Can chestnuts be a staple food?
Many people eat chestnuts as snacks, but in fact, chestnuts are rich in starch, which can be eaten as a staple food, and chestnuts will increase the risk of gaining weight if they are used as snacks. Many people like to treat chestnuts as nuts, as snacks like melon seeds and peanuts, and they can’t stop once they eat them. In fact, chestnuts are the only nuts with low fat content and high starch content, so it is more suitable to treat them as coarse grains. Chestnuts are very suitable for replacing staple foods such as white rice and white noodles, and their nutritional value is higher than that of ordinary grains. However, because of the high starch content of chestnuts, if you accidentally eat too much, you will consume too many calories, and you must be careful about your weight. 6-7 medium-sized chestnuts are close to the amount of a staple food for weight loss. The edible part of a chestnut is only about 10g, and 10 chestnuts (100g) contain 36g of carbohydrates. A bowl of rice (cooked weight) is about 150g and contains 35g of carbohydrates. So those so-called 6 chestnuts are a bowl of rice is a bit exaggerated, but if you consider the sugar and oil in the sugar-fried chestnuts, it is not unreasonable to say. And in reality, there are often many people who go back to dinner after eating a bag of chestnuts, especially for those who need to control the intake of carbohydrates to lose weight, then the intake of carbohydrates today must be beyond the standard.
Will chestnuts make you fat?
If you eat chestnuts properly, you will not get fat, but chestnuts are high in calories and rich in carbohydrates, so if you want to not gain weight, don’t eat chestnuts at the same time as the staple food, and don’t eat too much at one time. chestnut. Naturally, chestnuts will not have the function of “fat-enhancing” like those fried foods. After all, the fat content of chestnuts is very low, so you don’t have to worry too much about eating them in moderation. Moreover, if eaten in moderation, chestnuts can supply more energy to the human body, help fat metabolism, and have certain benefits for weight loss. However, eating too many chestnuts is indeed easy to gain weight. Because the calories per 100 grams of chestnuts are about 214 kcal, and the calories of 100 grams of rice are 116 kcal, generally 10 small shelled chestnuts or 6 large shelled chestnuts have 100 grams, so the calories of chestnuts are Not low. The number of chestnuts eaten a day is 5 to 8. Chestnuts can supply more energy to the human body and help fat metabolism, but it is best to eat chestnuts raw to lose weight. Eating sugar-fried chestnuts does not achieve the effect of losing weight, but it is easy to gain weight. Chestnut starch is more difficult to digest, so people with weak spleen and stomach and indigestion are not suitable for eating more. It is difficult to control the consumption of chestnuts when cooking, so avoid eating too much. In addition to tonic to lose weight, chestnuts also have beauty effects. Pound the chestnut skins and mix with honey to remove wrinkles.
