What to eat in early winter?

1, beginning of winter solar terms in terms of diet, should pay attention to eat less cold, eat more warm food. For example, Chinese cabbage, radish, sweet potato, potato, tofu, fungus and so on. These foods are rich in vitamins and can effectively supplement human needs.

2, in addition, it is advisable to drink warm water in winter, while nourishing yin, it can also moisturize. You can also choose foods that nourish yin, such as Radix Adenophorae, Rhizoma Polygonati Odorati, Lily, Fig, Tremella, Lycium barbarum, Turtle, Siraitia grosvenorii, etc. Make soup or stew.

In the aspect of healthy diet in winter, Chinese medicine believes that we should eat less salty food and suffer more hardships. The reason is that winter is when the kidney meridian is vigorous, and the kidney is salty and bitter. According to the five elements theory of traditional Chinese medicine, saltiness wins bitterness, and kidney water wins heart fire.

4. If you eat too much salty taste, it will make the kidney water that is already high more vigorous, thus weakening the strength of the heart yang, so you should eat more bitter food to help the heart yang. This can resist too much kidney water. For example, "Notes of the Four Seasons" said: "In winter, the kidney is salty, and you are afraid of fire and water, so you should nourish your heart."