What to eat in the cold solar terms?

What to eat in winter to keep out the cold?

Professor Li Huiming from Xiangya Hospital of Central South University

As soon as beginning of winter passed, the weather became colder and colder. How to adjust our diet in cold weather? The theory of TCM health preservation tells us that we should eat more warm food to nourish the five internal organs, enhance the body's resistance, cultivate vitality and promote the rise of yang in the body. This can not only make the body stronger, but also play a good role in keeping out the cold.

According to the different nutrients contained in food, winter meals should have the following characteristics:

Eat more staple food, and eat some mutton, quail and sea cucumber properly. Protein, fat and carbohydrates are called thermogenic nutrients. Therefore, the intake of staple food and oil should be appropriately increased in winter to ensure the supply of high-quality protein. Dog meat, mutton, beef, chicken, venison, shrimp, pigeon, quail, sea cucumber and other foods are rich in protein and fat, generating a lot of calories. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that tonifying kidney and strengthening yang, warming the middle and lower temperature, benefiting qi and generating blood, and keeping out the cold have the best effect.

Fear of cold is related to calcium deficiency and iron deficiency. People's fear of cold is related to their lack of intake of certain minerals. For example, the content of calcium in human body can directly affect the elasticity and excitability of myocardium, blood vessels and muscles; Iron deficiency in blood is an important cause of iron deficiency anemia, which is often characterized by low fever and hypothermia. Therefore, supplementing foods rich in calcium and iron can improve the body's ability to keep out the cold. Calcium-containing foods mainly include milk, bean products, kelp, seaweed, shells, oysters, sardines, shrimp and so on. Iron-containing foods are mainly animal blood, egg yolk, pig liver, soybeans, sesame seeds, black fungus and red dates.

Kelp and laver can promote the secretion of thyroxine and generate heat. There is a thyroid secretion called thyroxine, which can accelerate the oxidation of many tissues and cells in the body, increase the body's heat production capacity, enhance the basal metabolic rate, accelerate the blood circulation of the skin, and keep out the cold, while foods containing iodine can promote the secretion of thyroxine. Foods rich in iodine are: kelp, seaweed, Nostoc flagelliforme, jellyfish, spinach, Chinese cabbage, corn and so on.

Animal liver and carrots can increase cold resistance. The cold climate causes obvious changes in human vitamin metabolism. Increasing the intake of vitamin A and vitamin C can enhance the cold tolerance and adaptability to cold, which has a good protective effect on blood vessels. Vitamin A mainly comes from animal liver, carrots and dark green vegetables, while vitamin C mainly comes from fresh fruits and vegetables.

Sesame seeds and sunflower seeds can provide essential elements for cold resistance. Cold weather will increase the demand for methionine. Methionine can provide a series of methyl groups necessary to adapt to cold through transfer. So eat more food containing methionine in winter. Such as sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, dairy products, yeast, leafy vegetables and so on.

Eating spicy food can drive away the cold. Pepper contains capsaicin, ginger contains aromatic volatile oil and pepper contains piperine. They are all spicy. Eating more in winter can not only increase appetite, but also promote blood circulation and improve cold resistance.

In addition, avoid eating or eat less sticky and cold food in winter, because this kind of food is yin, which is easy to damage the yang of the spleen and stomach. ▲

Editor's note: The weather is getting colder and colder, and many old people and people with weak constitution will feel a little uncomfortable. Nutritionists tell us that the main point of winter diet is to improve the ability to keep out the cold and resist diseases. So, what can we eat to achieve this goal? This edition introduces you from four aspects.

Global Times Life Weekly (edition 16165438+1October 23rd, 2004)

What to eat in winter?

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In winter, if people want to adapt to this environment, they can cook some warm food to supplement heat energy and improve their body's ability to keep out the cold.

The following foods are available:

Beef: It is sweet and has the effects of invigorating stomach and spleen, invigorating qi and blood, tonifying kidney and strengthening yang, and strengthening bones and muscles. Especially suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach and loose stools, especially those who are weak and afraid of cold.

Mutton: It is a high-protein and low-cholesterol food with high sweetness, warmth and calories. It is especially suitable for patients with tuberculosis, anemia, postpartum deficiency of both qi and blood, and deficiency-cold syndrome to eat in winter. There is a saying in Chinese medicine that "ginseng supplements qi and mutton supplements shape".

Rabbit meat: its nature is sweet and cool, which can replenish middle energizer, replenish qi, cool blood and detoxify. It is a food with high protein and low fat, and its cholesterol content is lower than that of all meats. It is suitable for patients with heart disease and hypertension, and is also an ideal food for middle-aged people in winter.

Ginger: Warm and pungent in nature, it has the effects of relieving exterior syndrome, dispelling cold, invigorating stomach, warming meridians and promoting blood circulation. Modern medicine has proved that ginger contains many volatile substances, such as gingerol and gingerol, which can stimulate the heart and blood vessels, cause vasodilation and central nervous system excitement, and make the whole body feel warm. Ginger also contains a variety of nutrients, known as the proverb "Eat three slices of ginger in the morning, like drinking ginseng soup".

Chestnut: Chestnut has high sugar content and lipase, which has the function of keeping out the cold. 15 chestnuts, peeled and cooked with glutinous rice, are suitable for people with kidney cold and kidney deficiency and soreness of waist and knees, which can increase the calories needed by human body and increase the cold-proof effect.

Radish: There is a folk saying that "there are few ginseng in winter", but radish is also very nutritious. Especially in winter, when there is little rain and the climate is dry, people will feel dry throat and nose, dry skin, dry cough and little phlegm. Radish can be peeled and eaten raw, which can moisten dryness and relieve cough. Therefore, it has the reputation of "radish and Sydney".

Shrimp, shrimp skin: it is wet and sweet, and has the effect of tonifying kidney and strengthening yang. It is suitable for people who are afraid of cold due to weak kidney yang and weak in winter.

Oranges: They are warm and sweet, and contain various nutrients, especially vitamins C and D, which are of great benefit to strengthening yang, benefiting qi and regulating human metabolism. Orange peel also contains volatile oil, which has the effects of invigorating stomach, dispelling wind and resolving phlegm, and can be drunk with white sugar soaked in water as tea. Compendium of Materia Medica says: "Oranges, those who are sweet moisten the lungs, and those who are sour gather phlegm. Quench thirst, appetize, and get rid of the qi in your chest. "