Staying at home is boring enough for epidemic prevention. The sweltering summer is even more irritating. Many people have to drink and eat snacks to maintain a good mood. The seeds of stubbornness can even make people sick in old age. Western proverb: "You are what you eat.", which means what kind of food you eat, what kind of food you will become. So, how do Taiwanese people generally "eat themselves to look like"? The "Eating Habits Survey" conducted by TNL Research (Key Topics Research Center) in June 2022 collected the eating habits of 360 Taiwanese aged 30-55, and analyzed whether their daily eating habits are really healthy or hidden health risks. Healthy Life_Chart_1 Photo Credit: TNL Research In this survey, 72.8% of the respondents believe that their eating habits are healthy.
However, from the follow-up job email list question and answer, it is found that many respondents who believe that they are healthy have a hidden NG crisis in their eating life! Among the respondents who believed that their eating habits were healthy, 31.1% often drank lactic acid bacteria beverages and 29.8% often drank fruit juices. These seem to be healthier choices than hand shakes and alcoholic beverages, but they are all drinks with high sugar content. . Are the healthy drinks you thought really healthy? Sugar takes health away from you A 170ml can of lactic acid bacteria drink contains 26g of sugar, which is more than half of the recommended daily sugar intake limit of 50g for the average person; a 250ml cup of apple juice contains 25g of sugar, but it cannot provide the same nutritional value as an apple of the same weight. Drinking these drinks for a long time is likely to consume too much sugar without knowing it. Healthy Life_Chart_2 Photo Credit: TNL Research Foods that seem healthy in daily life but hide high sugar content, as well as sugar-sweetened soy milk, ketchup, etc., may become healthy trap foods.
Although sugar can stimulate the brain to produce dopamine and make people feel happy, too much sugar not only makes people fat, but also causes metabolic syndrome, which increases the risk of high blood pressure, high blood lipids, diabetes, stroke and other diseases several times! According to the prevalence rate of the three highs among Chinese people according to the statistics of the National Health Administration, 25.2% of Chinese people over the age of 18 have high blood pressure, 22.5% have high blood lipids, and 11.5% have high blood sugar. To be able to be excluded from the three highs healthily, In fact, it is not easy, do not be careful! Suppers and snacks are all eaten more, and the more you eat, the more burden you will have Among the respondents in this survey, almost everyone has the habit of eating snacks (97%), and biscuits and potato chips are the most important options; 54.6% of respondents who consider themselves healthy also eat late-night snacks. Most of these snacks and late-night snacks are extra foods taken in addition to three meals, which are already extra calories for the body. The top three most popular items for late-night snacks are fried food, instant noodles, and lo-mei. It is the representative food with high oil and high sodium, which is easy to cause physical burden.