2. Theoretically, it is considered that autumn is dry, and "hemp should be eaten to moisten dryness". In the Yellow River valley of China, the autumn climate becomes sunny and dry, and it is advocated that it should be wet rather than wet. How to do this? First of all, we should eat less pungent and spicy foods, such as peppers and peppers, and eat more fruits and vegetables, such as wax gourd, radish, zucchini, eggplant, green leafy vegetables, apples and bananas. In addition, Chinese medicine also believes that autumn belongs to harmony and everything converges, so it advocates "eating spicy food to disperse". Is to avoid the accumulation of all kinds of damp and hot gas. Because all spicy foods have the function of emitting, it is recommended to eat some spicy foods such as celery.
As the weather turns from hot to cold in autumn, the physiological metabolism of human body changes to adapt to this change. Pay special attention to the diet not to be too cold, so as not to cause gastrointestinal indigestion and various digestive tract diseases. Therefore, the proposition that "autumn should be warm" is put forward, that is to say, in autumn, we should avoid eating cold food and eat more warm food.
In autumn, the weather is getting colder and colder, and people's mouth, nose, skin and other parts often appear different degrees of dryness. Therefore, we should eat some foods that produce saliva and moisten dryness, and eat less spicy and fried foods. Foods suitable for autumn consumption are: lily: clearing the heart and calming the nerves, eliminating fatigue, moistening dryness and relieving cough; Yam: It is characterized by neither heat nor dryness, and is suitable for men, women and children, healthy and weak. Lotus root: raw lotus root can clear away heat, promote fluid production and quench thirst, while cooked lotus root can strengthen the spleen and stimulate appetite. Therefore, there is a saying that "lotus root should be cooked in summer and autumn, raw food should be fresh and tender, and cooked food should be old and strong"; Chestnut: it has the functions of strengthening spleen and stomach, tonifying kidney and strengthening bones; Walnut: it can warm the lungs and relieve asthma, but also replenish qi and nourish blood, moisten dryness and moisten intestines; Peanut: When peanuts are ripe in late autumn, it is advisable to use raw flowers or broken flowers to make soup or cook, and it is not advisable to fry them. Jujube: Eating jujube in autumn is beneficial to lung and qi. If it can be stewed with tremella, lily and yam, the effect will be better. In addition, pears, water chestnuts, jellyfish, carrots, shepherd's purse, Pleurotus ostreatus, kelp, tomatoes and rabbit meat are also suitable for autumn consumption, while Astragalus, Ginseng, Adenophora adenophora, Lycium barbarum and Polygonum Multiflori are suitable for tonic. The main climate characteristics of autumn are dryness, lack of water in air and human body. However, drinking boiled water alone cannot completely resist the negative effects brought by autumn dryness. In ancient China, there was a good diet to deal with autumn dryness: "Salt water in the morning and honey soup at night." In other words, drinking boiled water is easy to lose water. If you add a little salt to boiled water, it is not so easy to lose water. Drinking salt water during the day and honey water at night is not only a good way to replenish human body's water, but also a good diet for health preservation and anti-aging in autumn. At the same time, it can also prevent constipation caused by autumn dryness, which really kills two birds with one stone.
Honey is a gift from nature. It is rich in nutrients, mainly glucose and fructose, with a content of 70%. In addition, it also contains protein, amino acids, vitamin A, vitamin C and vitamin D, etc. Honey has the functions of strengthening physique, improving intelligence, increasing hemoglobin and improving myocardium, and can prolong life if taken for a long time. Modern medicine has proved that honey is effective for neurasthenia, hypertension, coronary arteriosclerosis and lung disease. Taking honey regularly in autumn is not only beneficial to the recovery of these diseases, but also can prevent the injury of autumn dryness to the human body, and play a role in moistening and nourishing the lungs, thus making people healthy and live longer.
In the dry season in autumn, we should also pay attention not to eat or eat less spicy barbecue foods, such as pepper, pepper, cinnamon, ginger, onion, wine, etc., especially ginger. These foods are hot and lose a lot of water in cooking, so they are easy to get angry after eating. Of course, a small amount of onion, ginger and pepper as seasoning is not a big problem, but don't eat it often, eat more. For example, ginger contains volatile oil, which can accelerate blood circulation, and contains gingerol, which can stimulate gastric juice secretion, excite intestines and promote digestion. Ginger also contains gingerol, which can reduce the occurrence of gallstones. Such a "warning" also appeared in ancient medical books: "Don't eat ginger in autumn within one year; Don't eat ginger at night for one day. " It seems reasonable not to eat or eat less spicy food such as ginger in autumn, which has long attracted the attention of the ancients.
Autumn is the season when people are most likely to get fat. This is because after beginning of autumn, the weather is getting colder, people's appetite is getting bigger, and it is much more comfortable to rest at night. In leisure time, a tired body would rather rest quietly than take part in activities that consume a lot of physical strength. In this way, most of the calories consumed by the human body every day exceed the calories consumed, which makes the fat accumulate bit by bit. If you don't adjust, people will gain a lot of weight after autumn and winter. Year after year, people will soon get fat. What's more, obesity not only hinders people's physical beauty, but also brings "civilized diseases" such as high blood pressure, coronary heart disease and cerebral arteriosclerosis, which must not be "indulged".
There is a saying in the poem: "Autumn is crisp" and "It's already cold but not cold". People take advantage of this lukewarm climate to take tonics and keep fit for the winter. Therefore, there is a saying in Xiamen that "it is better to make up for the first frost" and "make up for the double ninth festival" before "make up for the first frost". Autumn is more important than winter.
The ancients used the word "sheep" instead of "auspicious", saying that "sheep" and "yang" were homophonic, and there were folk food customs such as "three sheep opening Thailand", "stewed mutton" and "stewed sheep's head", which were often seasoned with ginger and jujube, and could be eaten by men, women and children. As the saying goes, "eat the brain to replenish the brain", and eating boiled sheep's head is helpful to treat diseases such as "head wind". In addition, "four treasures" and "eight treasures" are added to make stewed mutton, and there are records of adjuvant treatment of lung disease and malaria in Chinese medicine books. Chestnuts have the reputation of "king of dried fruits". Steamed chestnut cake in autumn has the effects of tonifying kidney, strengthening tendons, strengthening spleen and nourishing stomach.
Chestnut porridge can replenish qi, be steamed and fried separately, and be eaten without skin, which not only tastes good, but also has high nutritional value. The first frost is the last solar term in autumn, followed by "beginning of winter". As the saying goes, "it is better to make up the first frost than the winter." Qiubu eats both mutton and rabbit meat.
As a fashionable food, fruit is well known. But fruits can also be used as a supplement, such as pears and persimmons in autumn.
In addition to not freezing in autumn, the core problem for the elderly is the choice and collocation of diet, which has the following aspects:
Daily breakfast in cold and hot weather, porridge cooked with warm food, such as jujube, dried ginger, walnut kernel, sweet almond and grape. You can also eat soybean milk, Hu spicy soup, mutton soup, vinegar cabbage, sugar and garlic, etc.
Eliminating dampness and expelling wind In case of rainy and humid weather or wet body in loose stool, we should increase the diet for dispelling wind and removing dampness, such as rice, lentils, adzuki beans, coix seed, lotus seeds, chestnuts, onions, ginger, pepper, fennel, clove and pepper.
Moisturizing and nourishing yin When the weather is dry or dry, you should choose a diet that moistens and nourishes yin. This diet can enhance immunity, and you can choose whole wheat flour, wheat kernels, bean sprouts, soybean milk, peanuts, sesame seeds, sweet potatoes, yams, pumpkins, radishes, Chinese cabbage, lotus seeds, lilies, fungus, pears, apples, grapes, medlar, jujube, sweet almonds and so on.
Convergence of yang can be restrained by properly adding sour food such as hawthorn, Schisandra chinensis and persimmon vinegar in the diet. If the weather is not cold and you don't catch a cold, you should use as little or no food as possible to relieve sweating, such as green onions, ginger, peppers and mustard greens.
Harmony of five flavors is one of the eight cornerstones of health, and the following relations should be paid attention to: spicy taste and sour taste or bitter taste restrict each other; Sweetness and salty or sour taste restrict each other; Salty taste and bitter taste or sweet taste are mutually restricted. The above summary can be summarized as follows: (1) cold protection and warm air exhaust; Moisten dryness, nourish yin and increase righteousness; Cooling, relieving summer heat and strengthening yang; Five flavors harmonize less diseases.
Especially in autumn, a transition season from hot summer to cold winter, people's resistance is relatively weak. If you don't pay attention at this time, you will easily get sick. Therefore, eat more foods that can enhance the body's resistance and immunity in autumn. So, let's take a look at some autumn foods we introduced to you.
Seaweed-Seaweed is rich in protein, cellulose, vitamins and minerals. Seaweed is rich in soluble cellophane acid, which can protect human body from radiation damage.
Ginger-Ginger can strengthen the immune system, relieve cough, relieve fever and pain, and effectively inhibit diseases. Ginger is a good antitoxic substance, which can kill bacteria and prevent mildew. It is an effective food for treating colds and influenza.
Fruit-autumn pear is a good autumn fruit, which has a good cough relieving and dryness moistening effect.
Garlic and onion-Garlic and onion can refresh people and enhance human immunity. Garlic can lower cholesterol, and eating garlic and onions often can also make people breathe smoothly.