Should I eat soup often?

For most Russians, “soup” and “lunch” are synonymous. From early childhood, in the family, kindergarten, in school, we are taught that we cannot live without soup. “You won’t eat soup, you will spoil your stomach – you will regret that you didn’t listen to me!” – used to say, my mother, when I, a little boy, refused the obligatory first.



DepositPhotos

And recently I heard the phrase: “their child did not eat properly, did not receive “hot” and therefore he was diagnosed with gastritis.” Maybe there are some irreplaceable ingredients in soups?



DepositPhotos

Those who are interested in proper nutrition will be interested to know what opinion doctors and nutritionists hold about the cult of soups. The Soviet myth or the only possible option of healthy eating? The answer is in our article.

The benefits and harms of soups of Soups in themselves are not more harmful and not more useful than other healthy food, which confirms the experience of peoples who lack the first dishes on the menu does not prevent them from eating healthy food and not suffering from diseases of the digestive system.



DepositPhotos

But what is good in China, the United States, or Australia is not always good for Russia. Soup is a great food in the cold season, which warms and quickly restores energy reserves. There are other reasons why he should be on our table.

1. After cooking, useful substances are preserved in the soup, which are destroyed by frying and other methods of heat treatment. However, raw vegetables in a salad are still healthier.
   
   
   DepositPhotos
2. Soup provides the body with the necessary balance of fluids, which is important for those who are not used to drinking enough water during the day.
3. The first meals have the so-called socogenic effect. They contribute to the production of digestive juices, without which high-quality digestion of food is impossible. This is true for people with reduced secretory function of the stomach.
4. Some types of soups (for example, chicken-soup) due to its composition, it has a positive effect on immunity, which protects the body during the cold season.
   
   
   DepositPhotos
5. Soups are often used in diets for weight loss as low-calorie, but hearty dishes.
6. Soups are a quick and inexpensive way to feed a large family. Perhaps this was the main reason for their popularity in Soviet food culture.
   
   
   DepositPhotos

But it's not all that rosy. The benefits of constant use of soups seem doubtful to specialists, and many myths associated with them they are forced to debunk.

1. Soups are very useful for people with a sick stomach
   In fact, if a person suffers from gastritis or ulcers, first meals (especially those cooked on meat broth) enhance the formation of acid in the stomach and worsen well-being.
2. Soups are absorbed much easier than any other food
   According to recent studies, a liquid first dish significantly reduces the concentration of gastric juice, as a result of which the process of digestion of food slows down. To prevent this from happening, adherents of separate food began to refuse to eat soups, and tea or coffee allow themselves only half an hour after eating.
3. Soup is good for people of any age, including the elderly.
   Inflated fatty broth is dangerous for the elderly, as a rule, suffering from atherosclerosis, hypertension, kidney disease, gout.
   
   
   DepositPhotos
4. Long boiled soup is free of harmful substances
   That's not true. After prolonged cooking of meat, the broth is “enriched” with antibiotics, steroid hormones, which were used in raising livestock. From the bones in the soup get salts of heavy metals, carcinogens and other harmful compounds accumulated in the bone tissue during the life of animals.
5. Cooking allows you to at least partially preserve vitamins in foods
   Today, experts are more categorical in their estimates, they claim that at a temperature of 57 degrees from the beneficial properties of vitamins does not remain a trace. This means that vegetables (cabbage, carrots, tomatoes) are more correct to eat fresh, for example, in a salad.

Nutritionists do not recommend displacing solid food from the main menu with soups. This is fraught with at least two serious problems: damaged teeth and the development of lazy bowel syndrome.

Decide for yourself whether to eat soup for lunch, only you can. But one thing is certain: the idea that it is necessary to eat it, and every day is an old Soviet myth.





Today, experts do not call on Russians to completely exclude soups from their menu, but they recommend paying more attention to the choice of recipes. Better to prefer. vegetable-soup, and avoid strong, saturated, fatty meat broths and soups based on them.

Neighbor Zina is already far behind... The secret of cheerfulness in the soup she has been cooking for 17 years! All the ingredients of detox soup are very useful, and a set of ayuverdic spices will give it an unforgettable taste and spiciness. Editorial "Site" He will tell you how to cook this miracle of cooking.

Do husband and children treat the first dishes indifferently? To lure them to your side, prepare according to our recipe a light, almost dietary "Sharikov soup".