Principle 1: Choose staple food with high calorie in early spring, and pay attention to supplement enough protein.
In early spring, the temperature is still relatively cold, and the human body needs to consume some energy to maintain its cold-proof function.
Therefore, the nutritional structure in early spring should be based on high calories. In addition to cereals, we should also choose soybeans, sesame seeds, peanuts, walnuts and other foods to supplement energy substances in time.
In addition, cold stimulation will accelerate the decomposition of protein in the body, leading to the decline of the body's resistance and disease. Therefore, it is necessary to supplement high-quality protein foods in early spring, such as eggs, fish, shrimp, beef, chicken, rabbit meat and bean products. These foods are rich in methionine, and methionine has the function of enhancing the cold resistance of human body.
Principle 2: appropriately increase the proportion of fruits and vegetables in the diet to get enough vitamins and inorganic salts.
Spring is also the season when the climate changes from cold to warm, and the temperature changes greatly. Bacteria, viruses and other microorganisms begin to relapse, and their vitality is strengthened, which is easy to invade the human body and cause diseases, such as angular stomatitis, glossitis, night blindness and some skin diseases, mostly due to nutritional deficiency caused by eating less fresh fruits and vegetables. Therefore, the proportion of fruits and vegetables should be appropriately increased in the diet to absorb enough vitamins and inorganic salts.
Fresh vegetables such as Chinese cabbage, rape, bell pepper and tomato, and fruits such as citrus and lemon are rich in vitamin C, which has antiviral effect. Yellow-green vegetables such as carrots and amaranth are rich in vitamin A, which can protect and enhance epithelial cells of upper respiratory mucosa and respiratory organs and enhance resistance to various pathogenic factors. Food rich in vitamin E should also be eaten to improve human immune function and enhance the body's disease resistance. This kind of food includes sesame, broccoli, cauliflower and so on.
In addition, from the perspective of scientific diet, the relative intake ratio of nutrients such as protein, carbohydrate and fat should be emphasized in spring, so as to enhance resistance, prevent overeating and avoid liver dysfunction and abnormal bile secretion.
Principle 3: The diet should be light and avoid greasy, cold and irritating food.
In spring, the thick creamy taste in winter should be changed to warm and refreshing. In animal foods, we should eat less high-fat foods such as fat meat, because greasy foods are easy to feel full after eating, and the human body will be tired. Diet should be warm, avoid cold. People with cold stomach can often eat ginger to drive away cold and warm stomach.
Principle 4: Spring diet should be sour and sweet, nourishing temper.
Sun Simiao, a famous doctor in the Tang Dynasty, said: "It is advisable to keep sour and sweeten in spring to nourish the temper." It means that when spring comes, people should eat less sour and more sweet, which has the benefits of strengthening the spleen and stomach.
Spring is a season of vigorous liver qi. According to the theory of five elements in traditional Chinese medicine, liver belongs to wood, spleen belongs to soil, and soil and soil are combined, that is, hyperactivity of liver can hurt spleen and affect its digestive function. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the five flavors enter the five internal organs, the acid enters the liver, and the sweetness reaches the spleen. Therefore, eating more sour food will enhance the function of the liver, make the hyperactive liver qi more vigorous and hurt the spleen and stomach.
In view of this, the diet in spring should be nursed back to health, and it is advisable to choose sweet products and avoid sour taste, mainly to tonify the temper, so you can eat more dates, yams and crispy rice.
Principle 5: a thousand dollars can't buy spring, and it's time to eliminate fat and detoxify.
Throughout the winter, most people are in a dormant state: seclusion, less exercise, and preference for rich food. After a winter, they accumulated a lot of fat and toxins in their bodies. There is an old saying: "a thousand dollars can't buy spring juice", which means "it's just the right time to eliminate fat and detoxify in spring".
It is worth noting that we should not blindly believe in folk detoxification drugs. In fact, simple apples and fresh milk have a very good detoxification effect.
Try drinking a glass of fresh milk and eating an apple in the morning. Mild and beneficial, but also has the effect of detoxification. Other fruits, such as strawberries, cherries and grapes, also have a good detoxification effect. There is also kelp and mung bean soup, because the colloidal components in kelp can promote the discharge of toxic substances in the body, and mung beans are cold and cool, which can clear away heat and detoxify. Therefore, if you drink this soup, the toxins will naturally be discharged with defecation.
Principle 6: Take food supplements according to the individual's physical condition and illness.
Motherland medicine puts forward that "spring health should be supplemented with food." However, according to the characteristics of the gradual increase of human yang in spring, we must choose a flat and clear diet to avoid backfiring. The following kinds of people are most suitable for spring tonic: middle-aged and elderly people with premature aging; People with various chronic diseases and slim figure; Those with backache, dizziness, sallow complexion and listlessness; The climate changes greatly in spring, and it is easy to catch a cold repeatedly after catching a cold; There was a history of asthma attack in spring before, but now there is no author; In summer, there are people with low fever in summer.