(1) Healthy diet in spring: mainly rising.
Spring is the beginning of the growth of all things. The sun is shining, the climate is warm, the human body is slack and the functions of various tissues and organs are active. Therefore, in addition to paying attention to a light diet, we need to supplement a lot of nutrients for the needs of physical activity and growth and development. According to the characteristics of spring, we should choose some foods that are helpful to healthy qi and promote vitality, so as to develop the yang of human body and enhance our energy. It is especially necessary for those who have just recovered from a long illness, are physically weak after illness or old age, have insufficient blood loss after operation, and are physically weak in children.
In spring, a healthy diet should change from a thick taste in winter to a cool and light taste. There are few varieties of vegetables in winter, and the vitamin intake of human body is often insufficient. Therefore, some fresh vegetables, such as bamboo shoots, spinach, celery and other green vegetables, should be selected for spring catering. In animal foods, we should eat less high-fat foods such as fat, and we can eat some foods rich in protein, such as hens, eggs and milk, to nourish our bodies. You can also eat some green shell snails, crucian carp and so on. Tonifying middle energizer and invigorating qi. In terms of taste, you should eat less spicy food in spring, especially strong liquor with high degree, and you should drink less or not.
(2) Dietary health care in summer: mainly based on clear diet.
It's hot and rainy in summer. Because of damp heat, the spleen and stomach are often trapped, and the appetite is poor. Coupled with the hot climate, people like to eat cold things, often because of eating too much, it will also hurt the spleen and stomach. Therefore, in the hot summer, it is forbidden to overeat cold things, and it is forbidden to eat greasy or unclean products to prevent gastrointestinal diseases such as dysentery and diarrhea. At this time, the diet should be sweet and cold, light, damp and heat-clearing, and less oil. Such as watermelon, wax gourd, mung bean soup, sour plum soup, mint soup, green tea and so on. It is an indispensable product for clearing away heat and summer heat, promoting diuresis and strengthening yang.
In summer, the temperature is high, bacteria are very active, and some foods rich in nutrients such as protein and fat are easy to deteriorate. In addition, people's appetite is low this season, so Chinese medicine advocates "clearing". The tonic is mainly cold food, including plant staple food and various green leafy vegetables and fruits. Such as ham and winter melon soup, mung bean porridge, lily and red date soup. It also has the functions of clearing away heat and quenching thirst, promoting fluid production and cooling blood.
Summer is the rainy season, and when it is hot and humid, I have a bad appetite. You can use red beans, coix seed and other foods, which not only tonify the spleen and stomach, eliminate dampness, but also be peaceful and nourishing without being greasy. Because of excessive sweating, a lot of water and nutrients are lost and must be replenished in time.
(3) Diet and health care in autumn: flat-based.
In autumn, everything converges, the cool breeze begins, and the season is dry. First frost dew suddenly, sooner or later easy to catch a cold, cough and asthma easy to relapse. This season, people's appetite is greatly increased, because the physical strength consumed in summer depends on increasing nutrition this season to supplement it. Therefore, in autumn, it is advisable to use sweet products in diet, that is, "flat supplement". It is not advisable to eat hot and dry foods such as spicy frying and baking, and avoid cold products. Autumn is the harvest season, and fruits and vegetables are abundant. Radish, pear, loquat, sesame, ginkgo, tremella, water bamboo, pumpkin, lotus seed, longan, black sesame and walnut are all "flat supplements".
In addition, there are many foods, such as yam and lentils, which are rich in starch, protein and vitamins, and have the functions of strengthening the spleen and stomach; Bird's nest, tremella, lily and the like can nourish yin and moisten dryness, and can also replenish middle energizer. There are many suitable foods to choose from according to your physical condition.
(4) Dietary health in winter: mainly nourishing.
Winter has been the most important tonic season since ancient times, because it is freezing in winter and everything is hidden. People correspond to heaven and earth, and various functional activities are also at a low point. At this time, it is easiest to feel cold evil. Therefore, winter food supplement should conform to nature, and choosing foods that focus on invigorating qi and strengthening yang and "flesh and blood" can enhance the body's ability to resist cold and exogenous evils. In addition, in cold weather, the metabolism of the human body slows down accordingly, and the blood vessels of the skin contract and dissipate less heat. In the diet, you need to add some strong flavors, such as stewed meat, boiled fish, hot pot and so on. You can choose some spicy food as seasoning, such as pepper, pepper, ginger, garlic and so on. Of course, vegetables are indispensable. Beef, mutton and dog meat nourish viscera and increase nutrition, which is a good tonic in winter.
All the year round, each has its own dietary health principles. Only by properly, dialectically, depending on people, time and medicine, instead of blindly supplementing, can we really achieve the purpose of fitness, disease elimination and longevity.