As the saying goes: "winter supplements, spring kills tigers; If you don't make up in winter, you will suffer in spring. "This means that winter is the best time for the human body to supplement in the four seasons, and people should use this good time to supplement their bodies. Eating and keeping healthy in winter is the best choice.
The general principle of healthy diet in winter is: 1. Eat a high-calorie diet in moderation to supplement the calories consumed, 2. Increase warm food, enhance the body's cold resistance, 3. Supplement enough vitamins and minerals. In other words, we should not only eat more whole grains in winter, but also pay attention to supplement enough protein, vitamins, minerals and appropriate fatty foods.
According to the traditional health preserving theory, we should eat more warm foods in winter, especially those that can warm and tonify the kidney and yang, so as to enhance the body's ability to keep out the cold. Here are a few methods suitable for winter tonic.
1. Danggui Ginger Mutton Soup: 20 grams of Danggui, 30 grams of ginger, 500 grams of mutton, yellow wine, and appropriate seasoning. Wash mutton, cut into pieces, add angelica, ginger, yellow wine and seasonings, stew for 1 ~ 2 hours, and drink soup. It has the effects of warming middle warmer, invigorating qi, nourishing blood, dispelling cold, and strengthening body constitution, and is suitable for people with blood deficiency and yang deficiency such as mental fatigue, pale complexion, aversion to cold and cold limbs.
2. Lamb Porridge: 1 sheep kidney (or pig kidney), 100g rice, a little seasoning. Cut the sheep kidney, remove the white tendons inside, cut into pieces, wash the rice, add appropriate amount of water and seasoning, and cook for 1 hour. It has the effects of invigorating qi, strengthening yang, replenishing essence and marrow, and is suitable for people with kidney-yang deficiency such as weakness, soreness of waist and knees, fear of cold and sexual dysfunction.
3. Walnut crisp: 50 grams of walnut kernel, 250 grams of flour and a little sugar. Pulverize walnut kernel into powder, mix with flour, add appropriate amount of water, stir well, and bake into pancakes. It has the effects of tonifying kidney to protect against cold, moistening intestine and relaxing bowels, and is suitable for patients with lung and kidney deficiency such as soreness and weakness of waist and legs, cough and asthma due to lung deficiency, and dry stool.