The Mid-Autumn Festival is a great opportunity for family and friends to gather, exchange mooncakes and pomelos, appreciate the bright moon, and enjoy the fun of outdoor barbecues, creating a warm and joyful atmosphere. However, during this wonderful festival, those delicious seasonal foods may be hiding high calories, which can silently cause waistlines to expand and impact health, especially for patients with chronic diseases who need to be cautious with their diet and manage their intake to celebrate the festival healthily and happily with loved ones.
Faced with a dazzling array of mooncakes, pomelos, and tempting barbecued meat, how can one enjoy these without overburdening the body? Nowadays, the market offers a wide variety of mooncakes, constantly evolving with creativity, ranging from classic flavors like red bean, salted egg yolk pastry, taro pastry, and mung bean cake to novel ice cream mooncakes and improved versions. Most of them are high in calories and rich in fats. For example, a medium-sized Cantonese red bean mooncake contains about 400 kilocalories, with relatively high oil and sugar content; each salted egg yolk pastry is also close to 300 kilocalories, roughly equivalent to a bowl of rice, and its saturated fat and cholesterol content cannot be ignored. Therefore, friends with chronic diseases or weight management needs should consume them in moderation, savoring them in small amounts. As for ice cream mooncakes, due to their high sugar content, it is advisable to share them with multiple people to reduce the calorie burden.
