It is a traditional Chinese custom to enjoy the bright moon and moon cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Moon cakes are a must-have food for the Mid-Autumn Festival, with the symbolic meaning of reuniting the whole family and enjoying the joy of family life. However, moon cakes are rich in fat and sugar, which are high-calorie foods and should not be consumed in excess. In the mid-autumn festival to enjoy the moon cake should pay attention to the following points: 1, should be early rather than late moon cake is high sugar, high fat food, eat in the morning or noon can replenish energy, but also not easy to gain weight. But in the evening should eat less or no moon cakes, especially the elderly with cardiovascular disease should be more so, otherwise it may increase the risk of blood clots. 2, fresh should not be aged Moon cakes mostly contain more fat, once stored too long, easy to deteriorate, not good for health. 3, should be less not more moon cakes contain more fat, sucrose, excessive consumption may cause stomach full, bloating, indigestion, loss of appetite, increased blood sugar and other reactions. Older people and children should not eat more. It should be noted that sugar-free mooncakes contain no less fat than ordinary mooncakes, and the calories are still high, which can lead to increased blood sugar in diabetics. High blood fat, high cholesterol people should eat less meat, egg yolk filled moon cakes. 4, it is appropriate to match with tea As the moon cakes eat too much will feel greasy, so it is appropriate to drink more green tea when tasting. Tea can relieve greasy, in green tea mixed with a little flower tea, drink up sweet and delicious, the effect is better. In addition, after eating moon cakes, it is best to drink more effective tea, such as appetizer tea (sour plum soup, etc.), stagnation tea, such as hawthorn, He Shou Wu, cassia seeds and other Chinese herbs bubble, for clearing the stomach and intestines is quite effective; you can also eat some protease tablets to help digestion. It is worth reminding that mooncakes contain a large amount of sucrose, regardless of which type of diabetes patients should insist on not eating mooncakes (except sugar-free mooncakes). For those who suffer from gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer, eating mooncakes can increase the secretion of gastric acid, which is extremely unfavorable to gastrointestinal healing, so it is better not to eat mooncakes. For those who suffer from dental caries, after eating moon cake, it will cause deepening of cavities and pulpitis, which will aggravate the pain, so you should try to eat less moon cake or brush your teeth immediately after eating moon cake. Secondly, for people suffering from obesity, hyperlipidemia, arteriosclerosis, hypertension and coronary heart disease, they should also try to “bear the pain” and eat less or no mooncakes. Because these people eat mooncakes, cholesterol and triglyceride levels in the blood will rise, the blood becomes more viscous. In addition, eating mooncakes can also easily make the original chronic cholecystitis, chronic pancreatitis patients relapse, causing severe biliary colic and epigastric pain. It is known that most of the moon cakes have high sugar content, which will produce acidic substances under the decomposition of oral bacteria, thus aggravating tooth decay and causing periodontal diseases. Therefore, when eating mooncakes in Mid-Autumn Festival, don’t forget about oral health care. Of course, for children who are in the growing period of teeth, they should pay more strict attention. children under 3 years old should not eat moon cakes as much as possible, and children over 3 years old can eat some appropriately, but it is better not to eat at night to avoid aggravating the gastrointestinal burden, and brush and rinse the mouth as soon as possible after eating moon cakes to remove the food residues in the mouth. 2, the elderly Moon cakes are high-calorie foods, diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease patients and people with weak stomachs should not eat more, and the elderly are the hardest hit by these diseases, so eat moon cakes with extra caution. For diabetics, the so-called “sugar-free mooncakes” on the market are not completely harmless and should not be consumed in excess. It is best for the elderly to enjoy mooncakes accompanied by tea, which can relieve grease. 3. Pregnant Women Mothers-to-be should eat mooncakes in moderation. The sugar content of mooncakes is relatively high, and pregnant women who eat too much of them will increase the risk of gestational diabetes. The fat and calories contained in mooncakes are extremely high, which can easily lead to excessive weight gain for pregnant women and adversely affect the growth of their babies. In addition, the gastrointestinal function of pregnant women is also weaker, and mooncakes are heavy in oil and sugar, which is not easy to digest. Therefore, pregnant women must eat mooncakes in moderation during the Mid-Autumn Festival to avoid excessive intake of sugar and fat. In view of the above characteristics of mooncakes, not only children, the elderly and pregnant women should pay attention to them, but all of them should guard against the potential health risks. So, should we still eat mooncakes on Mid-Autumn Festival? Of course you should! Just don’t eat too many at once.