Eating porridge for health has a long history.
The immortal emperor also likes porridge,
Cook rice and water slowly in a pot,
Whole grains seek longevity.
Porridge is the most familiar food in China, and the tradition of drinking porridge goes back to ancient times. Up to the emperor, porridge was advocated, and Daoguang also had a poem praising porridge: "Millet is cooked as porridge beans". Beggars down to ordinary people are begging for porridge in the "porridge shed" of charity. It can be seen that porridge is everywhere in the country. According to legend, Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty got lost in hunting in Luanping and was hungry. Fortunately, he met a farmer in a ravine and enjoyed delicious corn porridge. Later, he introduced corn porridge to the royal chef. Nowadays, porridge is not only for eating, but also for health preservation, which has formed a "porridge culture" in China.
Wang Shixiong, a famous doctor in Qing Dynasty, said in his works that "porridge is the best tonic in the world". "Diet spectrum with disease" is also called "japonica rice is sweet and flat, so it is suitable for cooking porridge. Drinking porridge is the first tonic in the world. " "Book of Rites and Moon Order" says, "provide for the aged ... and make porridge". Li Shizhen, a medical scientist in Ming Dynasty, introduced 62 kinds of medicinal porridge in Compendium of Materia Medica. In the Qing Dynasty, there was a special book "Porridge Spectrum", which included more than 200 kinds of medicated porridge. It can be seen that porridge has a great therapeutic effect and is deeply rooted in people's hearts.
Modern research points out that starch can be converted into dextrin when porridge is cooked with rice, and macromolecules can be decomposed into digestible micromolecules when it is cooked slowly. Porridge contains a variety of enzymes, which can help digestion. Drinking porridge can replenish water, avoid blood viscosity, easily feel full, and help to lose weight.
Cooking porridge is flexible and can be changed at any time, whether for good taste or for health. For example, drink porridge according to the season. Drink "chrysanthemum porridge" in spring. Nourishing liver and detoxifying; Drink "mung bean porridge" in summer to clear away heat and summer heat; Drink "tremella porridge" in autumn to nourish yin and moisten dryness; Suitable for drinking "eight-treasure porridge" in winter to warm the stomach and strengthen the spleen. Drinking porridge is aimed at health care and fitness. Insomnia patients can drink "lily lotus seed porridge" to soothe the nerves and replenish the heart; Those with weak waist and knees drink "Lycium barbarum porridge" to tonify kidney and strengthen bones; Maternal women can drink "millet brown sugar porridge" to nourish blood and strengthen the spleen; People with edema can drink "red bean lotus leaf porridge" to clear away heat and promote diuresis; People with loose stools can drink "jujube glutinous rice porridge" to strengthen the spleen and replenish qi; People who have difficulty urinating can drink "coix seed corn porridge" to benefit water and absorb moisture; Constipated people can drink "yam sweet potato porridge", benefiting qi and relaxing bowels, and so on. Cooking porridge with flowers as raw materials is pure and refreshing, delicious and refreshing. For example, "lily glutinous rice porridge" can clear the heart and soothe the nerves, relieve cough and moisten the lungs; "Osmanthus japonica rice porridge" can awake the spleen, remove blood stasis and disperse blood stasis; "Honeysuckle japonica rice porridge" can be used for wind-heat colds. Red and swollen throat; "Lingxiaohua barley porridge" can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. Nourishing the liver and strengthening the spleen is suitable for patients with liver tumors. If you cook porridge with flowers, you should cook first, and the porridge will be ready before the flowers are planted. Boil the flowers moderately.
The spleen and stomach function of the elderly is weak, and the digestive ability is reduced. In addition, their teeth are loose, their chewing ability is weak, and the secretion of amylase in oral saliva is reduced, which affects the digestion and absorption of food. Porridge is easy to digest and has the function of strengthening the spleen and nourishing the stomach. The effect of promoting fluid production and moistening dryness, so the elderly often drink porridge to prolong life.
Expert tip: The study found that the blood sugar of diabetic patients after eating porridge was significantly higher than that after eating the same amount of dry rice. This is because starch in rice is insoluble in water and heating can promote its dissolution. The longer the heating time, the easier it is to dissolve. The more extensive contact with digestive juice after eating, the easier it is to absorb. In addition, porridge is in a semi-liquid state, and the emptying time of the stomach is relatively short after eating, which may be the reason why porridge has a greater impact on blood sugar than dry rice. So diabetics should control the total amount of porridge.