1, the diet should be light:
In other words, eat more vegetarian food and eat less fat and sweet, commonly known as "rough tea and light rice." In ancient times, porridge was advocated to prolong life. The method is to eat a bowl of porridge owned by the whole people on an empty stomach in the morning.
2, vary from person to person, reasonable collocation:
If the diet is too miscellaneous, the five flavors are too chaotic, and the five flavors interfere with each other, it is easy to affect the transport function of the spleen and stomach and produce lesions. It means that the five flavors are too strong. But you can't be partial to food, that is, you only prefer to eat a few foods you like, which is incomplete. Therefore, the diet should be reasonably matched, and all kinds of tertiary foods should be continuously ingested.
Food should not be monotonous and partial eclipse. Chinese medicine believes that food has five different flavors: pungent, sweet, sour, bitter and salty. Five flavors have their affinity for the five internal organs of human body. "The taste of the valley is sour, take the liver first; The taste of the valley is bitter, so go first; Gluten, spleen first; Gu Weixin, go to the lungs first; Gu Xian, go to the kidney first. " Therefore, only by harmonizing the five flavors can the bones be healthy and tender, the qi and blood flow, the dense management and the functions of the five internal organs be coordinated and balanced. If you prefer a certain flavor, if you eat too much or too long, it will accumulate in your body, leading to visceral dysfunction and illness.
Second, the amount of food.
For the amount of diet, the understanding of ancient and modern is basically the same. Everyone should emphasize eating less and opposing overeating, and demand a certain moderation and regularity.
Traditional Chinese medicine health care emphasizes that diet must be regular and regular. It means "food can be eaten in time, but there is no disaster in the body." The eating habits of China people are generally three meals a day, with breakfast at around 7 o'clock, lunch 12 o'clock and dinner at around 6 o'clock. This is more in line with the requirements of good health. Because the mixed food stays in the stomach for 4-5 hours, it will take some time for the digestive organs to recover their functions.
Third, diet cooking.
Cooking has a long history in China. Proper cooking can prevent the loss of nutrients in intensive cultivation, enhance trade desire, promote digestion and absorption in the stomach, and be beneficial to health and longevity.
1, the diet should be hot and soft:
The ancients once pointed out: "The food of the elderly should generally be warm, cooked and soft, and should not be sticky or cold." This is because people's spleen and stomach like warm and hate cold, and a warm and cooked diet is easy to digest, so the elderly should pay special attention to this.
2. Proper cooking should not be excessive:
Our country has accumulated rich cooking experience for a long time, and it is emphasized that we should keep the authenticity and taste of food, that is, the natural fragrance of food, in order to enhance its strength of invigorating qi, nourishing essence and nourishing people.
4. Four Seasons Diet
Four-season diet adjustment is to adjust your diet appropriately according to the changes of the four seasons.