At twelve o'clock at noon, the mobile phone screen lights up on time. Those colorful takeout APP icons are like a group of sparrows eager to eat and waiting for feeding, waiting for you to feed them!
I don’t know when it started, but the most ritualistic thought of the day actually evolved into “whose sign will I turn over at noon today?”
Quite ironic. The survival conditions for people like us seem to be given by takeaways, but our physical health seems to be gradually taken away by takeaways.
Is it rice you eat, or a "calorie assassin"?
Don’t scold those takeaway shops prematurely. Even if you order from a chain store located in a shopping mall with bright windows and clean windows, when the meal is brought to you, it will seem like a carefully packaged “nutritional trap.”
Have you ever had this feeling? That braised pork rice bowl is really delicious, but after eating it, your mouth will become dry all afternoon and you will want to drink water. This is not because you are salty, but because your taste buds have been forcibly "kidnapped" by the spoonful of thick oily red sauce and MSG.
I met a friend who is a nutritionist, and she mentioned something that was very damaging, but very true. She said, look at those takeout boxes. If half a spoonful of oil can be poured out from the bottom after eating, it is basically equivalent to drinking "liquid fat".
Let's not talk about the box full of white rice that is forcefully shoved into you in order to make you feel like a "good deal". Can that be called rice? It is clearly the so-called "carbohydrate bomb".
The "safety" of takeout, the side you can't see
There is another thing that we are not willing to think about, but we cannot avoid it, that is, in what kind of environment was that meal made?
The Linshu County Government issued a consumer reminder a while ago, which states that when ordering takeout, you should choose a store with a physical store. This is expressed euphemistically, but its underlying meaning is: for those "ghost kitchens" that are only responsible for taking orders but have no facade, you have no way of knowing whether there is a trash can next to the stove.
A news article appeared in Ningxia, which mentioned that physical examinations of food delivery riders were conducted, and the results found that many risks of Helicobacter pylori were found. If you think about it carefully, food delivery personnel face such high risks. What if the food cooks may not wear masks correctly, or the ingredients may have been left in a corner with poor sanitation for up to a week?
It’s not that I want to disgust anyone, it’s just that there are some truths that we can’t see through the thin layer of plastic bags and the exquisite lunch boxes.
Don’t just focus on “anti-sugar”, that may be a misunderstanding
Young people today are actually quite divided.
While drinking milk tea without sugar, thinking that this belongs to the category of "punk health care", I ordered the most spicy grilled fish and the greasiest dry pot, which left my mouth covered with oil.
We seem to be particularly afraid of the 15 grams of white sugar, but we show an unusually tolerant attitude towards the 30 ml of low-quality oil and the 5 grams of salt.
There is an article that makes it quite right. Sugar is actually not that scary. It is an energy supplement for the body. Don’t treat it as a harmful thing. In fact, what we should be cautious about are the "bad fats" hidden under the thick seasonings that have oxidized and deteriorated, as well as the "technical means and harsh practices" of heating the meat multiple times to make the meat more tender and to prevent the remaining rice from spoiling.
We have been scolding sugar for a long time, maybe we are just being scolded. What really hurts us is the pleasure dependence caused by the heavy taste.
## Let’s just say, is there such a “scientific cooking” posture?
Actually there are.
Don't always order the 'singles set meal' that only has one main dish and comes with rice. Go for Malatang, which is a clear soup flavor, or a light salad where you can choose your own dishes. Although the price will be a bit more expensive, the good thing is that there are many types of ingredients.
As long as the ingredients are complex enough, nutrition can be taken care of.
There is also a little trick I learned from a doctor. When you get takeout, don’t rush to grab it.
First go get a small bowl and fill it with half a bowl of rice. Then place the dish on top of the rice, shake it, and filter out the shiny layer of oil before eating. What should this be called? This is called "physical fat loss."
Also, don’t rely on the two green vegetable leaves in the takeout to meet the vitamins you need throughout the day. The pitiful green leaves have been simmered at high temperatures for a long time and have already turned yellow by the time they are delivered to you, and the vitamin C in them has basically expired.
You have to supplement extra, or choose to bring a cucumber and a tomato yourself, or go to the convenience store to buy those small packages of vegetable cups.
## About that glass of juice and that little tenderness
There are many boys who do not have the habit of eating fruit. Girls will also bring an apple, while boys will just order a bottle of iced Coke.
In fact, at this time, if you must drink some sweet drinks, you might as well choose 100% pure fruit juice instead of drinks blended with fructose syrup. I know some people will say that fruit juice also contains sugar. Yes, but at least it comes from the sugar of the fruit itself, and compared to those drinks made with fructose syrup, there are at least some residues of vitamins and dietary fiber.
Don't find it troublesome. You're not being pretentious, you're trying to save yourself.
Finally, I want to say something heartfelt.
It’s not that taking out food is the original sin, but that being busy is a sin, being tired is a sin, and that feeling of powerlessness when you get home from get off work and just want to paralyze is a sin.
But we have no choice. Who wants us to survive in this city?
Since you can't quit, then learn to be smarter.
When choosing a meal, take an extra minute to fill in "less oil, less salt" in the remarks column. Replace refined rice flour with multigrain rice. Even if it's just asking for an extra serving of stir-fried fresh vegetables, it's a small kindness to your body.
For our generation, we use expensive eye creams to deal with extremely late nights; order takeaways that are extremely oily, and drink sugar-free drinks with no sugar content.
Quite absurd.
However, in the midst of absurdity, there is always a need to find some balance. After all, the body is an object that neither ships nor returns. You must be kind to it, even if it is just for a meal.
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