Wei Zi is picky about food and doesn't eat green vegetables.

In today's society, meat can be said to be a necessity of our life. I believe many readers and friends have experienced the pleasure of eating meat and feel that life without meat is unhappy. Some friends who have a bad habit of picky eaters especially like meat and don't like vegetables. Then the question is, if we only eat meat and don't eat vegetables, what effect will it have on our health?

First of all, let's learn about the benefits of eating green vegetables. The nutritional value of green vegetables is amazing, and they are rich in vitamin B2 and minerals such as folic acid, calcium, potassium and magnesium. Almost all the vitamin C and carotene we need every day are provided by green vegetables, which is difficult to replace by eating meat. In addition, the dietary fiber in vegetables has the reputation of "human scavenger". As the saying goes, "if you don't eat enough vegetables, it is difficult to clean the intestines, which will increase the incidence of intestinal cancer." From this perspective, green vegetables are indispensable in our diet structure.

What effect will eating meat have on our health?

As far as nutrients are concerned, eating only meat without vegetables will make our intake of nutrients unbalanced.

First of all, eating only meat can't meet the human body's demand for vitamins. Generally speaking, the vitamin content of meat is not high. For example, the human body needs to take vitamin K from the outside world. Vitamin K participates in human bone metabolism and can prevent internal bleeding and hemorrhoids. The content of vitamin K in pork is about11100g, and the recommended amount of vitamin K absorbed by human body every day is 400, which means that we need to eat about 3600g pork every day to meet the human body's demand for vitamin K, which is obviously unrealistic. The content of vitamin K in radish buds is as high as 650/100g, which means that eating 60g of radish buds can almost meet the human body's demand for vitamin K in one day. In addition, after pork is cooked, the contents of vitamin B 1, vitamin B2 and nicotinic acid decrease, while other water-soluble vitamins, such as pantothenic acid, VB 1, VB2, folic acid and biotin, are basically completely lost [1], which makes our intake of related vitamins less, and it is difficult to meet the human body's demand for vitamins. Furthermore, if we only eat meat without vegetables, we can't get dietary fiber. Without this "human scavenger", the ability of intestinal peristalsis will be weakened and constipation will easily occur. Toxic substances in feces will be absorbed, and people will easily get sick.

Eating too much meat can make people susceptible to diseases such as heart disease. There are at least 1 10,000 new heart disease patients in the United States every year, and nearly 600,000 people are killed. According to the research report, most of these heart patients eat too much meat, eat green vegetables and do too little exercise. In addition, eating more meat is closely related to diseases such as hyperlipidemia and obesity. Recently, the British Daily Mail even published an article saying that seemingly unrelated diseases such as arthritis, Alzheimer's disease and osteoporosis are also related to eating more meat [2].

Therefore, eating only meat without vegetables will bring us problems such as unbalanced nutrition, constipation and increasing the prevalence of heart disease. Therefore, for the sake of our health, I suggest readers not to forget to eat some green vegetables while enjoying eating meat. Scientific collocation of meat and vegetables is a healthy way of eating.

Author: Zhao Zhong

Reviewer: Zhao | Editor: Chen Chuxin

References:

[1] Cheng Zhibin, Ge,. On the Nutritional Value of Pork [J]. Meat Industry, 2005(05):34-

[2] Kangkang. There are tips for eating meat healthily. Labor and social security world, 2011(11): 63.