1, what to eat on Dragon Boat Festival?
1, amaranth
Chinese medicine believes that amaranth is cool, slightly sweet, enters the lungs and intestines, and is born in the fields or on the roadside. Has the effects of clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, cooling blood, stopping bleeding and stopping dysentery. According to nutrition, amaranth is rich in calcium easily absorbed by human body, which can promote the growth of teeth and bones, maintain normal myocardial activity and prevent muscle spasm (cramp). Rich in iron, calcium and vitamin K, it has the functions of promoting blood coagulation, increasing hemoglobin content, improving oxygen carrying capacity and promoting hematopoiesis. Amaranth is also the protagonist on the diet table. Regular consumption can reduce weight, strengthen the body, promote detoxification and prevent constipation.
At present, red amaranth is the first choice, with large, complete and tender leaves. Purple amaranth is better, and rotten amaranth is not suitable for purchase. The amaranth can be picked up by blanching, so as to avoid the destruction of nutrients and affect the curative effect. Amaranth does not last long. You'd better finish it as soon as possible. Short-term storage can be wrapped in plastic wrap or put in plastic bags and refrigerated in the refrigerator.
2. Eel
In seafood, there is a saying that "summer is the supplement and eel comes first". After foraging in spring, the eel in summer is tender, delicious and nutritious, which not only tastes good, but also has nourishing effect on people of various constitutions. Therefore, there is also a saying that "Monopterus albus participates in summer", which is a kind of praise for Monopterus albus in nourishing diet.
Monopterus albus, also known as eel and long fish, looks like a long snake and is a kind of fish that lives in rivers, lakes, ponds and rice fields. Monopterus albus is tender, delicious and nutritious. Every100g of Monopterus albus contains 0/8.8g of protein/kloc-0, 0.9g of fat, and also contains various nutrients such as phosphorus, calcium, iron, vitamins, riboflavin and nicotinic acid. It is an excellent food with high protein and low fat, and it is also a tonic for people with physical weakness and malnutrition after illness.
3. Duck eggs
Why do you eat salted duck eggs during the Dragon Boat Festival? There is a certain basis in Chinese medicine. Chinese medicine believes that duck eggs are sweet in taste and cool in nature, and have the functions of nourishing yin, clearing away lung heat, strengthening muscles and moistening skin. However, salted duck eggs are salty and slightly cold, which can nourish yin and clear lung, and can cure cough, sore throat, toothache and diarrhea in summer. It is a good food supplement and complementary food in summer. May is regarded as a poisonous month and an evil month, and the fifth day of May is the first of the nine poisons. Eating salted duck eggs during the Dragon Boat Festival can detoxify and help to keep healthy.
Even if you don't eat it on the Dragon Boat Festival, you can eat it all summer. The old Chinese doctor said that salted duck eggs are strong in summer. Nutritionists say that duck eggs are rich in inorganic salts such as calcium and iron, which are higher than eggs and fresh duck eggs. It is the first choice for supplementing calcium and iron in summer. However, the salt content of salted duck eggs is too high, which easily leads to an increase in blood pressure; In addition, the fat content and cholesterol content of egg yolk are very high, which should not exceed two at a time, and middle-aged and elderly people should eat less.
4.eggplant
Solanine is contained in eggplant, which can inhibit the proliferation of digestive system tumors and play a certain role in the prevention and treatment of gastric cancer. In addition, eggplant has the function of clearing away cancer fever, so it is especially suitable for eating in summer. Eggplant contains vitamin E, which has hemostatic and anti-aging effects. Eating eggplant regularly can prevent the cholesterol level in the blood from rising, which has positive significance for delaying human aging.
Because eggplant tastes sweet and cold, it belongs to cold food. Therefore, pregnant women with weak constitution, dyspepsia, diarrhea, spleen and stomach weakness, asthma and loose stool symptoms should not eat more. Don't eat eggplant before operation. Anesthetics may not decompose normally, which will delay the patient's recovery time and affect the patient's recovery speed.
5. tomatoes
Tomato is rich in lycopene, its anti-acidification effect can effectively inhibit the activity of active oxygen, and its anti-cancer ability is very high! In addition, vitamin K can prevent osteoporosis to a certain extent, which can be said to be the savior of female bones! Vitamin E is a good helper to maintain liver function and improve hangover.
Boiled tomatoes are a good food for women to lose weight. As a breakfast or pre-meal snack, the organic acids contained in it can accelerate metabolism, make fat burn fully, solve the constipation problem, and gradually improve the physique from fat to thin. Most vitamins in tomatoes are water-soluble, so when we eat boiled tomatoes, remember to finish the soup!
6.croaker
Yellow croaker is not only crisp and tender, delicious and easy to digest and absorb, but also its swim bladder, meat and gallbladder can treat diseases. It is recorded in Compendium of Materia Medica that yellow croaker is sweet in taste and flat in nature, and has the effects of improving eyesight, calming nerves, invigorating qi and strengthening spleen and appetizing. Modern nutritional research also found that the content of protein in yellow croaker is high, and it is rich in fat, calcium, phosphorus, iron, iodine and a lot of omega-3 fatty acids, so it has high medicinal value.
Yellow croaker is especially suitable for people with weak body, sallow and emaciated body, listlessness, lethargy, loss of appetite and other symptoms, and has a certain effect of calming the nerves and helping sleep for people with sleep disorders and easy insomnia. The therapeutic prescription of "water shield and yellow croaker soup" introduced in "Kaibao Materia Medica" in Tang Dynasty, namely, water shield 15g and yellow croaker 250g, is boiled in water to make a thick juice, which has the effect of invigorating qi and appetizing. People with poor appetite can eat more.
7.carrots
Carrots are rich in nutrition. Eating carrots often is good for your health. They are the first choice food for health in summer. They can not only prevent cancer and oxidation, but also have the effects of beauty, beauty, detoxification and sun protection. They are essential "sunscreens" in summer. Vitamin A in carrots can help the liver eliminate toxins in the body and reduce fat in the liver. Cellulose can also help clean up the waste in the colon and accelerate its excretion.
According to the research of Harvard University, people who eat six carrots a week are less likely to have a stroke than those who eat only one or less carrots a month. People who don't eat carrots are prone to stroke. Another most important value of carrots is that they can resist aging, because β -carotene can also play an antioxidant role in the normal metabolism of the body and help cells slow down the aging process.
8.cucumber
Compendium of Materia Medica records that cucumber tastes sweet and cool, and has the effects of clearing away heat and quenching thirst, diuresis and detumescence. It is helpful for common symptoms such as irritability and sore throat in spring. Modern medicine believes that cucumber contains cellulose, which plays a certain role in promoting intestinal peristalsis and accelerating excretion. Cucumber contains cucumber acid, which can promote human metabolism and excrete toxins. The diuretic effect of cucumber can clean the urethra and help the kidneys excrete toxins from the urinary system.
Fresh cucumber also contains propanedioic acid, which can inhibit the conversion of sugar into fat. However, people with cold cucumber, weak spleen and stomach and chronic illness should eat less. Cucumber is very suitable for cold salad, such as cucumber mixed with fungus and garlic. People with deficiency of spleen and stomach can fry cucumbers or jiaozi stuffed with cucumbers.
9.lobster
Shrimp has a high nutritional value and is full of treasures. Shrimp brain contains essential amino acids, cephalin and other nutrients; Shrimp meat contains a lot of protein and carbohydrates; Shrimp skin contains many nutrients needed by human body, such as astaxanthin, calcium, phosphorus and potassium. Shrimp is a high-protein and low-fat aquatic product. Protein content is more than 40%, crude fat content is about 7%, and calcium content is 9%. In addition, it is rich in carotene, vitamins and eight essential amino acids.
Shrimp should not be eaten with some fruits. Shrimp is rich in nutrients such as protein and calcium. If you eat with fruits containing tannic acid, such as grapes, pomegranates and hawthorn, not only the nutritional value will be reduced, but tannic acid will combine with calcium to form calcium tannic acid, which will also stimulate the stomach and cause discomfort to the human body, and it is prone to vomiting, dizziness, nausea and diarrhea. Seafood should be eaten with these fruits at least two hours apart.
2. Taboos for eating zongzi
1, can't be eaten with cold dishes.
Don't eat zongzi with watermelon, wax gourd and other cool fruits and vegetables that contain a lot of water. The glutinous rice in zongzi is sticky, so it is not easy to digest if you eat too much. If you add cool vegetables, even if some vegetables contain fiber, it is easy to cause diarrhea or abdominal pain because some vegetables are cool.
2, can not eat with cold food.
The principle that zongzi can't be eaten with cool food is the same as that of cool vegetables. Cold food will weaken the gastrointestinal function and affect food digestion, especially for people who eat zongzi.
3, can not eat with cooking.
Every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, every household is busy making zongzi and frying vegetables and hemp leaves. Xue Yuzhu said that it is an old tradition to eat zongzi, vegetable corners and hemp leaves during the Dragon Boat Festival, but it violates the concept of nutrition and health. These three are indigestible foods, and eating them together will increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract; In addition, cooking horn and hemp leaves are high-calorie foods, but it is hot in summer, so it is not easy to give off heat in the body. Eating too much high-calorie food may lead to heatstroke.
4, can not eat with high-salt dishes.
The fillings of zongzi are all pickled or fried in advance, with high sodium content. Avoid contact with condiments when eating, such as soy sauce, sweet and spicy sauce, etc., so as not to cause excessive salt intake, which will not only increase the physical burden for patients with hypertension and kidney disease, but also affect metabolism and reduce weight loss efficiency for dieters.