Have a Healthy Mid-Autumn Festival with These Tips

Mooncake is a traditional Chinese pastry eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival. This celebratory pastry can cause you to gain weight, feel sluggish and  your blood sugar to spike.  We at utime Fitness know that working out goes hand in hand with eating healthy, and so as you prepare for the all-important Mid-Autumn Festival, it is imperative to keep an eye on what you eat. Strive to eat fewer mooncakes, and keep up with your workout regime during this celebratory time.

At some point of the day you will be tempted to stuff yourself with those delicious mooncakes, whether at breakfast or late in the evening the effect will be almost the same. Let’s look at things rationally.  Mooncakes contains a lot of sugar, and if eaten in the morning, your blood sugar level will surge and then crash mid-day, which will result in you feeling tired, sluggish and craving more sugary food. It is better to take mooncake as an add-on to your meal rather than the main course.

Traditional mooncakes are usually made of refined flour, sugar, butter, vegetable oil, and bean paste that is highly infused with sugar with/without egg-yolk. The acceptable daily intake of sugar should be no more than 10 teaspoons, and the content of a standard lotus mooncake contains about 16 teaspoons of sugar! As you can see, eating mooncakes in moderation is key to reaching your fitness goals.

A few things we at utime Fitness recommend is to simply cut your mooncake into smaller pieces and enjoy 1-2 pieces of it mindfully each day. You can also share your mooncake with your family and friends- even colleagues would enjoy a shared treat! You can also sip some tea with your mooncake, such as flower tea, green tea or oolong tea. These teas aid digestion and helps prevent body fat.  

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