There is a saying in folklore that "winter supplements and early spring kills tigers". It can be said that winter is the best season for dietary supplements. So what principles should we pay attention to in this season's diet? The following is what I arranged for you for your reference.

One of the principles of healthy diet in winter: eat more high-calorie foods, tonify the kidney and prevent colds.

The first thing to do in winter health preservation is to hide, that is, to conform to the hidden yang in the body, and to hide yin and protect yang as the foundation. In winter and March, yin flourishes and yang declines, which is the coldest season of the year. Due to the cold and dry climate, all creatures in nature have entered a state of hiding and hibernation to preserve their vitality. This phenomenon is called "hiding" in Chinese medicine, and human beings are no exception, but what human beings want to hide is the "heat energy" in the body and the "power" of life. This kind of "heat energy" and "power" is called "Yang Qi" by TCM. Because Yang is hidden, the metabolic level of human body is relatively low, so it is necessary to rely on the kidney as the driving force of life to ensure that life activities adapt to natural changes.

Strong kidney function and strong vitality can adapt to the changes in severe winter by regulating the body, otherwise it will get sick because of metabolic disorders. The rise and fall of human yang indicates the activity of human physiological functions. Nothing can threaten human yang more than cold evil. After the cold pathogen hurts the yang, the human body's yang is weak and the physiological function in the body is inhibited, which will produce a cold image. In winter, the key point is to prevent the invasion of winter cold. Therefore, winter health care should be "free from the sun", that is, it should "nourish the kidney and prevent cold" without damaging the yang of the human body, which is also the fundamental principle of winter health care.

So, what should you eat in your diet to keep out the cold? Chinese medicine believes that in order to tonify the kidney and prevent colds, it is best to eat a diet that nourishes yin and subdues yang and has high calories. Such as mutton, dog meat, turtle, sparrow, shrimp, pigeon, quail, sea cucumber, medlar, leek, walnut, glutinous rice, turtle, black fungus, lotus root, sesame and so on. , can provide enough calories for the human body, if you eat more, it can really tonify the kidney and prevent colds.

The second principle of winter diet health: light and nourishing the heart

Traditional Chinese medicine requires that winter should be "quiet-oriented, nourishing essence and spirit", that is to say, it is necessary to maintain emotional stability and make the mood quiet and peaceful. It is believed that shock and fear will affect the physiological function of the kidney. Sun Simiao also clearly pointed out: "God is tired and easy to take, and qi is weak and sick." It can be seen that mental conditioning in winter is very important.

Cold weather does make people feel depressed, so we should adjust the bad mood in time, consolidate our mind and prevent the occurrence of seasonal emotional disorder. The so-called seasonal affective disorder refers to the phenomenon that some people are prone to depression, lethargy and groggy in winter, and it appears every year. This phenomenon is more common among young people, especially women. In order to achieve peace of mind, the daily diet in winter is particularly important. Since ancient times, health experts have paid attention to "bland" food for health care, thinking that light food can soothe the nerves.

Modern medicine shows that eating more light food is not only beneficial to the digestion of the stomach, but also can improve the impetuous mood and bring you a calm mood. Therefore, if you want to adjust your mood in winter, you should eat more light foods such as preserved eggs, bean products, mushrooms, lotus seeds, tremella, kelp, red dates and bananas, and drink more milk and black tea such as Qi Hong, Dianhong, Pu 'er and Liubao tea. These can help you adjust your mood and play a very good role in calming your mind.

The third principle of winter diet health: eat less and suffer more and nourish the heart.

Winter is the time when the kidneys are in charge. Kidney governs salty taste. Heart governs bitterness. According to the theory of five elements, salty is better than bitter, so kidney water can overcome heart fire. If you eat too much salty taste, it will make the kidney water that is already too strong more vigorous, thus weakening the power of the heart yang. Therefore, we should eat more bitter food and help the heart yang, so as to resist the excessive kidney water.

Therefore, "Four Seasons Notes" pointed out: "Kidney water tastes good in winter, so it is appropriate to nourish the heart." Therefore, Chinese medicine believes that the taste of winter diet should be reduced in salt and increased in bitterness, so as to nourish the heart and protect the heart and kidney. Modern medicine believes that eating more salty food will hurt the heart. Due to the increase of sodium and chlorine in the body, it will change the osmotic pressure of cells, increase the burden on the kidneys, or induce hypertension.

In winter, you can eat less and eat more bitter foods in your daily diet, such as coffee, tea, beer, chocolate and bitter almonds, which are all suitable for eating. In short, eating less salty and suffering more in winter can keep a healthy mind and achieve the purpose of health care.

The fourth principle of health care: avoid eating sticky food to prevent cold feet.

As the saying goes, "Cold begins with the first step". People's feet are farthest from the heart, and their blood supply is small and slow, so they are vulnerable to cold evil. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, if the feet are cold, it will inevitably affect the internal organs of the human body, which can lead to upper abdominal pain, diarrhea, menstrual abdominal pain, irregular menstruation, impotence, low back pain and other diseases, so we must pay attention to keeping our feet warm.

But in severe winter, some people like to use stoves or other heating appliances to warm their feet, which may easily lead to chapped feet. Of course, people can burn their feet with hot water to drive away the cold. But the best way is to rely on diet to provide energy. Avoid eating sticky and cold food in winter, otherwise it will not only hurt the spleen and stomach, but also cause cold hands and feet, causing general discomfort.

The fifth principle of healthy diet in winter: dietary taboos in winter

There are all kinds of things in nature that can be eaten by human beings, but not all foods can be eaten at any time. In winter, we should choose the right food according to the climatic conditions and the physiological characteristics of the human body, and don't eat the food that can't be eaten. Don't eat raw peppers in October of the lunar calendar, because the weather is cold this month, lung qi deficiency is weak, kidney qi is strong, and raw peppers are spicy, and eating more in winter will damage people's qi and blood; It is not suitable for eating pork, which is sour and slightly cold. For kidney is not good, it is easy to imbalance between Yin and Yang; It is also not suitable for eating water shield.

Chinese medicine believes that water shield is a cold thing. Eating it in October will hurt the spleen and stomach and kidney, leading to stomach pain, nephritis and other diseases. Snails, mussels, crabs, soft-shelled turtles and other seafood in November of the lunar calendar are rich in nutrition and have good medicinal value, but they are cold in nature. Therefore, eating them in November of the lunar calendar will hurt qi, kidney and grow corpses, especially those with weak constitution and stomach problems. Avoid eating them at this time, otherwise it will cause symptoms such as diarrhea, cold and fever. Don't eat lettuce Lettuce is cold. Eating in this cold month will be sad and harmful to your health.

Don't eat oysters in December of the lunar calendar, because they are hot and easy to produce phlegm, and don't eat fruits and vegetables that are not bad for the kidneys, because most of these foods lose nutrition, and because of their cold nature, they will hurt the viscera, so it is better not to eat them; Don't eat braised pork either, because pork is cold. If you eat it in December of the lunar calendar, when the country is closed to the outside world and everything is hidden, it will hurt people. It is better not to eat it. In the final analysis, the focus of healthy eating in winter is "hiding". As long as you understand the principles of diet and health preservation in this season and pay attention to them in your daily diet, health is no longer difficult.