What happens to the body if you stop eating soup
'07.04.2021'
Source: AiF.ru
There are many myths about broths and soups - the myth is especially popular that without daily consumption of liquid and hot dishes, we cannot maintain the health of the gastrointestinal tract and the whole body as a whole. Is it so?
Myth 1
Gastroenterologists and pediatricians say that the first dishes dilute the gastric juice and reduce the concentration of digestive enzymes, that is, impair the absorption of food, writes AIF.
Reality:
The work of the stomach is arranged in such a way that the liquid leaves it immediately, and solid food sometimes remains for several hours, "grinding" into a liquid gruel (chyme) with particles of 1-1,2 mm in size - the larger ones do not pass further into the duodenum. And all this time, gastric juice is secreted with acid and only with one type of enzymes - proteases, which break down only proteins and only partially. Neither fats nor carbohydrates are digested in the stomach.
The main digestion occurs after the stomach - in the duodenum, where the enzymes of the pancreas enter, and then in the small intestine. And the concentration of enzymes does not decrease here due to the soup. Digestion occurs only in a liquid medium, and if there is not enough water, the small intestine "sucks" it in, and if there is a lot of it, it pumps it out. So a liquid first course only makes digestion easier.
Myth 2
The meat broth is quickly absorbed by the intestines, and the liver does not have time to master such an amount of "liquid" - as a result, meat extracts in the form of unsplit poisons bypass the liver and begin a "journey" throughout the body, causing harm to the internal organs.
Reality:
In a full serving of the former, about 300 ml of water is not a burden on the liver. Extracts too. First, they are naturally present in meat, poultry, fish, mushrooms, and other foods that you base your first on. And, therefore, if you make a second dish out of them, you will use them in the same way.
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Secondly, extracts are natural biological compounds that do not pose a great burden to the liver. There are many useful substances among them, some are even available in the form of dietary supplements. There are not very useful substances that are formed in the body and excreted by the kidneys. And, if the kidneys are severely damaged, toxins can build up.
Myth 3
Heat treatment, the numerous boils to which soup ingredients are exposed reduce the amount of nutrients.
Reality:
The cooking process is one of the healthiest and most gentle cooking methods. The temperature with it is much lower than when baking, and even more so when cooking on a grill or charcoal.
When cooking, many minerals come into the broth. And in the case of the first dishes are not lost, but consumed. But when cooking potatoes, pasta or vegetables, a lot of useful spills with water. For example, in relation to boiled potatoes, we can talk about the loss of a large amount of healthy potassium.
Cold broth
You can recall the recipe for chicken broth, which the writers Peter Weil and Alexander Genis call "Jewish penicillin." In their famous book "Russian Cuisine in Exile" they write: "The broth is not devoid of some sobriety and even Jewish commercialism: having cooked it, you get the first and the second at once." Indeed, a great idea: for the first - broth, for the second - chicken. But few people know that the Russian peasants did the same with cabbage soup or borscht. First, they ate a liquid base with vegetables, and then, for the second, meat. This is a good trick for proper and balanced nutrition, which will suit a lot of diets.
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Soup for weight loss
Are soups and diet compatible? It is often claimed that no. In fact, soups are great for dieting. And that's why:
1. You can put lean meat in them.
2. There is a secret how to make the soup fat-free: put the dish in the refrigerator and then just remove the frozen fat from the surface.
3. You can make vegetable cabbage soup or soup without meat or poultry, without adding cereals, flour, noodles or noodles. It will turn out a low-calorie nourishing dish.
