As the saying goes, "medicine is better than food", so what should we eat in winter?
I. Mutton
Mutton has the effects of tonifying kidney and strengthening yang, warming qi and blood, appetizing and strengthening spleen, so eating mutton in winter can not only keep out the cold, but also nourish the body. Mutton is best stewed, because it will be more cooked, tender and easy to digest. Eating mutton is easy to get angry, so when cooking, you should put less spicy spices such as pepper and fennel.
Second, mushrooms
Polysaccharide contained in Lentinus edodes can improve human immune function. Rape mushroom has high nutritional value. Rape contains a lot of calcium, and frying with mushrooms can promote the absorption of calcium and has a strong calcium supplement effect. Mushrooms contain purine substances, so gout patients should not eat more mushrooms to avoid aggravating their illness.
Third, chestnuts
Unsaturated fatty acids and vitamins contained in chestnuts can prevent and treat hypertension, coronary heart disease and arteriosclerosis. The combination of chestnuts and chicken can further improve the absorption rate of protein.
Fourth, hawthorn
Hawthorn is both food and medicine, which has the effects of appetizing, promoting digestion and promoting blood circulation. Hawthorn contains flavonoids, which can lower blood pressure and cholesterol, soften blood vessels and play a certain role in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. Making tea or soup with hawthorn and cassia seed can reduce blood fat.
Verb (abbreviation of verb) soybean
Lecithin contained in soybean, known as "vascular scavenger", can reduce serum cholesterol, prevent and treat vascular sclerosis and intimal injury; It can also promote hepatocyte regeneration and prevent and treat cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases caused by obesity.
Six, black rice
Black rice is dark in appearance and rich in nutrition. It has the reputation of "black pearl" and "king of rice in the world". It has the effects of nourishing yin and tonifying kidney, invigorating qi and promoting blood circulation, warming liver and improving eyesight, and is the best ingredient for tonifying kidney in winter.
Seven, medlar
Lycium barbarum is a natural raw material with comprehensive nutrition, which contains Lycium barbarum polysaccharide, 22 kinds of amino acids, carotene, taurine, betaine and trace elements such as iron, zinc, phosphorus and calcium. Cooking porridge with medlar and yam can better play a nourishing role. Lycium barbarum can also be chewed in the morning and evening to fully absorb nutrients. Eat 10 gram a day.
Eight, buckwheat
Buckwheat contains vitamin B 1 necessary for blood circulation, and substances that promote metabolism such as vitamin B2, choline and nicotinic acid can enhance the elasticity, toughness and compactness of blood vessel wall. Buckwheat rice tastes rough. Adding some rice or glutinous rice when steaming or cooking will make it smoother and more nutritious.
Nine, sweet potato
Eating a hot sweet potato in winter is the most pleasant thing. Sweet potato is rich in carbohydrates, dietary fiber, carotene, vitamins and many trace elements such as potassium, magnesium, copper, selenium and calcium 10. Sweet potato and millet are cooking together to eat porridge. Sweet potato is rich in dietary fiber, which will promote gastric acid secretion and easily lead to abdominal distension, while millet can inhibit gastric acid secretion. Eat sweet potatoes to reduce staple food. Sweet potato is rich in starch and high in calories, so it is recommended to use some instead of staple food. Don't eat sweet potatoes raw. The cell membrane of starch in raw sweet potato is not destroyed by high temperature, so it is difficult to digest in human body.
Ten, peanuts
Peanut oil contains a lot of linoleic acid, which can decompose cholesterol in human body into bile acid and excrete it, avoid cholesterol deposition in the body and prevent coronary heart disease and arteriosclerosis.