Dietary principles in cold winter
Eat more staple food, and eat some mutton, quail and sea cucumber properly. Protein, fat and carbohydrates are called thermogenic nutrients. Therefore, the intake of staple food and oil should be appropriately increased in winter to ensure the supply of high-quality protein. Dog meat, mutton, beef, chicken, venison, shrimp, pigeon, quail, sea cucumber and other foods are rich in protein and fat, generating a lot of calories. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that tonifying kidney and strengthening yang, warming the middle and lower temperature, benefiting qi and generating blood, and keeping out the cold have the best effect.
Fear of cold is related to calcium deficiency and iron deficiency. People's fear of cold is related to their lack of intake of certain minerals. For example, the content of calcium in human body can directly affect the elasticity and excitability of myocardium, blood vessels and muscles; Iron deficiency in blood leads to iron deficiency anemia, which is often characterized by low heat production and low body temperature. Therefore, supplementing foods rich in calcium and iron can improve the body's ability to keep out the cold. Calcium-containing foods mainly include milk, bean products, kelp, seaweed, shells, oysters, sardines, shrimp and so on. Iron-containing foods are mainly animal blood, egg yolk, pig liver, soybeans, sesame seeds, black fungus and red dates.
In addition, there are three kinds of food suitable for eating in the twelfth lunar month.
Eat more than three kinds of food in cold winter.
Winter melon lowers blood sugar. Wax gourd contains a lot of dietary fiber, which helps to lower blood sugar, cholesterol and blood lipid. Wax gourd is high in potassium salt and low in sodium salt, which is also a good diet therapy for patients with hypertension.
Winter jujube improves human immunity. The nutritional value of winter jujube is the highest among all fruits, and it is known as the "king of all fruits". Winter jujube contains aspartic acid, threonine, serine and other 19 kinds of essential amino acids, especially vitamin C, which can improve human immunity and prevent colds. In addition, it is also rich in sugar and cyclic adenosine monophosphate, which can reduce the damage of various chemicals to the liver and effectively protect the liver.
Dongteng nourishes blood and moistens dryness. It can nourish blood and moisten dryness, not only refreshing, but also clearing away heat and lowering qi, tonifying lung and benefiting stomach. Sugarcane contains a large number of essential trace elements such as iron, calcium, phosphorus, manganese and zinc, among which the iron content is particularly high, and it is known as "blood-enriching fruit". After winter, many office workers often feel dizzy and sleepy, and their reaction ability decreases. Eating some sugar cane is of great benefit at this time.
Eat more of the above food.