Our distant ancestors were not always able to get enough food for every day, therefore, in the process of evolution, they developed mechanisms that help not only protect the body from negative consequences hunger, but also turn it for good. Of course, this only applies to a limited period of time. If the body long time does not receive the nutrients and vitamins it needs, then this affects health in the most detrimental way, however, short-term fasting, subject to certain rules and the correct exit from this state, does not harm a healthy body.
Daily fasting once a week is considered optimal, but in order to notice a positive effect, it must be carried out regularly for at least a few months.
Contraindications to therapeutic fasting
Even daily fasting is categorically contraindicated for women during and, sick diabetes, people with a stomach or duodenal ulcer, those who have been diagnosed with cancer, tuberculosis, stones and purulent inflammation of the internal organs.It is also worth abstaining from people suffering from ischemic or hypertensive heart disease, arrhythmia and other cardiovascular diseases.
Fasting
Choose one day when you will use only clean drinking water, such as boiled or distilled. You can also drink mineral water without gas in such an amount that the daily amount is 1.5 - 2 liters.At first, when you are not used to such a regimen, you can add a little honey to the water and lemon juice, this cocktail is tastier and more nutritious.
The first time will be especially hard. By the end of the day, weakness appears and begins, so try to avoid any physical and psychological stress, give up massage, sauna and pool visits. A hungry person is prone to manifestations of excessive irritability, meditation and relaxation will help to avoid this.
Way out of fasting
The next day, it is recommended to drink a glass of kefir or freshly squeezed juice in the morning. After one and a half to two hours you can eat a small amount of oatmeal, lettuce from fresh vegetables or yogurt.Eat light meals throughout the day wholesome food, such as cottage cheese, steamed meat and fish, soups, kissels, cereals, salads.
From childhood, mothers and grandmothers taught us that it is necessary to eat liquid dishes for lunch, otherwise there will be problems with digestion. Is it true?
The tradition of eating soup
Soup is a liquid dish containing at least 50% liquid. Soups are common in many countries. It is believed that soups began to be prepared no more than 400-500 years ago, with the advent of refractory, chemically neutral dishes.
In Ukraine, liquid dishes have been known for a very long time. Hot stews warmed and satisfied hunger, served as an excellent remedy for a hangover. As you know, the most favorite Ukrainian first courses are borscht and cabbage. Since ancient times, we have also prepared cereal stews, meat and fish soups. The word "soup" on the territory of Russia and Ukraine appeared in everyday life under Peter I, who brought it from France along with French cuisine.
IN Soviet time The first course formed the basis of a full meal. Until now, the tradition has been preserved for lunch, first an appetizer, after soup, then a main course and dessert. Not a single lunch in school and kindergarten canteens is complete without a first course.
Currently, peoples are known whose traditions do not have first courses. Some of our compatriots do not eat soups for years simply because they do not like it. So all the same: do you need to eat soup for lunch?
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Benefit or harm
ABOUT useful properties first courses are a lot of controversy. Some argue that soup is a dietary product, broths are especially useful. It was not in vain that grandmothers gave chicken broth to their grandchildren suffering from colds. The broth is also useful in recovery from surgeries. But there are also opponents of first courses. Firstly, they argue, when cooking the broth, substances harmful to the body are released from the meat. Secondly, the liquid that is present in soups washes out gastric juice, as a result, food is poorly digested. We asked the gastroenterologist of the Boris clinic Oksana Romanenko if soup is a must in the diet.
“The absence of first courses in the diet is often associated with gastritis. Unfortunately, at present, this disease is present in almost everyone, regardless of whether he eats liquid meals for lunch. All the products that the population now eats leave much to be desired. As for the soup, that is, it is not necessary at all, like any other dish. Moreover, first courses enhance acid formation. Therefore, they are useful only for people with low acidity. If a person has a peptic ulcer, duodenal disease or inflammation of the stomach with hyperacidity, soups, on the contrary, are contraindicated.
It is important that a person’s daily diet must contain meat, milk, dairy products, eggs, cereals, vegetables and fruits. And whether these products will be in the composition of the soup or any other dishes - it does not matter.
If you cannot live without soup, listen to the advice of a gastroenterologist:
soup should not be very hot and not very cold;
spicy first course is also undesirable;
cook soup not on fatty broth. It is better to take chicken for this, and not pork meat or bones;
when cooking soups, avoid seasonings containing chemical nutritional supplements, instant soups from bags and bouillon cubes. Such products have a toxic effect on the body;
Tatyana Koryakina
Soup can be called the head of our dinner table, since childhood we have become accustomed to the fact that in the daytime a meal should begin with it - a rich, fragrant liquid dish. Today, too, many of us cannot even imagine a day without hot soup, because from a very early age we were inspired that the “first” must be eaten without fail, otherwise we would not see either strength or health. However, the soup has opponents who believe that this is a harmful dish that can ruin our stomach. So is it good to eat soup every day, or such a habit can harm our health? Let's figure it out together.
Soup - rightfully the "first" dish
Soups are a whole group of liquid dishes, the main feature of which is that it consists of more than half of the liquid. There are probably millions of recipes for various soups. Many countries have their own soup, which has become a symbol national cuisine. We have cabbage soup and borscht, the French - onion soup, among the Japanese, miso soup is especially popular today, the list can be continued for a long time.
Each type of liquid hot dish has many variations; one can count several hundred recipes for one borscht. Moreover, for example, Russian, Ukrainian or Belarusian borscht can be very different from each other, igniting disputes in interethnic families. After all, each spouse has “his own”, national, understanding of what this first course should be. For example, in the Russian version of borsch, there should be no fat, while in the Belarusian and Ukrainian this component is not the last in the recipe. And a Belarusian can ask a Russian why you put cabbage in borscht.
Another fact is also interesting - soup does not have to be a hot dish, there are many recipes for preparing a cold dish. Each of these soups has its own health benefits and harms, more vitamins will be preserved in a cold dish, but hot option considered to be more beneficial to the stomach. However, it already depends on the specific recipe.
The benefits of the first course
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Soup is a great opportunity to enrich our diet with vegetables. It is worth approximately counting the number of assorted vegetables indicated in the recipe, as we are convinced - this is a truly magical elixir.
Considered to fulfill daily allowance on eating vegetables, you can “screw” just a couple of plates fragrant soup. Therefore, light vegetable soups are considered especially useful.
With soup, we are able to quickly satisfy our hunger, because in order to eat a liquid dish, it does not need to be chewed well. Moreover, the nutritious liquid of soup, especially hot soup, fills the stomach, dulling the feeling of hunger. If you want to eat something tasty, but not very healthy, eat a bowl of soup first. So in the stomach there will be less “place” for the very “tasty, but not the most healthy” dish.
This also implies the benefits of soup for weight loss - we eat up in smaller portions, given low calorie a liquid dish at a large nutritional value. Of course, if we are not talking about the notorious borscht with lard and donuts. There are even many diets based on various light, mostly vegetable soups. Such dishes not only saturate us, but also rid the body of toxins and toxins. Also, along with soups, fiber enters our body, which is necessary for weight loss and overall health.
The benefit of soup lies in its easy digestibility by the body. The soup contains many useful substances, it is well digested and it does not take much effort to eat it. Therefore, it is actively used during the period of colds, it helps the body exhausted by viruses to recover and get essential vitamins. However, the soup should be low-fat and light so that the body does not have to spend a lot of energy and energy on its digestion, which is necessary to resist infections. The dish warms the body well, which is especially valuable in the cold months.
Many soups have a good effect on metabolism and help to lose weight. Particularly useful in this regard pea soups despite the relatively high calorie content.
Is there any benefit in soups for children
The benefits of soups for children are sometimes questioned. This is partly surprising, because it is from childhood that we are taught that the first must be included in the diet. However, some modern scientists question the usefulness of the dish, arguing that, along with useful substances in children's body can penetrate and hazardous components. In order to get as little harmful substances as possible into the dish, the first water should be drained. meat broth. After the meat has been cooked for several minutes, the water must be drained and filled with new water. And only then cook the soup itself.
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But kids still need to eat soups, the majority agrees in this opinion. You just need to carefully monitor the quality of the added products, cook mainly vegetable first courses. If you use meat, then chicken or veal. You should not add bouillon cubes, a lot of seasonings, garlic to soups for children.
Soup has the same effect on a child's body as on an adult: it improves digestion, is easily digested, and helps to gain strength. And puree soups are recommended to be given to small children as the first complementary foods. By the way, the first dish with mashed vegetables, and an older child will eat with more pleasure than regular soup, in which, at times, unappetizing pieces of vegetables float.
Is soup good for stomach?
A person with a number of stomach diseases should not eat raw vegetables, they can harm the body. But you also need to get the necessary vitamins and minerals. Soups, boiled and vegetable stew not harmful to the stomach.
The benefits of soup for the stomach are not overestimated - it stimulates our digestion. The first courses contribute to the production of gastric juice, thereby preparing the gastrointestinal tract for digestion. However, in order for the soup to benefit a sick stomach, it must be prepared correctly. How exactly, we will tell below.
Especially useful for digestion are soups prepared on the basis of low-fat meat broth. Puree soups are useful for diseases of the stomach, but it is necessary to select a cooking recipe in accordance with your disease. Due to their consistency, they envelop the gastric mucosa, thus preventing the contact of hydrochloric acid with its walls. But you need to use only those vegetables that can be consumed by a person with a sick stomach.
For example, those who have inflammation of the gastric mucosa should not eat beetroot soups. A good component is pumpkin, it is rich in useful substances and does not harm the stomach.
What is the best soup for the stomach? There is no unequivocal answer to this question, since much here depends on the state of the stomach itself, the existing gastrointestinal disease and other diseases. For example, a soup that is healthy for a healthy stomach can adversely affect a diseased organ, up to an exacerbation of diseases.
Healthy soups for the stomach:
- Puree soups
- Slimy soups prepared with the addition of cereals with a viscous consistency - oatmeal, rice, etc. Soups are prepared on the basis of vegetables and lean meat broth.
- Dairy with cereals, with the exception of barley and millet. It is necessary to dilute milk with water in a ratio of 1 to 1
Harmful properties of soups
Yes, there are claims that soups can be harmful to our health, or that they are not useful in the way we think. Some argue that 70% of vitamins and minerals are destroyed during cooking, and do not pass into the broth. But harmful substances get there.
The statement is partially true, but not absolutely all vitamins are destroyed during the cooking process. Vitamin C is destroyed almost completely under the influence of high temperatures. But many B vitamins, vitamins A, E, D, PP are resistant to high temperatures. They are destroyed, but partially, and approximately 70% of their original amount remains in the soup. Cellulose during cooking is also destroyed slightly.
Another statement about the dangers of the soup is more true: various antibiotics, hormonal preparations that the animal was “fed” with, almost completely end up in the broth. But this can also be avoided: the first water must be brought to a boil and drained, adding new water.
The first hot dishes are harmful to our body because of the high fat content, of course, when it comes to meat soup. In order not to harm your health and figure, cook non-rich meals.
How to cook healthy soups
To include soup in your diet without fear of harming your health, you need to follow a number of rules when cooking:
- Prepare meat soups from young animals
- Choose fresh, undamaged foods
- Use lean meats and fish
- Vegetables must be washed well before cooking, but not soaked in water.
- Do not forget to drain the first broth, as we have already said
- It is better to first boil the broth on vegetables, and then add meat there, and not do the opposite.
- When cooking, it is important to consider what foods people with certain diseases can eat.
Should I eat soup every day?
No matter how many battles are bred around the harm and benefits of soup, it is recommended to eat it regularly. Naturally, it will bring benefits if you cook the first course correctly, following the above recommendations. But it is impossible to replace solid food with soup, especially for a long time. This can lead to a number of diseases and problems, including lazy bowel syndrome and or dental problems. If the diet is replete with soft foods that almost do not need to be chewed, the gums weaken, not receiving the necessary chewing “charge” daily. In the long run, this can even lead to tooth loss. However, this applies not only to soups.
So is it bad to not eat soup at all? It is believed that soup, at least not daily, but should be present in our diet. For example, soups are very useful for gastritis. While “gastratics” generally have a relatively meager diet, properly cooked soup is a real helper.
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In autumn, you really want soups - cabbage soup, borscht, hot chicken broth. But everywhere they write that this is a harmful dish.
There are many myths about broths and soups. We collected all of them and turned to the doctors with a request to explain whether this is true or not.
To dispel all doubts, we have collected all possible facts about this dish and now we are sharing this article with you!
Myth 1
Gastroenterologists and pediatricians say that the first courses dilute the gastric juice and reduce the concentration of digestive enzymes, that is, worsen the absorption of food.
Reality:
The work of the stomach is arranged in such a way that the liquid leaves it immediately, and solid food sometimes remains for several hours, “grinding” into a liquid slurry (chyme) with particles 1-1.2 mm in size - larger ones do not go further into the duodenum. And all this time, gastric juice is secreted with acid and with only one type of enzyme - proteases, which break down only proteins, and only partially. Neither fats nor carbohydrates are digested in the stomach.
The main digestion occurs after the stomach - in the duodenum, where pancreatic enzymes enter, and further - in the small intestine. And the concentration of enzymes due to the soup is not reduced here. Digestion occurs only in a liquid medium, and if there is not enough water, the small intestine “sucks” it, and if there is a lot of it, it pumps it out. So a liquid first course only facilitates digestion.
Myth 2
Meat broth is quickly absorbed by the intestines, and the liver does not have time to master such an amount of “liquid” - as a result, meat extracts in the form of unsplit poisons bypass the liver and begin a “journey” throughout the body, causing harm to internal organs.
Reality:
In a full serving of the first, about 300 ml of water is not a burden on the liver. Extracts too. First, they are naturally present in meat, poultry, fish, mushrooms, and other foods from which you make the first. And, therefore, if you make a second dish out of them, you will use them in the same way.
Secondly, extracts are natural biological compounds that do not pose a big load on the liver. Among them are many useful substances, some are even produced in the form of dietary supplements. There are not very useful material, which are formed in the body and excreted by the kidneys. And, if the kidneys are severely damaged, toxins can accumulate.
Myth 3
Heat treatment, numerous boils, which soup ingredients are subjected to, reduce the amount of nutrients.
Reality:
Boiling is one of the healthiest and most gentle cooking methods. The temperature with it is much lower than when baking, and even more so when grilling or charcoal.
During cooking, many minerals are released into the broth. And in the case of first courses, they are not lost, but consumed. But when cooking potatoes, pasta or vegetables, a lot of useful things are poured out with water. For example, in relation to boiled potatoes, we can talk about losses a large number useful potassium.
Soup for weight loss
Are soups and diet compatible? They often say no. In fact, soups are great for diet food. And that's why:
1. You can put lean meat in them.
2. There is a secret how to make the soup fat-free: put the dish in the refrigerator and then just skim off the frozen fat from the surface.
3. You can make vegetable soup or soup without meat or poultry, without adding cereals, flour, noodles or vermicelli. Get low-calorie hearty meal. The famous diet of Madame Zhestan is based on a similar soup.
Soup Madame Gestan
Take 6 medium onions, a few tomatoes, a head of cabbage, 2 bell peppers, a bunch of celery and a cube vegetable broth(you can use any low-fat broth prepared by yourself). Cut everything into small and medium pieces, cover with water, season with a little salt and pepper (you can curry), boil for 10 minutes over high heat and then cook over low until the vegetables are soft. You can eat such a soup when you want and as much as you want: if you feel hungry - eat soup and lose weight. In autumn, you really want soups - cabbage soup, borscht, hot chicken broth.
