Everything recovers in spring, and the human body's metabolism is gradually flourishing. At this time, only by maintaining the physiological mechanism of liver exuberance can we adapt to the exuberant changes in nature.

Dietary principles in spring

In early spring, the temperature is still relatively cold. In order to keep out the cold, the human body needs to consume some energy to maintain the basal body temperature. Therefore, the nutrients in early spring should be mainly high in calories. In addition to cereal products, you should also choose foods such as soybeans, sesame seeds, peanuts and walnuts to supplement energy substances in time. Because the cold stimulation will accelerate the decomposition of protein in the body, leading to the decline of the body's resistance, it is necessary to supplement high-quality protein foods such as eggs, fish, shrimp, beef, chicken, rabbit meat and bean products in early spring. These foods are rich in methionine, which can enhance the cold resistance of human body.

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 multiply in large numbers, and their vitality is enhanced, which is easy to invade the human body and cause diseases. Therefore, we should take enough vitamins and inorganic salts in our diet. 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 strengthen epithelial cells of upper respiratory mucosa and respiratory organs, thus resisting 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, blue cabbage and cauliflower.

Motherland medicine also believes that "spring should be sour and sweet to nourish the temper." This is because when the liver qi is strong in spring, it will affect the spleen, so it is easy to appear spleen and stomach weakness in spring. Moreover, eating more sour food will make the liver function high, so the spring diet should be nursed back to health, and it is advisable to choose warm products and avoid spicy. Diet should be light and delicious, avoid greasy, cold and irritating food.

Pay attention to comprehensive nutrition

Everything recovers in spring, and the human body's metabolism is gradually flourishing. At this time, only by maintaining the physiological mechanism of liver exuberance can we adapt to the exuberant changes in nature. In spring, we should eat more foods rich in protein and vitamins, eat less animal fat foods, and eat on time. When the digestive function is poor, we should eat less and eat more meals to ensure the intake of nutrients. Fresh fruit is good for health. Chicken liver is sweet and warm, and can nourish blood and liver. It is a good food for nourishing the liver, which has stronger liver nourishing effect than other animals' livers and can warm the stomach. If vinegar is the first choice to nourish the liver, vinegar tastes sour and enters the liver, which has the effect of calming the liver, removing blood stasis and detoxifying.

In early spring, the cold is strong, and liver yang is difficult to occur. If you can drink a little wine, you can use its promoting effect to make the Yang Qi of the liver rise.

Duck blood is mild and nutritious. It can nourish liver blood and treat anemia. It is one of the best foods to protect the liver.

Spinach has the functions of nourishing yin and moistening dryness, soothing the liver and nourishing blood. If animal blood is added to the soup, it can treat liver-qi discomfort.

In spring, the weather is changeable and humid, and people tend to become tired and sleepy, and are more prone to respiratory diseases, gastrointestinal discomfort and skin diseases. Therefore, it is the best policy to eat more light food, more fruits and vegetables, more water to clear the stomach and less fried food.

Drink more dampness-removing soup, such as lentils, red beans, kudzu root soup, etc. Eat more fruits rich in seed element C to prevent colds. You can also eat spicy food in moderation, such as drinking Chili pork tripe soup, which can increase your appetite; Don't eat greasy food such as glutinous rice, so as not to increase the burden on the stomach. If you are good to your skin, don't eat food containing heat poison, such as beef, shrimp and crab. Drinking carrot and horse body bamboo cane soup can clear away heat and detoxify. Drinking rose tea is beautiful and has a soothing effect on the liver. A year's plan lies in spring, and going out to eat "eat and drink by yourself" is a sign of cherishing yourself.

After the winter's dormancy, the spring breeze begins to fall, the spring day blends, and everything begins to sprout and gradually flourish, which is a good season to relax. First, the spirit of recuperation: spring is sunny, and the spirit should be relaxed. Being broad-minded, optimistic and uplifting, abstaining from depression and anger, and watching willows cultivate temperament during holidays will make qi and blood smooth and energetic. 2. Exercise: In spring, the yang is rising, the weather is sunny, and there are many negative oxygen ions in the air near the Woods and rivers, which is very beneficial to the human body. People should try to go to these places for activities. In the case of adequate sleep, we should also insist on physical exercise and participate in appropriate physical labor to stretch our bones and muscles, dredge our qi and blood, and enhance our immunity and disease resistance. In spring, people often suffer from "spring sleepiness", which is manifested as listlessness, drowsiness and lethargy. It can be eliminated by exercise, and it is absolutely forbidden to oversleep, because Chinese medicine believes that "long lying down hurts the gas." Long-term sleep will lead to slow metabolism, poor blood circulation, stiff bones and muscles, fat accumulation, decreased absorption and oxygen carrying function, and toxins can not be excreted in time, leading to physical weakness and patient breeding. People can choose suitable outdoor activities according to their age and physical condition, such as Tai Ji Chuan, jogging, flying kites and spring outing. 3. Disease prevention and health care: In spring, viruses and other microorganisms multiply and spread rapidly, and diseases such as influenza, pneumonia, bronchitis, scarlet fever, mumps and viral myocarditis are prone to occur. Therefore, we must pay attention to hygiene and drying clothes, remove pests, open windows for ventilation, improve our defense ability, and avoid going to public places when infectious diseases are prevalent. Fourth, wind and cold: spring is suitable for going to bed late and getting up early, doing more outdoor activities, stretching your body and mind, and making your day more energetic. According to the characteristics of warm and cold weather in early spring, clothes cannot be reduced, and winter clothes are taken off too early, which is easy to catch cold and hurt the lungs, causing respiratory diseases. Increase or decrease clothes with the change of temperature. Five ways to maintain health in spring: Adjust diet: Eat more protein, minerals and vitamins in spring. All kinds of yellow-green vegetables, such as lean meat, bean products, eggs, carrots, cauliflower, Chinese cabbage, sweet pepper, spinach and so on. You should also be careful not to overeat cold drinks and other foods too early to avoid hurting your stomach and yang. In spring, you should eat more food that warms and tonifies the yang. Onion, garlic and leek are the best products for benefiting liver and strengthening yang. Spinach should be eaten often, which can soothe the liver and nourish blood. Jujube is flat and sweet, nourishing the liver and strengthening the spleen. You can often eat more in spring. In spring, in addition to protecting the liver, we should pay attention to supplementing trace element selenium, and eat more selenium-rich animals and plants, such as sea fish, shrimp, beef, quail eggs, sesame seeds, almonds, medlar, cowpea and day lily. Thereby improving human immune function and being beneficial to health care.