1. Autumn Diet Matching
The weather is getting colder in autumn, and the autumn wind is together; When the rain decreases, the temperature drops and the climate becomes dry, some "autumn dryness" reactions will occur in the human body. At this time, you should eat more light, moist and liver-clearing foods.
Staple food: you can eat some rice, wheat and glutinous rice, and then eat pine nut porridge to prevent lung dryness and cough, intestinal dryness and constipation in autumn; Non-staple food can be fish, beef, black-bone chicken, eggs, bean products, etc. Vegetables can be celery, bean sprouts, radish, wax gourd, tomato, lotus root, spinach, amaranth, cauliflower, carrot, water chestnut, water bamboo, pumpkin, Chinese cabbage, cabbage and so on. The fruit can be apple, pomegranate, grape, mango, grapefruit, lemon, hawthorn, banana, pineapple, pear, pumpkin seed, chestnut, lotus seed, longan, honey and tremella. In terms of drinks, you can eat more soy milk, porridge and milk, drink more water, maintain the balance of water metabolism, and prevent dry skin and the invasion of evil fire.
It is very important to eat enough food in autumn, because it not only supplements the consumption in summer, but also prepares for winter, and you can't eat and drink. To prevent excessive intake of heat energy, reasonable arrangements should be made to achieve a balanced diet. In addition, eat less spicy, fried, barbecue and other foods in the autumn diet, and avoid eating cold and unclean foods to avoid diarrhea.
2. Can autumn eggplant be eaten?
The agricultural proverb once said that "autumn defeats eggplant like poison", but in fact, "autumn defeats eggplant like poison" is a misunderstanding. Eggplant in autumn is non-toxic. As long as it is fresh, the content of protein and calcium is more than 3 times higher than that of tomato, and it is rich in VitP (rutin), with a content of 720mg per 100 grams. It is the main component of western medicine Weinaolutong. Eating eggplant often has a certain therapeutic effect on preventing and treating hypertension, atherosclerosis, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and scurvy. Chinese medicine believes that eggplant can clear fire, which is beneficial to people with dry stool and bleeding hemorrhoids. But when cooking, don't fry it, otherwise it will destroy the nutritional components of eggplant and affect its edible value.
3. Precautions for eating eggplant
1, a large number of raw eggplant is easy to be poisoned.
There is a substance called solanine in eggplant, which has the effects of antioxidation and inhibition of cancer cells, and is one of the sources of eggplant health care; However, it has a strong stimulating effect on the gastrointestinal tract and an anesthetic effect on the respiratory center. If the human body ingests too much, it will be poisoned.
Solanine is basically insoluble in water and cannot be removed by blanching, boiling and other methods. Adding vinegar to cooking helps to destroy and decompose solanine.
The best way to prevent solanine poisoning is naturally to control intake. However, under normal circumstances, eating about 250 grams of eggplant for a meal will not cause any discomfort, so don't be too alarmed.
2, eggplant is suitable for vegetarian dishes.
You can fry, bake, steam, boil, fry, cool and make soup. It is best not to peel eggplant, because eggplant skin contains vitamin B, and vitamin B and vitamin C are good partners.
The metabolism of vitamin C needs vitamin B. Eating eggplant with skin helps to promote the absorption of vitamin C. Eggplant should not be eaten raw to avoid poisoning.
Mashed potatoes are the healthiest way to eat.
Although there are many ways to eat eggplant, most of them are cooked at high temperature and for a long time, which is not only greasy, but also has a great loss of nutrition. The vitamin loss of fried eggplant can reach more than 50%. Of all the ways to eat eggplant, mashed potatoes are the healthiest.
4. Don't eat eggplant with crab meat.
Eggplant and crab meat are both cold foods. Eating together often causes gastrointestinal discomfort, and in severe cases, it can lead to diarrhea, especially for people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold.
5. Choose fresh eggplant during pregnancy.
When choosing eggplant during pregnancy, friends should also choose fresh eggplant. It is best not to choose old eggplant, especially after autumn, which contains more solanine, which is harmful to human body and should not be eaten more.