8-year-old child has gout, parents admit to regularly feeding their child this favorite dish

GĐXH - An 8-year-old boy with gout has the habit of eating three meals a day, and his meal menu only has one favorite dish... braised pork.

At the age of 8, many children are still playing innocently, but a boy in China has to live with gout and a series of other chronic diseases. The story was shared by Dr. Zhuang Yujing, an expert at Chengyue Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic, and shocked many people.

According to the doctor, the boy was admitted to the hospital with a limp. His BMI was 27 (a healthy BMI is only 18.5 - 24.9). After examination, it was discovered that the boy not only had gout but also other chronic diseases.

Investigating the medical history, it was found that the boy's three meals a day menu only had one dish: braised pork.

Doctor Zhuang Yujing pointed out that regularly eating a lot of fish, meat, drinking alcohol, and eating high-quality food not only increases the risk of gout but also potentially causes many other chronic diseases.

How dangerous is it to eat a lot of braised pork?

Braised pork is a traditional Vietnamese dish. According to Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thi Lam, former Deputy Director of the National Institute of Nutrition: When preparing braised pork, the indispensable spice is sugar to create color and sweetness. According to experience, people will use granulated sugar (white sugar) and caramelize it to make caramel. When heated, the sugar will melt and smoke, then the cook will add water to create color.

Under the influence of high heat, burnt sugar easily produces toxins, specifically chemicals such as carcinogens that can cause cancer and heterocyclic amines, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)... These are substances that create favorable conditions for cancer formation.

In fact, cooks often use sugar based on intuition, making it difficult to measure the amount consumed, which can easily harm health. Using sugar indiscriminately, too much, especially refined sugar, can cause problems such as obesity, high blood pressure, liver damage, and increased risk of cancer.

In addition, braised pork is also rich in fat because it is mostly braised from pork belly. Eating a lot of animal fat is also not good for people who are overweight, obese, or have metabolic disorders. Normal people who eat without control are very likely to gain weight. Many families braise meat at one time and eat it for many days, causing the dish to lose its delicious taste, easily spoil, and harm health.

What is the best way to eat braised pork?

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- Replace the pork belly in the braised pork dish with lean meat to limit unnecessary fat and reduce calories in the dish.

- When eating braised pork, you should combine it with other dishes rich in fiber such as salad, boiled or steamed vegetables, vegetable soup, etc. to help improve digestion, provide adequate nutrition, and reduce fat absorption into the blood.

- If your braised pork has pork belly, limit the fat part as much as possible, the skin also has high calories, so avoid eating it.

- Season the braised pork dish with basic, low-calorie spices such as salt, pepper, etc. Limit the use of seasoning powder or prepackaged spices.

- You should eat braised pork in the morning or at noon, avoid eating after 7pm as it will cause the body to accumulate fat and make it difficult to burn energy.

- Control the amount of braised pork you eat in each meal. You should not eat more than 2 pieces of meat and 1 egg in 1 meal.

- Instead of eating braised pork with regular white rice, you can replace it with brown rice to increase fiber, create a feeling of fullness for longer and better digestion.

- Combine with high intensity exercise to help burn excess calories in the body, limit fat accumulation, and help the body become firmer and healthier.

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