Why does Professor Zhang Wenhong suggest drinking less porridge? Long-term porridge cannot nourish the stomach.

A while ago, Professor Zhang Wenhong, an online celebrity, published a dietary suggestion of "Eat more protein for breakfast and drink less porridge" because of the epidemic, which immediately triggered a heated discussion among the whole people. For a long time, it has been accepted common sense to drink porridge to nourish the stomach, but Zhang Wenhong unexpectedly did not recommend drinking porridge. What's going on here? Is it nonsense, idolizing foreign things, or is there really a scientific basis? Can drinking porridge nourish the stomach? For the special people who have just finished gastrointestinal surgery, gastrointestinal function has not been fully recovered, gastric motility is insufficient, and the stomach is weak. Rice porridge is a semi-liquid food, which is easily absorbed and utilized by the body. Eating porridge can help the body absorb energy while avoiding increasing the burden on the gastrointestinal tract. Therefore, doctors usually advise patients who have recovered from a serious illness to drink porridge at the beginning of the operation and return to a normal diet later.

But for ordinary healthy people, drinking porridge for a long time does not nourish the stomach. The eating habit of drinking porridge with steamed bread and pickles is unhealthy. One is easy to eat too much carbohydrate, and the other is easy to eat too little protein, especially for growing children. Lack of protein in diet can easily lead to decreased immunity. Dr Zhang Wenhong also suggested replacing porridge with high-protein foods such as milk and eggs. Especially during the epidemic period, enhancing immunity can effectively reduce the risk of COVID-19 infection.

Drinking soft and rotten food such as porridge for a long time will lead to the deterioration of gastrointestinal function, insufficient gastrointestinal muscle exercise and poor digestion. In addition, drinking porridge is easy to flatulence and nausea. When carbohydrates enter the intestine, they will produce a lot of gas, causing flatulence. In addition, the formed air pressure will dilate the gastric sphincter, leading to gastric acid reflux.

In addition, porridge contains more carbohydrates, which will accelerate the transformation of glucose in the body, and the blood sugar will increase significantly, which will also have a bad impact on gastrointestinal function, especially for diabetic patients.

The diet should be balanced and reasonable, not too biased towards certain nutrients. Besides drinking porridge, we should also ensure the intake of nutrients such as protein, fat and vitamins. Professor Zhang Wenhong suggested that everyone should drink less porridge, supplement more protein and vitamins, and pursue a scientific and healthy diet.