New Residents Eat Healthy Food During Chinese New Year to Maintain Healthy Body

[Taiwan Immigrants’ Global News Network] During the Chinese New Year, new residents will inevitably gather with their relatives and friends. They often eat too much food and beverages during the Chinese New Year. A high-fat and high-calorie diet is more likely to increase the accumulation of abdominal fat. In addition to excessive intake of calories, it also increases the risk of obesity and other related diseases. This article organizes relevant information and provides reference for new residents’ readers, so that everyone can eat healthier during the Chinese New Year.

• What to Avoid During Chinese New Year

During the Chinese New Year, you should avoid foods made of "high oil, high salt, and high sugar". Eating too much of this kind of food will not only make you greasy, but will only accumulate burden on your body if you don't have the habit of exercising. These types of foods should be reduced or avoided.

There is also three traditional Chinese New Year food which is "New Year cake, fortune cake, carrot cake". The inheritance of traditional crafts is the sustenance of culture and history, eating too much non-native food will only cause more burdens on the human body without positive help.

In addition, during the Chinese New Year, there will always be snacks such as melons and jujube on the table at home. It is worth noting that melons and jujube, especially the well-known melon seeds, pistachios, and peanuts, are high-calorie foods. This type of food happens to be made of "high oil"; therefore, a few snacks are good for entertainment, but eating more will cause a burden on the body. It is good to eat sweets occasionally. Eating too much will cause blood sugar to rise, which is not good for health.

• How to Eat Healthily During Chinese New Year

Actually, not only during the Chinese New Year, but also in daily life, vegetables should be given priority in the dietary order. Let the stomach be padded with fiber first, which will help the subsequent food decomposition efficiency; drinking drinks after meals is a habit of some office workers, but in fact it will only bring more Polysaccharides, drinking too much is harmful. Fruits should also be eaten after meals; the fiber in fruits combined with the fiber of vegetables before meals can help gastrointestinal motility and food absorption.

Compared with red meat such as beef, sheep, and pork, white meat such as chicken, duck, goose, and fish have lower cholesterol, which is relatively healthy for the human body. Nowadays, many diet courses advocate the idea that white meat is better than red meat.

In addition, there are more opportunities to take a walk during the Chinese New Year, and you can go for a walk outside the house with your children, elders, and relatives, and go for an outing; it not only helps with the digestion of the stomach and body metabolism, but also promote emotions with everyone and get close to nature. Every Chinese New Year, people always worry about eating unhealthy or even getting fat. As long as readers master the above health tips, they will not only eat healthy during the Chinese New Year, but also have the opportunity to get a slim figure.