Beware of obesity with these 4 easy and stress-free night market food recipes

Taiwan is a food kingdom, and its night market food culture is internationally renowned. However, while people are enjoying the delicious food, they should be careful about gaining weight. Doctors point out that "eating less and moving more" is the only way to lose weight. When people enjoy delicious food at the night market, it is best to go out in groups and follow the principle of "sharing more, walking more". Eat foods with low calorie density first and chew slowly. If there are obese patients with a BMI over 27 or those with chronic diseases such as metabolic abnormalities, they can follow the doctor's advice and consider taking appropriate weight-loss drugs that inhibit fat absorption to avoid being entangled in obesity.

Taiwan's night market culture is internationally renowned, but doctors remind people to be careful about obesity when enjoying delicious food.

Wu Zhixing, attending physician at the Department of Family Medicine at National Cheng Kung University Hospital, pointed out that the place foreigners most want to visit when they come to Taiwan is not Alishan, the National Palace Museum, or Taipei 101, but the "night market" where you can eat, drink, and have fun. Dishes like chicken steak, squid soup, rice cake, pepper cake, oyster omelet, pan-fried bun, large intestine vermicelli, braised food, dingbianfu, and xiaolongbao all make foreigners salivate.

Choose more steaming and less frying to reduce the burden of oil intake

Most people who go to the night market must order crispy stinky tofu with large intestine vermicelli, or bubble milk tea with fried chicken. These two combinations have the most amazing calorie count. If you want to eat less, it is recommended that you choose steamed or boiled food, which has lower calories than fried food.

Another hidden high-calorie food is coffin boards, which are hollowed-out thick slices of toast and stuffed with food and fried. One serving contains more than 500 calories, which is quite astonishing. A cup of ordinary pearl milk tea has an average calorie content of 550 calories, which is almost equivalent to a lunch box, and is equivalent to drinking 61 grams of fat.

At the same time, night market snacks are added with all kinds of strange artificial additives to enhance the color, aroma and taste. Eating them often will inevitably cause a burden on the body. Therefore, you should try to avoid the three cooking methods of "frying, baking and roasting", eat less thickened dishes, do not drink up all the soup, and do not add too much fattening sauce, all of which can effectively reduce unnecessary calories.

Doctor Wu Zhixing (pictured) pointed out that sharing food with friends is a good way to reduce calorie intake, especially fried foods. (Photo provided by the Department of Family Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital)

4 tips to avoid high calories and obesity when visiting night markets

1. Share with others: Sharing food with friends is one of the good ways to reduce calorie intake, especially fried food. Never order a separate portion of each food for one person and then try to finish it all by yourself. If you eat 3 or 4 portions in a row, you will not only feel full but the calories will also be too high.

2. Combination snacks: When eating snacks at the night market, people who are trying to lose weight should choose low-calorie foods to eat first. For example, the spring rolls contain meat and vegetables, which are both delicious and nutritious. Omitting peanut powder and egg crisps can reduce about 130 calories. Also, please ask the store not to add dried radish and sweet and spicy sauce to reduce salt intake.

3. Eat less processed foods: Processed foods are usually high in calories and the additives may not be good for your health. Foods like dumplings and candied fruits are high in calories. So if you want to eat seafood, it is best to choose delicious fish soup and avoid thickened fish soup and squid soup.

4. Chew slowly: For high-fat and high-calorie snacks such as oyster omelette, rice cake, or fried chicken, just taste a little. It’s a good idea to add a plate of blanched vegetables, but don’t pour sesame oil or braised meat sauce on it. At the same time, drink less pearl milk tea, choose freshly squeezed juice or agar-agar lemon, and chew slowly to suppress appetite.

Obese people should not forget to take diet pills before enjoying delicious food

If you cannot control your appetite for night market delicacies, especially if you are overweight and need to rely on medication to lose weight, you might as well choose to take weight-loss drugs approved by the health authorities before visiting the night market to enjoy the delicacies. This can effectively inhibit fat and keep you away from the nightmare of obesity. Obese people must first go to the hospital to consult a specialist and take this type of weight loss drug depending on their clinical condition in order to achieve the correct weight management results.

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