These 4 Vegetables Are Secretly Causing Weight Gain! Eating Them Sporadically Leads to Weight Gain
These 4 vegetables are all 'weight loss traitors'! Eating them sporadically leads to weight gain. After staying at home for a while, every morning when I open my eyes, the first question I ask is 'What should I eat for lunch? What should I eat for dinner?' The family's meals went from three a day to two, and I originally thought that eating less would help me lose weight, but instead, my weight continued to increase relentlessly, which was really confusing.Xiao Xiao has been eating no meat for a long time to lose weight. Why can't she control her weight?
Friends who have lost weight know that during this period, you should eat more vegetables and fruits, and eat less meat, greasy and rich foods, but Xiao Xiao found that,Not all vegetables are suitable for consumption during weight loss. Some leafy vegetables are very sticky when cooked, because the starch contained in them dries out and gelatinizes, and some friends unconsciously increase the amount of oil to prevent sticking. This not only increases the oil intake but also increases the intake of high-calorie starch.However, during special periods, these vegetables are easy to store and easy to cook, so many families keep more than ten kilograms. When cooking, you need to pay attention to these two points:
First, the cut ingredients must be washed twice in water, and it is best to soak them for a period of time, until the starch in the ingredients slowly settles to the bottom of the water, and then take them out with a sieve.
This way, they won't stick when cooking, and you can also reduce the intake of starch; second, cut the ingredients and blanch them in boiling water for a moment. The principle is the same as the first point, through blanching to remove excess starch, making them healthier to eat.
Second category: Loose and porous vegetablesThe representative of this category is none other than eggplant, and of course winter melon, radish, and tomatoes. These vegetables are particularly prone to absorb oil due to their own structure, and they smell very fragrant after cooking, but it really feels like eating oil every mouthful!However, these ingredients are also loved and hated because their calorific value and fat content are low, so they are also good choices for weight loss. How to cook them healthily?
Two words – 'steaming and boiling'. These two cooking methods can maximize the preservation of nutrients while keeping low-fat and low-calorie, making them healthier to eat.
Third category: Processed soy products
Soy products are generally very nutritious, but some processed soy products are not, such as oil bean curd and tofu jelly. They need to be fried during the production process, so compared to other ingredients, their calorific value is higher. In addition,Their loose and porous structure makes them very easy to absorb a lot of oil, which is fragrant but not healthy.
Therefore, you should control the quantity when eating.
Fourth category: Vegetable meat productsVegetable meat products include vegetable chicken, vegetable ham, etc. They are mostly made of soy products. In order to make the texture of meat, many families add a lot of seasonings and oil when cooking these ingredients, and let these heavy seasonings and oils penetrate into the vegetable meat through long-term stewing, so that they taste more fragrant, butBesides vegetable meat, you also eat a lot of oil and heat, so it's not recommended to eat too much.
In summary, these 4 vegetables are all 'weight loss traitors'! Eating them sporadically doesn't lead to weight gain. The correct way to eat is: wash and soak starchy ingredients before cooking; steam or boil loose and porous ingredients; and eat less processed soy products and vegetable meat products.
Foodies, do you know what other ingredients are 'weight loss traitors' like this? Please leave a comment and share!Ingredients have a personality, Xiao Xiao has a workshop, like my works, please forward and collect, your support is Xiao Xiao's creative motivation! (This article is an original work by Xiao Xiao Food Workshop, please do not reprint, any infringement will be investigated.)
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