Winter solstice glutinous rice balls, winter qi and blood nourishing health soup.

Eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter always means "celebrating the New Year", but the calories of a bowl of red bean soup jiaozi are about 300 to 400 calories, which is more than half of the calories needed for a meal, and it is easy to be troubled by excessive intake and obesity. In view of this, Taipei United Hospital encourages people to make good use of natural candied dates, longan and traditional Chinese medicine to boil the soup base, which can not only reduce calories, but also achieve the function of invigorating qi and nourishing blood, which is more in line with the health concept of "reinforcing winter".

"Yiqi Jianpi medicated diet soup" boiled with Chinese herbal medicines can be used not only as a daily health soup, but also as a soup base in jiaozi from winter to Sunday. (Photography/Luo Huiwen) Eating glutinous rice balls is not sticky with oil. First, adjust the ingredients at the bottom of the soup.

Zhou Qianqin, Department of Nutrition, Linsen Chinese Medicine Hospital, Taipei United Hospital, said that 10 small dumplings have about 70 calories, and each big dumpling has sweet stuffing such as red beans or sesame seeds, with 60 to 70 calories. If the calorie of a single bowl of red bean soup or peanut soup is at least 250 calories, then eating a bowl of red bean soup with 10 small dumplings or two large dumplings with stuffing has a calorie of at least 365,440 calories.

In addition, tangyuan contains more refined starch, which is sticky after cooking and difficult to digest, which is easy to cause gastrointestinal burden and fat accumulation. It is suggested that people limit their intake and eat more high-fiber fruits and vegetables after meals to help digestion and prevent obesity.