Winter has begun. What food can you eat to keep warm and cold?

Beginning of winter is the nineteenth of the twenty-four solar terms. The arrival of this solar term also shows that the weather has turned cold and the season has entered winter. At this time, we should not only add clothes to keep warm, but also make a good diet. So what should beginning of winter eat?

1, Chinese cabbage. Winter is the off-season of all kinds of vegetables, but it is the season when Chinese cabbage receives a lot of goods. There is a saying in the north called "beginning of winter cuts cabbage", which means that beginning of winter will eat cabbage in the future. Winter is the off-season of all kinds of vegetables, but it is the season when Chinese cabbage receives a lot of goods. The growth period of Chinese cabbage is about 100 days. Premature growth is not true, and the purpose of bumper harvest cannot be achieved. If it is too late, it will freeze in the ground if the harvest is not timely.

2. Mushrooms. Lentinus edodes contains a variety of vitamins and minerals, more than 50 kinds of enzymes and free amino acids, choline, adenine, ergosterol and lentinan, which has the functions of inhibiting cholesterol synthesis, promoting cholesterol decomposition and excretion, and preventing the increase of blood lipid.

3. Ginger. Ginger is hot and pungent, and has the effects of warming and nourishing, sweating, stopping vomiting, detoxifying and warming the lungs.

4. Mutton. In the cold winter, the yang of the human body is hidden in the body, so the body is prone to cold hands and feet and poor blood circulation. The purpose of winter tonic is to maintain the body's yang, keep the body warm and replenish the body's yin and blood.

Among them, mutton conforms to this tonic principle, so mutton is the best food for winter tonic. After eating the mutton stove in the cold winter, the frozen body immediately warmed up and the cold gradually disappeared.

In terms of diet, we should keep in mind the principle of "reducing salt and increasing bitterness". Winter is the time when the kidney meridian is vigorous, while the kidney is salty and the heart is bitter. From the medical theory of five elements, salty is better than bitter, and kidney water is better than heart fire.