The beginning of winter solar term is about to enter. The beginning of winter solar term is the first solar term in winter. Chinese people start winter with the beginning of winter. During the beginning of winter, it is necessary to supplement the food customs to spend the severe winter. So what should I eat for health preservation at the beginning of winter? What should we pay attention to in the beginning of winter? This article brings you the introduction of Lidong health food and precautions. Let's have a look. What does Lidong health care eat
1. Eat more staple foods and eat mutton, quail and sea cucumber appropriately
Proteins, fats and carbohydrates are called thermogenic nutrients. Therefore, in winter, we should appropriately increase the intake of staple food and oil 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, produce more calories, and have the best effect against the cold.
The temperature drops suddenly, and some parts of the body are particularly sensitive to the cold. Special attention should be paid to keeping warm.
2. Kelp and laver can promote thyroxine secretion
Human thyroid secretion is called thyroxine, which can accelerate the oxidation of many tissues and cells in the body, increase the heat production capacity of the body, enhance the basic metabolic rate, accelerate skin blood circulation, resist cold and keep warm, and iodine containing food can promote thyroxine secretion. Iodine rich foods are: kelp, laver, Nostoc flagelliforme, jellyfish, spinach, Chinese cabbage, corn, etc.
3. Animal liver and carrot can increase cold resistance
The cold climate makes the human vitamin metabolism change obviously. Increasing intake of vitamin A and vitamin C can enhance cold tolerance and adaptability to cold, and have 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 and sunflower seeds can provide essential elements for human cold resistance:
Cold weather increases people's demand for methionine. Methionine can provide a series of methyl groups necessary to adapt to cold through transfer. Therefore, we should eat more foods containing methionine in winter. Such as sesame, sunflower seeds, dairy products, yeast, leaf vegetables, etc.
4. Nourishing principle
From the beginning of winter. The cold climate affects the endocrine system of the human body to increase the body's ability to resist the cold, resulting in excessive heat loss of the human body. Therefore, the nutrition at the beginning of winter should mainly increase heat energy. You can eat more lean meat, eggs, fish, milk, beans and foods rich in carbohydrates and fat.
In terms of diet and health preservation in winter, traditional Chinese medicine believes that we should eat less salty and more bitter food. The reason is that in winter, when the kidney meridian is strong, the kidney is salty and the heart is bitter. According to the five elements theory of traditional Chinese medicine, salt is better than bitterness, and kidney water overcomes heart fire. If you eat too much salty, it will make the already hyperactive kidney water more hyperactive, so as to weaken the power of heart Yang. Therefore, you should eat more bitter food to help heart Yang. This can resist excessive kidney water. As the four seasons notes said: 'in winter, the kidney water tastes salty, and fear of water conquers fire, so it is appropriate to nourish the heart.'
5. Ancient motto of traditional Chinese Medicine
Diet and recuperation should follow the ancient motto of 'Nourishing Yin in autumn and winter', 'no disturbance to Yang', 'tonifying deficiency and warming cold', and adjust diet with the change of climate in the four seasons. Hu Sihui of the Yuan Dynasty wrote the book "about to drink and eat", which said: "it is cold in winter, so you should eat millet and treat it with heat." In other words, eat less raw and cold, but not dry and hot. It is appropriate to eat some foods that nourish yin and Yang and have higher calories. At the same time, eat more fresh vegetables to avoid vitamin deficiency, such as beef and mutton, black chicken, crucian carp, drink more soybean milk and milk, and eat more radish, green vegetables, tofu, fungus, ginkgo fruit, etc.
It should be noted here that China has a vast territory, different geographical environments and different lifestyles. Both belong to winter, and the climatic conditions in the northwest are very different from those in the southeast coast; In winter, the weather in Northwest China is cold. Tonic should be warm and hot, such as cattle, sheep, dog meat, etc; The south of the Yangtze River has entered winter, but the temperature is much milder than that in the northwest. Tonic should be clear, sweet and warm, such as chicken, duck and fish; Located in the plateau and mountainous area with less rainfall and dry climate, it is appropriate to use fruits and vegetables and rock sugar that are sweet and moist and produce Tianjin.
In addition, it also varies from person to person, because food is divided into grain, meat, fruits and vegetables, people are different from men, women, old and young, and the body (constitution) has the debate between deficiency and reality, cold and heat. In line with the law of human growth and the principle of health preservation of traditional Chinese medicine, young people should be re raised, middle-aged people should be re adjusted, old people should be re protected, and old people should be re extended. Therefore, the "winter tonic" should select Clear tonic, warm tonic, small tonic and large tonic according to the actual situation, and must not blindly "tonic".
What should you pay attention to after the beginning of winter
1. Eat more warm food
As the saying goes: 'food is better than medicine'. Food supplement is particularly important in early winter recuperation. As soon as the beginning of winter arrives, it represents the arrival of early winter, and the temperature difference between morning and evening is relatively large. At this time, in order to maintain a certain amount of heat, the human body must increase the decomposition of sugar, fat and protein in order to produce more energy. Therefore, we must eat more foods rich in sugar, fat, protein and vitamins.
We should eat more vegetables and appropriately increase the intake of animal viscera, lean meat, fish, eggs and other foods. We can also eat more chicken, turtle, mutton, longan, agaric and other foods. These foods not only taste delicious, but also are rich in protein, fat, carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other nutrients, which can not only supplement the calories consumed due to the cold in winter, It can also replenish qi, nourish blood and replenish deficiency, which is especially suitable for weak people.
2. Proper exercise
Outdoor activities can increase heat, regulate metabolism, enhance cerebral cortex excitement and temperature regulation. When exercising, you should pay attention to keep warm and prevent colds. You must not wear thick clothes. It is appropriate to sweat a little to avoid sweating. You should selectively do some items suitable for winter exercise, such as jogging, walking, Taijiquan, sword learning and so on.
3. Adjust emotions
From the beginning of winter to the beginning of spring, it is called 'winter March', which is the coldest season of the year. Although some southern areas are not cold yet, they still need to adapt to natural changes. After winter, daily care should focus on 'raising Tibet'. In terms of emotion, traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes that after winter, emotion should be quiet, less desire and less demand, which can make the spirit retract and is conducive to raising Tibet. Everything withers in winter, which often makes people feel emotional and depressed. The best way to change this bad mood is to participate in more recreational activities, such as dancing, playing chess, painting, practicing calligraphy, enjoying music, etc. in this way, we can eliminate the low mood in winter and cheer up our spirit.
4. Early to bed and early to rise
After the beginning of winter, the sun rises late and sets early. Therefore, we should go to bed early and get up late to ensure adequate sleep. After the beginning of winter, there is a high incidence of colds. The elderly often cause chronic bronchitis, cor pulmonale, heart failure and other diseases, especially for the elderly with some chronic respiratory diseases, which may be fatal. Going to bed early and getting up late can avoid cold attack and prevent colds.