How to eat New Year's food without any stomach burden...Himchan Hospital Soda NO

Jan 24, 2025

How to eat New Year's food without any stomach burden...Himchan Hospital Soda NO
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The Lunar New Year, the nation's biggest holiday, is coming up. During the holidays, people often eat more high-calorie foods than usual, but it is necessary to pay more attention to meal management because it is a long holiday due to the designation of a temporary holiday. High-calorie holiday foods and frequent drinking can put a strain on digestive functions and cause problems.

In particular, chronic diseases can lead to negligence in health care, such as being careless and eating more high-fat and high-calorie foods than usual. Considering the difficulty of finding an emergency room, it is also necessary to prepare necessary emergency medicines in advance.

Jeong Hwa-eum, head of the gastroenterology department at Himchan General Hospital in Incheon, said "Holiday food is more oily and high in calories than usual, but eating a lot can cause digestive problems."Indigestion is caused by a disease and symptoms otherwise appear almost the same, but it is also caused by stress or broken body rhythms during the holidays. "




◇Extraordinary meals, concerns of digestive system abnormalities

Based on the calories of each holiday food announced by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, if you eat 1 bowl of rice cake soup (800g-711 kcal), 1/2 bowl of beef ribs (125g-249 kcal), 1/2 bowl of japchae (75g-102 kcal), 1/2 bowl of dongtaejeon (75g-134 kcal), and 1 glass of sikhye (150g-135 kcal) and 1 medicine (30g-119 kcal) for dessert, the total amount amounts to 1450 kcal. If you add three meals and other snacks or alcohol, it's about 5,000 kcal a day. In other words, more than half of an adult's recommended daily intake (2500 kcal for men and 2,000 kcal for women) is eaten at a time.

As such, food intake increases significantly during the holidays than usual and holiday foods are usually greasy, which lowers the digestive motor function of grinding and moving food and lengthens digestion time, causing indigestion. In addition, eating frequently or late-night snacks can also cause digestive problems. You can feel stuffy and bloated because you can't digest, indigestion, and abdominal bloating.




In addition, people often drink too much than usual during the holidays, which can cause problems with digestive function as well as acute pancreatitis. Acute pancreatitis causes the pancreas to secrete more pancreatic fluid to metabolize alcohol when drinking too much, and it is known that the pancreatic fluid cannot be discharged to the duodenum, flows backward, and damages pancreatic cells. Pain occurs from the upper abdomen or around the navel to the back or left side, and when food is consumed, the pain worsens, and in severe cases, vomiting may be accompanied.

If you have chest pain and symptoms of body aches after overeating and drinking during the holidays, reflux esophagitis can be suspected. Reflux esophagitis causes strong acidic stomach acid and contents in the stomach to flow back to the esophagus, causing burning pain and heartburn inside the chest. The main reason is the diet of lying down immediately after eating high-calorie and high-fat foods or enjoying late-night snacks.

◇ Digestive recipes and regular meals are important




It is inevitable to prepare the holiday food itself, so it is also a way to reduce the burden of digestive organs as much as possible by changing the cooking method. When cooking side dishes like before, use oil to a minimum and pour it quickly over high heat to minimize the absorption of oil. Meat is mainly made of lean meat, and it is better to season herbs by blanching them rather than frying them in oil.

Eat as slowly as possible, put food on a personal plate, check the amount of food you eat, and reduce overeating. It is better to eat less jugburi and eat regularly according to the usual amount of meals overall. In particular, if you suffer from chronic diseases such as diabetes or cardiovascular disease, take care when eating sikhye, rice cakes, pancakes, and meat, and if you think you ate too much, you should control your blood sugar by drinking enough water and exercising. In particular, it is necessary to consider the surroundings because they are often swept away by the atmosphere and overeat.

If you exercise intensely right after eating, it puts pressure on your digestive system, so it is good to take a rest and do light aerobic exercise for about 30 minutes, such as walking or walking. If the bloating persists, it is also helpful to drink warm water, ginger tea, and tea that helps digestion such as peppermint tea.

Jeong Jeong-eum, the section chief, "The pain may worsen if you endure the discomfort after overeating, and the symptoms may develop into a chronic disease."Basically, avoid foods that show indigestion symptoms when consumed, and sometimes drink soda when indigestion occurs, but be careful because drinking when the esophagus or stomach is full of gas can produce more gas," he advised.

How to eat New Year's food without any stomach burden...Himchan Hospital Soda NO


This article was translated by Naver AI translator.