People are willing to eat pasta in dog days. Experts said that because people's appetite is not good every rainy day, in the traditional customs of China people, pasta is a food to stimulate appetite and relieve hunger. Speaking of dog days' diet, there is a saying in the north that "jiaozi covers his head with two volts, and eggs are spread on pancakes in dog days". Extreme heat consumes physical strength, and it is scientific to supplement nutrition properly.
The custom of eating noodles in dog days began in the Three Kingdoms period. According to Wei's Spring and Autumn Annals, "Tang Bing wiped his sweat with a towel and looked at Jiao Ran". The "Tang Bing" here is hot noodle soup. It seems hard to accept hot noodles in soup on a hot day, but the ancients thought that eating hot noodles at this time could detoxify and discharge filth.
Just after the harvest in Futian, flour ground from wheat was used to make hot noodle soup, which was nutritious and delicious. Sweating after meals, through sweating to achieve the effect of exorcism and detoxification. Eating noodles in dog days is not only more balanced in nutrition, but also can eliminate some diseases that are prone to occur in dog days, which is conducive to helping us spend the difficult summer vacation smoothly.
The temperature is high in dog days, and sweating a lot will lose a lot of B vitamins and minerals such as potassium and sodium. Compared with rice, protein in flour is higher, and B vitamins and various minerals are about twice as high as polished rice, so eating noodles is more conducive to supplementing nutrition. In addition, pasta is easy to digest and absorb, which is also a reason for eating noodles in summer.
Hot noodle soup has three advantages: first, you can drink soup while eating noodles, so that the nutrients dissolved in noodle soup will not be wasted. The second is that the temperature of noodle soup is higher. Eating warm food in dog days will dilate gastrointestinal blood vessels and accelerate blood circulation. It is through the blood that the body's heat is emitted. The acceleration of blood circulation also accelerates the heat dissipation of internal organs, which makes people feel doubly cool. Third, hot noodle soup is soft and easy to digest. In dog days, people's stomach produces less gastric juice and their digestive function decreases. Easy-to-digest hot noodle soup just caters to the digestive function of human body at this time, which is very meaningful for the maintenance of spleen and stomach.
Because a lot of water is added in the process of making noodles, the heat is much lower than that of pure flour, which is 344kcal/ 100g, while the noodles are only 280 kcal/ 100 g. Moreover, after we buy back the noodles and cook them, the water content will increase and the average heat will further decrease. It can be said that noodles are a low-calorie food. After eating, you will feel full and there will be no extra calories.
I want to remind you that if noodles are the staple food, don't just eat noodles, but drink soup together. Because some vitamins in flour can be dissolved in water, eating noodles and drinking soup is the most nutritious and comfortable way.
What noodles are good to eat in dog days?
1, wheat flour nourishes the heart and relieves troubles.
Modern research found that wheat flour contains starch, protein, crude fiber, sitosterol, lecithin, arginine, amylase, maltase, protease, vitamin B, linoleic acid, palmitic acid and so on. It has a good curative effect on fidgety, insomnia, dreaminess, dysuria, dry mouth and aphtha. Wheat flour can be made into various kinds of pasta, such as jiaozi, pancakes, noodles and steamed bread.
2, buckwheat noodles to prevent heatstroke
Modern nutrition research has found that buckwheat flour is rich in nutrients, including calcium, phosphorus, copper, selenium, boron, cobalt, vitamin B, vitamin C, vitamin E, rutin, linolenic acid, palmitic acid and linoleic acid. It has certain therapeutic effects on hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease, colorectal cancer and constipation. Sweating more in summer, blood is more sticky, so patients with hyperlipidemia can eat more buckwheat noodles to reduce blood viscosity and avoid heatstroke. Soba noodles can be made into noodles, bean jelly, etc.
3, corn flour to eliminate edema
Corn flour contains calcium, iron, selenium, linoleic acid, vitamin E, glutathione, dietary fiber, sitosterol, lecithin and other nutrients. It can be used for adjuvant treatment of hypertension, coronary heart disease, cancer (especially colorectal cancer), constipation and other diseases. In summer, many elderly people are prone to edema in their legs and feet. At this time, you can eat corn flour to strengthen the spleen and benefit the lungs, and use water channels to eliminate edema. Corn flour can be made into steamed corn buns, steamed cakes, tortillas or corn paste.
4, glutinous rice noodles spleen appetizer
Modern scientific research shows that glutinous rice contains protein, fat, starch, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin B, nicotinic acid and other nutrients. Can be used for adjuvant treatment of anorexia, sweating due to deficiency of qi, vomiting, diarrhea, frequent micturition and other diseases. If you have a bad appetite in dog days, you can use glutinous rice flour to make glutinous rice cakes, steamed dumplings and glutinous rice cakes for dietotherapy.
What needs to be reminded here is that friends should not eat cold or overheated noodles for the sake of coolness and excitement. Too hot to face the esophagus will cause damage, and too cold is not conducive to digestion and absorption. In many cases, eating a bowl of warm noodles is the most appropriate.