Whenever we are injured or sick, doctors always caution us to maintain a light diet. In today’s era of fast consumption, all kinds of food and ingredients can be found at any time, and all kinds of flavors of dishes can be eaten at any time, so what exactly is a light diet, why a light diet, and what is the standard of a light diet? First, what is a light diet Nutritionally speaking, a light diet is a balanced diet, nutritionally sound premise, the taste is relatively light diet, mainly expressed as “four less”: less oil, less sugar, less salt, not spicy. Second, why a light diet long-term consumption of stimulating foods such as heavy salt, heavy spicy food is easy to stimulate our digestive system, increasing the burden on the body, causing endocrine disruption, constipation, fire and other symptoms, and in heavy cases will suffer from hypertension, obesity and even cancer. Light diet can ensure the normal operation of our digestive system, to ensure the absorption of nutrients and waste discharge, which helps to maintain health. Therefore, it is very important to develop the habit of light diet for our health. Third, the standard of a light diet The standard of a light diet is based on a balanced nutrition, the specific ratio can refer to the Chinese dietary pyramid, on this basis, to do less oil, less sugar, less salt, not spicy is a light diet. 1, less oil nutritionists recommend daily fat intake per kilogram of body weight to maintain 1-2 grams, such as 60 kg of body weight, 60 grams of fat -120 grams per day, and according to the different sources of fat intake standards are different, generally speaking, animal fat intake of 20 g, vegetable oil for 40 g. However, according to the recommendations of the Chinese Nutrition Society, a person’s daily intake of cooking oil should not exceed 25 grams (half a tael), this 25 grams, including not only the cooking oil used for home cooking, but also includes the consumption of pork and other food intake of fat. 2, less sugar The sugar here refers to cane sugar, too much sugar consumption will lead to weight gain, obesity, cardiovascular disease and diabetes, children are also prone to tooth decay. Modern nutrition of healthy eating sugar standard is: 0.5 grams of sugar per kilogram of body weight per day, that is, the weight of 60 kg of people should be controlled within 30 grams of sugar per day. 3, less salt Edible salt is sodium salt, too much sodium intake will increase the burden on the kidneys, but also lead to increased blood pressure. The World Health Organization recommends that adult daily salt intake should not exceed 6 grams, while data show that China’s per capita salt intake has reached 12 grams / day. 4, not spicy In recent years, people’s tastes have gradually become heavier, preferring chili, onion, ginger, leek, garlic, cilantro, pepper, onion and other stimulating food, but this kind of food is easy to eat too much to stimulate the mucous membrane of the digestive system, causing fire, mouth ulcers, diarrhea and other symptoms, the impact on human health, Chinese medicine also believes that stimulating food has a “hairy “role, too much consumption, easy to “consume qi”, may lead to qi deficiency, resulting in lower immunity, so in daily life should be through the amount of spicy food to avoid.