of these ingredients are really limited. Consumers can try them early, but there is no need to be superstitious about their health care functions;
Secondly, even though the stuffing itself may have certain nutritional and health care value, it is doubtful whether it can play a healthy role for the sick people after being added to moon cakes with high sugar, high fat and high calorie. In the final analysis, moon cakes are just a kind of holiday food, and safety and delicacy are its biggest points. We should not expect a certain moon cake to play a special health care role.
The caloric value of olive oil is not lower than that of other cooking oils. Its so-called skin-beautifying effect is only suitable for external use, and there is no research to prove that the moon cake made of olive oil can produce any benefits to the skin after eating it.
"Beauty" Publicity 2: Novel taste and good taste
Flowing milk yellow moon cake, after the moon cake is cut, the silky milk yellow flows out in a semi-soluble state and has a strong milk yellow taste.
In addition to flowing moon cakes, many moon cakes with "alternative" materials and novel tastes, such as durian moon cakes, are also very popular among young people.
[Turn off the Beauty Filter].
Fan Zhihong said that the flowing taste of Liuxin moon cake comes from ingredients such as cream and margarine, so it has higher saturated fat content and higher calories.
When purchasing this kind of products, it is recommended to take a closer look at the nutrient composition table to see if there are trans fatty acids in it.
In addition, many "online celebrity style" moon cakes, such as ice cream moon cakes and durian moon cakes, are mainly made from flour, cooking oil, sugar and eggs, no matter how innovative the fillings are, and the calorie value is not low. You can taste fresh to satisfy the taste, but you should not eat too much at one time, especially for diabetics and dieters.
"Beauty" Publicity 3: Low sugar and low fat to protect health
Frozen moon cakes have been quite popular in recent years. The crust made of glutinous rice is white in appearance, soft and smooth in taste, slightly elastic, and does not need baking. Merchants often say that traditional moon cakes use syrup to make crust, and too much sugar is easy to make people fat, while ice-skinned moon cakes are healthier with low oil and low fat.
Taoshanpi moon cake, also known as Japanese moon cake, is made of white kidney bean paste with egg yolk, milk, cream and other materials, which is rich in color. The selling point that merchants emphasize is that it tastes more delicate than traditional moon cakes, and it is also obviously less in oil, sugar and starch.
"Sugar-free" moon cakes, the sweetness comes from xylitol, sorbitol and other ingredients, the sweetness is more natural, and the human body’s digestion and absorption rate is low. It will not become amazing calories in the energy meter, nor will it make the blood sugar of the human body soar rapidly, which is very friendly to diabetic patients.
[Turn off the Beauty Filter].
Fan Zhihong said that the most important thing to worry about is its preservation. Because it is not baked, the moisture content is high, and if it cannot be transported by cold chain or the logistics is delayed, there is a great risk that microorganisms will exceed the standard.
After consumers get it, they should also eat it in time, otherwise it should be frozen. In addition, the moon cakes with ice skin are made of glutinous rice and corn flour, which are all ingredients for high blood sugar reaction, so they are not suitable for people who need to control blood sugar.
Comparatively speaking, kidney bean paste is a kind of food with low glycemic index, and the safety of making Taoshanpi moon cakes is relatively high after baking. However, the ingredients such as sugar and cream were added to the crust during making, and the stuffing also contained more fat and sugar, which did not fundamentally change the characteristics of high oil and sugar in moon cakes. Therefore, this kind of moon cakes can’t be eaten freely.
The so-called "sugar-free" moon cakes are only replaced by sugar alcohol sweeteners without adding sucrose. However, the main raw materials of moon cakes are flour and starch, which can also raise blood sugar. Therefore, diabetics and dieters should also control their intake of sugar-free moon cakes.
Sugar alcohol sweeteners are not easily absorbed in the small intestine, so they have low calories and less sugar, but after entering the large intestine, they will increase the osmotic pressure in the intestine, promote intestinal movement, and easily cause diarrhea and abdominal pain. Everyone has different tolerance to sugar alcohols, and most people may cause diarrhea if they take more than 20 grams at a time.
In particular, people with weak daily digestive ability and patients with irritable bowel syndrome must read the ingredient list on the food label and strictly limit the mooncakes containing sugar alcohol to avoid unnecessary troubles on happy festivals.
Expert tip: Eating moon cakes is exquisite.
Eat less moon cakes at a time.
Note that moon cakes are rich in carbohydrates and are substitutes for staple foods, so eat moon cakes to reduce the staple foods accordingly.
Add moon cakes to breakfast.
Epidemiological studies have shown that a slightly higher intake of breakfast fat will not increase the risk of chronic diseases, so high-fat moon cakes can be used instead of breakfast staple food to reduce the risk of getting fat after eating moon cakes.
Reasonable collocation of other foods
When tasting moon cakes, it is best not to drink sweet drinks, but to drink fresh and greasy light tea. Patients with chronic diseases can eat some vegetables or drink some milk before eating moon cakes to delay the rise of blood sugar after meals.
Beware of stuffing allergy
Nuts and melon seeds in traditional moon cakes are high in fat content, but their nutritional value is relatively high, containing unsaturated fatty acids, various minerals and dietary fiber, which can be eaten in moderation.
However, for the special people with allergic constitution, we should pay special attention to whether there are any allergenic materials in moon cakes, such as peanuts in Wuren moon cakes and egg yolk in egg yolk moon cakes. The total number of peanut allergies is not large, but it is one of the most serious allergies; Eggs are the second most common allergic food for children, second only to milk.
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