See how important carbohydrates are
In the past, parents often told their children at the dinner table to eat more and less vegetables. With the improvement of people\’s living standards in our country, today\’s parents often ask their children to eat less rice. It doesn\’t matter, as long as they eat more vegetables. Children\’s breakfast often consists of eggs and milk, which parents think is very nutritious. According to statistics, we Shanghai residents only consume more than 100 grams of food every day, which is a little more than 2 taels. This is very unscientific and harmful to human health. In addition, many women now regard thinness as beauty. In order to maintain a slim figure, they often skip staple food during meals in order to achieve the purpose of losing weight. However, it is known that carbohydrates are mainly found in cereals.
First of all, carbohydrates are the most economical and main source of energy for humans. Except for infants and young children under 2 years old, 55% to 65% of the daily energy required by the human body should be supplied by carbohydrates. It is not only the most effective energy for human muscle activity, but also the only source of energy for important tissue cells such as the brain, heart, red blood cells, and white blood cells. At the same time, it is also a clean energy source for the body, and its final metabolic products are carbon dioxide and water. Just like cars that are now proposed to use hydrogen as energy. Therefore, if students do not eat some grain food for breakfast, they will not be able to meet the energy needs of brain activities in the morning, and may easily have consequences such as dozing off, inattention, and memory decline.
Secondly, carbohydrates are also important substances that constitute body tissues and participate in cell composition and various metabolic activities. At the same time, the metabolism of fat in the body requires the participation of carbohydrates, otherwise excessive ketone accumulation will occur in the body and cause ketonemia. In addition, there are many other functions, such as saving protein, detoxifying during the metabolism of harmful substances, enhancing intestinal function and improving food taste and satiety.
Therefore, the Chinese Nutrition Society recommends that for the general population, the daily intake of grains (including miscellaneous grains) per person should be 300g to 500g.
