Is it good to add soup to rice when eating?

Doctor Dinh Tran Ngoc Mai , Department of Nutrition - Dietetics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, replied: The habit of eating rice with soup, especially parents often pour soup into rice to make it easier for children to swallow, is not appropriate. The reason is that the soup will dilute the gastric juice, causing the food in the stomach to enter the small intestine before it has time to be digested.

Parents often pour soup into rice to make it easier for children to swallow, which is not appropriate.

Besides, although soup makes swallowing food easier, this causes rice and food to go into the stomach without being chewed thoroughly, creating pressure that makes the stomach work harder. If maintained for a long time, this habit will increase the risk of stomach pain.

Eating fruit immediately after eating rice is not reasonable for the following reasons.

Firstly, fruits often contain a lot of sugar. Eating more fruit after a full meal can increase blood sugar levels, causing a feeling of fullness and indigestion.

Second, eating more fruit after a full meal can lead to excess nutrition because fruit, in addition to fiber and vitamins, also contains high sugar content, especially fruits like longan, mango, durian...

Therefore, you should eat fruit away from meals, 1 hour before meals or 2-3 hours after meals to avoid excess energy and reduce feelings of fullness and indigestion.

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