Cold dew and solar term diet

In September, the dew is cold and will condense. In the cold dew season, the climate will change from cold to cold. People with weak constitution must pay attention to adding clothes or changing to indoor exercise when exercising in the morning and evening. Try to avoid eating "cold" ingredients in the diet, such as cool fruits, cool vegetables, shellfish, seafood and so on. In addition, due to the dry climate, the body is short of water, and at the same time, it is necessary to eat less spicy and stimulating food.

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Fruits are usually cold. Some fruits in summer, such as watermelon, melon and strawberry, are not suitable for excessive consumption in this season. Some vegetables that can be eaten raw, such as cucumber and lettuce, are best cooked by heating before eating. Some cold fruits in autumn, such as pears, hawthorn and grapefruit, can also be eaten by steaming, boiling and making soup.

Cold vegetables

Generally speaking, "bitter and sour" vegetables are cool, such as bitter gourd, dandelion, bamboo shoots, cauliflower and Nostoc flagelliforme. And it is not a seasonal vegetable. It is recommended to eat less after cold dew.

Shellfish seafood

Shellfish seafood, such as flower shells, scallops, snails, etc. They are all cold ingredients and are not suitable for eating more. Late autumn is also the time to eat crabs, but it should be noted that crabs are also very cold ingredients. Although they are extremely delicious, don't eat too much. When eating crabs, you can match yellow wine and ginger tea to offset the coldness.

Eat more "three warms"

It's cold, so it's natural to eat something that can warm and nourish your body, resist the cold from the inside out, eat more warm food for breakfast, and it's best to drink some hot porridge. You can cook porridge with yam, red dates, rehmannia glutinosa and sugar cane, which is nutritious and warm.

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Ginger can dispel cold, belonging to warm food, and its irritation is not particularly great, because ginger contains gingerol, gingerol and other physiologically active substances, which can promote digestion, warm the middle warmer and dispel cold. If you pay attention to hydration, it is better to eat a few slices of ginger every day.

mutton

Mutton is called "autumn and winter tonic". Its meat is fresh and tender, and its nutritional value is high. Mutton tastes sweet but not greasy, warm but not dry. It can warm middle warmer, dispel cold and warm qi and blood. Not only delicious, but also nourishing the body, killing two birds with one stone.

honey

In addition to "cold", the cold dew solar terms also have an obvious feature of "dryness", which is often called "autumn dryness". In ancient China, there was a good way to deal with autumn dryness: "Salt water in the morning and honey soup at night." Honey is called "a gift from God". It is not only a good medicine, but also an excellent drink. Honey not only contains fructose and glucose, but also contains natural active enzymes. Eating honey regularly is of great benefit to health.