Why do Chinese people seldom drink beverages or fruit juice for breakfast?

I think:As the old saying goes: the plan of the day lies in the morningChinese people are very particular about breakfast, and they also pay a lot of attention to their diet.

Traditionally speaking, for thousands of years, whether in the South or the West, Chinese people have been drinking congee for breakfast. Historically speaking, China's porridge in four thousand years ago, mainly for food, 2,500 years ago for medicinal purposes, the "Records of the Grand Historian" magpie Cangong biography contains the Western Han Dynasty famous doctor Chun Yu Yi (Cangong) with "fire Qi congee" to cure the King of Qi; the Han Dynasty, the saint of the medicine Zhang Zhongjing, "the theory of typhoid fever," said: cinnamon stick soup, service has been a moment to sip a liter of hot porridge to help the medicine is a powerful! This is a powerful example. And beverages and fruit juice is only after the reform and opening up to China.

From the nutritional value and diet, porridge is the "stomach magic weapon", the best for the body. Drinking porridge stomach is some scientific basis: porridge is usually cooked thin, easy to digest, the stomach no longer need to grind it, can be sent directly to the small intestine for absorption. Therefore, for the "injured" stomach or from the point of view of the stomach to reduce the burden, drinking porridge has a certain role in supporting the stomach.

Because the Chinese people pay attention to health, the benefits of drinking congee in the morning on the human body:

1. elimination of hangover food, eating porridge can warm the human spleen and stomach, help people to digest the stomach in the accumulation of food.

2. Thirsty, eating porridge can make people's throats moisturized, the feeling of thirst can be eliminated.

3, easy to digest, white rice boiled at a temperature of more than 60 degrees Celsius will produce a paste, boiled soft rice melt in the mouth, after the belly is very easy to digest, it is very suitable for gastrointestinal disorders of people to eat.

4, enhance appetite, supplemental energy. When you are sick, loss of appetite, porridge with some colorful and appetizing things, both to promote appetite, but also for the weak patients to supplement energy.

5, to prevent constipation. Thin rice contains a lot of water, more porridge on weekdays, in addition to hunger, but also for the body to replenish water, effectively preventing constipation.

6, to prevent colds. When it is cold, get up early in the morning and drink a bowl of hot porridge, can help keep warm, increase the body's ability to cold, can prevent cold and flu.

7, regulate the stomach and intestines. Weak stomach or ulcer patients, weekdays should eat more meals, chewing slowly, it is very suitable for drinking rice to regulate the stomach.