Think twice before eating hot pot! There are tips for healthy eating

Winter is the season for hot pot. It is so tempting to enjoy warm food on a cold day! However, this pot hides many health risks. Although you can eat a lot of vegetables, more people eat a lot of meat, greasy soup and processed food. If you add desserts and sugary drinks after the meal, the calories will be off the charts! How can you enjoy the delicious hot pot while avoiding getting fat? In addition to adhering to the principles of "more vegetables and less meat" and "more natural and less artificial" in terms of ingredients, if you want to get rid of the greasiness when eating hot pot in winter, you can rely on these two "drinks"!

Hotpot hides many calorie risks. How can we enjoy the delicious taste while avoiding obesity? Just rely on these two "drinks"!

For a healthy hot pot soup, drink vegetable soup first!

The nutrients in hot pot are all in the soup, so should we drink more? Many people have the habit of nourishing themselves in winter. When winter comes, they want to have a pot of ginger duck, mutton hotpot, or sesame oil chicken. However, these soups are not only greasy and hot, but also contain high sodium and purine hazards. It is not recommended to drink too much. In addition, the calories in spicy hot pot, shacha hot pot, and milk hot pot should not be underestimated. If you want to eat hot pot, you might as well choose a soup base made with vegetables, such as tomatoes, corn, cabbage, white radish, onions and other fresh ingredients. The taste is sweet and not greasy, and can greatly reduce the calories and sodium content absorbed from the soup.

As for the best time to drink the soup, you can choose the first half hour after the hot pot starts cooking. Because hot pot ingredients and meat ingredients will increase their purine content in the soup base after being cooked for a long time, drinking too much of it can easily cause gout. No matter what kind of hot pot soup you choose, just taste it. If you really want to drink the soup, it is better to cook another pot or have a cup of sugar-free drink which is healthier.

Drinking a sugar-free vegetable and fruit fiber drink before meals is a good choice for removing greasiness.

Drink before meals wisely: sugar-free, low-calorie, and vegetable and fruit fiber to remove greasiness

After eating hot pot, you will inevitably want to have a drink to end the meal. There are also various drinks to choose from in hot pot restaurants, but if you gulp down sugary drinks for the sake of momentary enjoyment, the sugar content in this drink may be beyond your imagination! Since the calories in hot pot ingredients are already quite high, if you really cannot enjoy hot pot without meat, you can rely on light drinks to remove the oil and greasiness.

Is there a good time to have a drink? If you want to truly quench your body’s thirst, don’t wait until you feel thirsty to drink. You may want to use a sugar-free vegetable and fruit fiber drink as a "base" for your meal before the meal. For example, drinks containing degreasing ingredients such as Vaccinium myrtillus, bitter melon, and cranberry extract are good choices. Master the two principles of drinking soup and beverages, and you can enjoy the delicious hot pot with peace of mind!