1, high cholesterol, eat two sweet potatoes a day.

Sweet potato contains 8% dietary fiber, mostly soluble dietary fiber, which has a strong laxative function.

Li Shizhen once said, "Sweet potato can make people live longer and have fewer diseases" and "Sweet potato can tonify the middle energizer and blood, warm the stomach, tonify the five internal organs, fill the grain and prolong life". It was found that the function of sweet potato was 10 times that of other foods. So, if you have high cholesterol, you can eat two sweet potatoes every morning and evening.

However, sweet potato should not be eaten raw, because high temperature does not destroy the cell membrane and starch is difficult to digest; Second, sweet potato contains "gasification enzyme", and if you eat too much, you will have abdominal distension, heartburn, burping and other discomfort. So it must be cooked or roasted, preferably with corn, so it is sweet and refreshing, healthy and long-lived.

2, the heart is not good, eat some potatoes.

Potatoes contain as much as 15%~25% carbohydrates, which is more than all other vegetables, and also contains more protein than ordinary vegetables. Potatoes are widely used as staple food in Europe because of their high calories.

Potatoes also contain more vitamin C and sodium, potassium and iron, especially potassium. Potatoes contain 502mg of potassium per 100g, which is a rare high-potassium vegetable.

Patients with heart disease, especially those with cardiac insufficiency, have different degrees of edema. Regular use of diuretic and detumescence drugs can easily lead to the loss of potassium in the body, leading to a tendency of low potassium. Therefore, eating potatoes regularly can supplement potassium, carbohydrates, protein, minerals and vitamins.

3. Old people eat more chestnuts to prevent low back and leg pain.

Eat two raw chestnuts every morning and evening. Chew chestnuts carefully in your mouth, chew hard, chew them into a pulp, and then swallow them, which can effectively solve the pain in your back and legs.

Chestnuts can cure kidney deficiency, weakness of waist and legs, and strengthen the kidney and stomach.

There was a very detailed record in ancient times: "When I was old, I suffered from waist and foot disease, and Shan Weng took the old prescription." It means: "I'm old, and my waist and legs don't work." I met an old man on the mountain and gave him a cube. Why? " Eat chestnuts. "However, chestnuts are difficult to digest raw and cooked food is easy to lag, so it is not advisable to eat more.

4, radish, it is best to eat raw and chew.

As the saying goes: "Radish goes on the market, doctors go to the countryside", "Radish in winter and ginger in summer, without a doctor's prescription". These folk proverbs all imply the efficacy of radish in preventing and treating diseases.

Through research, Chinese scientists found that radish contains anti-tumor and anti-virus active substances, and the effective component is double-stranded ribonucleic acid, which is an "interferon inducer" that stimulates the body cells to produce interferon, and has obvious inhibitory effect on esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, nasal cancer and cervical cancer cells.

White radish, green radish, etc. That is, what we often eat every day contains this anti-cancer ingredient, but in order to fully release interferon, it is best to eat it raw, chew it slowly, and don't eat other foods for half an hour after eating radish, so as to play an effective role.

Because this anticancer component has high tolerance to ribonuclease in the oral cavity. If you don't chew it carefully, it won't degrade easily if you swallow it directly. Generally speaking, take 100 ~ 150g every day or every other day. Radish is healthy and can't be eaten with ginseng.

If you feel weak, don't eat more carrots. When you start coughing, you can drink a little radish juice to suppress it, because it "lowers your breathing". If you think eating radish is too cold, you can match it with a little ginger.

5, bad appetite, eat some raw peanuts soaked in vinegar.

Peanut, we call it "longevity fruit". If the old man finds that he has a bad appetite and his appetite is blocked, he can get some raw peanuts to chew carefully and swallow them after chewing.

Raw peanuts are soaked in vinegar. This dish has a very good digestive effect. But everyone must pay attention to eating peanuts, because if peanuts grow mildew and sprout, they are very vulnerable to aflatoxin. Therefore, we must choose fresh, clean, moldy and germinated peanuts when buying peanuts.

6, rape, can reduce swelling and remove blood stasis

Rape is cool and pungent, and enters the liver, lung and spleen meridians. Rapeseed is rich in dietary fiber, which can promote lipid excretion, reduce fat absorption, promote intestinal peristalsis and reduce constipation, which is good for preventing intestinal cancer.

Rapeseed also contains substances similar to plant hormones, which can increase the formation of some enzymes, thus adsorbing and decomposing some carcinogens. It also has the function of regulating oral ulcer and gingival bleeding caused by excessive heat.

7, the elderly constipation, eat more spinach

Old people have more constipation, so they can eat more spinach. Spinach is slippery, which can moisten the intestines and relax the bowels. According to the "Fun Life Diet Spectrum", spinach can "open the chest and diaphragm, dredge the stomach, moisten dryness and promote blood circulation, which is suitable for people suffering from hemorrhoids".

At the same time, spinach has a very good effect on protecting the function of our retina. Eating spinach 2~4 times a week for middle-aged and elderly people can reduce the risk of retinal degeneration.

Eating spinach often can also enhance the ability to resist infectious diseases and promote the growth and development of children. It also has a good effect on preventing oral ulcer, cheilitis, glossitis, dermatitis and bursitis.

8, cauliflower, known as the "poor doctor."

When suffering from gastric cancer, the serum selenium level in human body decreases, and the concentration of vitamin C in gastric juice is also lower than that of normal people. Cauliflower can not only supplement selenium and vitamin C, but also provide rich carotene, prevent precancerous lesions and inhibit the growth of cancer, which is effective in preventing and treating gastric cancer and breast cancer.

Nowadays, breast cancer patients, or people who want to prevent breast cancer, should eat more cauliflower. Because breast cancer is related to the estrogen level in the body, cauliflower contains a nitrogen-containing compound indole, which can reduce the estrogen level in the body. So as to prevent the stimulation of active estrogen on breast cells and play a role in preventing and treating cancer.

9, constipation, 10 drops of vinegar every day.

Constipation is a long-standing problem. In fact, our Shanxi mature vinegar is more effective than many medicines. Because mature vinegar is rich in amino acids and a large number of enzymes with digestive function, it can promote intestinal peristalsis and has no toxic side effects.

Every morning on an empty stomach, a spoonful of honey with ten drops of mature vinegar and a cup of warm water to drink. In a week or so, it will have an effect.