Food safety tips: eat rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival, these admonish...

"The Dragon Boat Festival is approaching midsummer, and the people of the Qing Dynasty will grow again
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The greener the zong leaves, the more fresh they are

"Pu Ye Wu Dao Lv, Yun Tong Chu Chu
Zong Ye fragrant .

Ruan Guangfeng, director of the Science and Technology Department of Kexin Food and Nutrition Information Exchange Center and member of the Expert Committee of the China Internet Joint Rumor Refusal Platform, told us that the safety of zongzi leaves that look green and too bright may not be guaranteed
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Ruan Guangfeng said that the green color of rice dumplings mainly comes from the chlorophyll in the leaves
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In order to cater to customers’ preference for bright green zong leaves, some unscrupulous merchants add industrial copper sulfate and industrial copper chloride when soaking the zong leaves to turn the zong leaves that have lost their original color back to green and make the surface bright and green in color
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Reliable practice: three ways to buy "rest assured rice dumplings"

Ruan Guangfeng reminds consumers to pay attention to the following three points on how to buy "rest assured rice dumplings":

First, it is recommended that everyone try to buy zongzi through formal and reliable channels.
When buying, pay attention to check whether the zongzi packaging is complete or whether the vacuum packaging is leaking or leaking; the second is to eat zongzi not to be "lewd" and not to pursue green zongzi excessively; third, "Smell", if the quality of the rice dumplings is good, they should have the raw material aroma of rice dumplings, glutinous rice and other cereals when they are eaten.
Once they smell sour, moldy, rancid and other peculiar smells, they should be discarded immediately
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Wrong common sense, uncomfortable after eating, glutinous rice is difficult to digest

Many people think that glutinous rice is highly viscous and difficult to digest, and many "science articles" also say that: glutinous rice is sticky and lacks fiber.
Eating too much can easily block the pylorus of the stomach and cause physical discomfort
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Is this really the case? Ruan Guangfeng explained:

First of all, the digestion speed of glutinous rice is actually very fast
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However, the cooled glutinous rice is different
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In addition to the stomach discomfort caused by "cold food", the reason why zongzi is not easy to digest is actually related to the variety of zongzi fillings
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For example, meat dumplings are a favorite among consumers
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Studies have found that after cooking rice with glutinous rice and lard, the digestion rate of glutinous rice will slow down compared with rice without oil.
For people with poor digestion ability, it will also bring a slightly greater burden on the gastrointestinal tract
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Therefore, consumers with poor gastrointestinal function should be careful not to eat too much meat dumplings
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In addition, the feeling of fullness of glutinous rice will be relatively delayed.
Generally, you don't feel too full just after eating, and it does not reach the peak of fullness until about 30 minutes after the meal
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Delayed satiety often results in not feeling too much when eating, but feeling a little uncomfortable afterwards.
This is also the reason why it increases the burden of digestion and makes people think that it is "difficult to digest"
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Reliable practice: three kinds of people need to be careful when eating zongzi

Although Zongzi is a common food, it is not suitable for everyone
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Pay special attention to the following categories of people:

One type is diabetic patients
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The glycemic index of rice is 56, while the glycemic index of glutinous rice is 87, which is much higher than that of rice.
This means that eating glutinous rice is more likely to increase blood sugar than eating rice
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Therefore, glutinous rice is not a good food for diabetic patients who require a stable blood sugar
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In addition, "Lianshui Zong" often contains red dates and bean paste with high sugar content.
It is usually mixed with sugar when eating.
If it is not controlled, it will damage the function of the islets.
Diabetic patients should take it with caution
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The other is patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases
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Because businesses often put fatty meat, eggs and other high-fat and high-cholesterol ingredients in the dumplings, people suffering from high blood pressure, high blood fat, and coronary heart disease eat too much, which can increase blood viscosity, affect blood circulation, and increase the burden on the heart.
And the degree of ischemia, induce angina pectoris and myocardial infarction
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Another category is patients with gastrointestinal diseases
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Patients with gastrointestinal diseases try not to eat cold rice dumplings
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After the rice dumplings are let cool, the amylopectin will quickly connect to each other into a dense structure, which will increase the viscosity and toughness, which will affect the function of digestive enzymes in the human body and increase the burden of digestion, which is very unfriendly to patients with gastrointestinal diseases.

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Of course, the premise of the above advice is not to overdose, and occasionally eating a little, the effect is not big
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