Refuse to become "meaty" round! Homemade low-calorie moon cakes and grapefruit drinks

Are you worried that eating too much barbecue during the Mid-Autumn Festival will burden your stomach and intestines and cause your body to become out of shape? Nutritionists remind us to consume more dietary fiber, and fruits and vegetables are the best sources. Ingredients including enoki mushrooms, kelp, black fungus, konjac, etc. are all on the list. And we must pay attention to controlling our calorie intake to avoid the situation where "the moon is full during the Mid-Autumn Festival and the human body becomes rounder".

During the Mid-Autumn Festival barbecue, we may accidentally eat too much meat, seafood and other foods, which may lead to neglecting the intake of dietary fiber and resulting in too high calories. And they will consume too much food such as cakes and sugary drinks, which will cause excessive fat and sugar intake.

Don’t let your intestines get stuck with fat and your blood sugar soar during the Mid-Autumn Festival

Nutritionist Su Zhenying from Hualien Tzu Chi Medical Center said that if you have the above problems, don’t forget to supplement with dietary fiber, especially low-GI fruits and vegetables, which are fresh, natural, less processed, and lower in calories. They can also promote intestinal health, prevent "oil jam" in the intestines, and increase blood sugar levels, which brings health burdens and may even aggravate the condition of people with chronic diseases due to eating too much fat and sugar.

Homemade low-calorie moon cakes, fancy grapefruit drinks

To make everyone eat healthily and happily during the Mid-Autumn Festival! Nutritionists from the Department of Nutrition at Hualien Tzu Chi Medical Center specially designed the "Moon Cake" and "Fancy Pomelo Drink" to suit the occasion. The Moon Fragrant Cake, which is a modification of the Moon Shrimp Cake, is made by frying the ingredients with a little oil until fragrant and soft, then adding a little soy sauce for seasoning. It is then blended into a paste using a juicer or food processor, and then sandwiched between two pieces of Vietnamese rice paper. It is then dry-fried in a pan until both sides turn golden brown.

Nutritionist Su Zhenying said that people who like hot and sour sauces can also mix dragon fruit, chili peppers and lemons into a natural fruit hot and sour sauce, which does not require thickening. A serving of Moon Cake has only about 150 calories, which is equivalent to the calories in half a bowl of rice.

There is also the "Fancy Grapefruit Drink", which uses sugar-free green tea as the base and adds seasonal grapefruit and wild ginger flowers. It can replace the carbonated drinks often consumed during barbecue. It not only removes oil and greasiness, but also has a refreshing taste and is very suitable for drinking. Other options include plain water and unsweetened beverages, which are also good choices.