The arrival of Xiaohan indicates that the earth has entered the coldest season. Therefore, in addition to the best efforts in keeping warm, it is more important to pay attention to health preservation. So what do you need to pay attention to during the cold season? What are the six precautions of diet in light cold season? Let's have a look with Xiaobian
Xiaohan health preservation knowledge of 24 solar terms
1. Daily work and rest
In the light cold season, the climate is cold, so we need to strengthen physical exercise, improve physical quality and enhance resistance. However, we should pay attention to the ways and methods of exercise. We can participate in indoor fitness activities 2 ~ 3 times a week, such as swimming, tennis, bowling, etc. In daily life, we should often take a walk, jog, do exercises, etc. In addition, pay attention to indoor ventilation and keep warm when going out to prevent respiratory diseases.
2. Mental recuperation
When the cold air is shrouded in winter, at this time, we should focus on convergence and sealing, so as to protect the Yang of the human body, so that it can be closed and raised without being disturbed, and its air is not exposed, so as to nourish energy and store energy. Therefore, we should keep a happy mood, not too happy or too sad, and be peaceful.
3. Key points of health preservation
'cold is Yin evil, which is easy to hurt Yang Qi'. The Yang Qi of the human body comes from the kidney. It is the first time to nourish the kidney in the cold winter. In addition, the cold weather can easily lead to gastrointestinal dysfunction, so Xiaohan health preservation should pay attention to nourishing the kidney and protecting the stomach.
4. Dressing assistant
After the slight cold, it is about to enter the 'three or nine days'. When dealing with the severe cold, people first think of adding clothes, but they often wear very thick and ignore the cold protection of the head, and even regard the hat as an insignificant thing. In severe winter, pay special attention to the warmth of the head.
5. Diet and recuperation
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that cold is Yin evil, and the coldest solar term is also the peak period of Yin evil. From the perspective of diet and health preservation, we should pay special attention to eating more warm food in our daily diet to supplement our body and prevent the invasion of cold climate. Commonly used tonics include ginseng, Astragalus membranaceus, donkey hide gelatin, Cordyceps sinensis, Shouwu, medlar, Angelica sinensis, etc; Food tonic should choose mutton, dog meat, pork, chicken, duck, eel, turtle, Spanish mackerel and shrimp according to the partial prosperity and decline of yin and Yang Qi and blood and the nature of food. Other foods such as walnut kernel, jujube, longan meat, sesame, yam, lotus seed, Lily and chestnut can be eaten more appropriately. The above foods have the effects of Tonifying the spleen and stomach, warming the kidney yang, strengthening the spleen and resolving phlegm, relieving cough and tonifying the lung. Of course, those who are hot, solid and easy to get angry should pay attention to slow tonic and eat less spicy.
6 precautions for diet in light cold season:
1. It mainly strengthens the spleen, replenishes the liver and clears the lung. Should eat hawthorn, grapefruit, pomegranate, apple and other sweet and sour fruits, accelerate gastrointestinal peristalsis, nourish yin and moisten dryness;
2. Supplement inorganic salts appropriately. Medical research shows that people's fear of cold is closely related to the lack of inorganic salts in their diet. Experts suggest that more vegetables with roots should be ingested in winter, such as carrots, lilies, potato, lotus root, green vegetables and Chinese cabbage, because the roots of vegetables contain more inorganic salts. The content of calcium in human body can directly affect the elasticity and excitability of human myocardium, blood vessels and muscles. Calcium supplementation can improve the body's cold resistance. Foods containing more calcium include: shrimp skin, oysters, peanuts, clams, milk, etc.
3. Pay attention to the accessories when eating hot pot. When eating hot pot spicy meals, it is accompanied by moisturizing non fire accessories, such as radish, tofu and cabbage, so as to achieve the purpose of moisturizing and preventing fire.
4. Add more heat source food. More thermogenic nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fat and protein, should be supplemented in the diet to improve the body's tolerance to low temperature. In particular, consider supplementing foods rich in protein, such as lean meat, chicken and duck meat, eggs, fish, milk, beans and their products.
5. Supplement more foods containing methionine. Methionine can provide a series of methyl groups necessary for cold tolerance through transfer. The cold climate increases the excretion of creatine in human urine and accelerates fat metabolism. Methyl is required for the synthesis of creatine, fatty acid and phospholipid to oxidize and release heat in mitochondria. Therefore, we should eat more foods containing methionine in winter, such as sesame, sunflower seeds, yeast, dairy products and leaf vegetables.
6. Eat more foods containing VB2, VA and VC. The cold climate strengthens the oxidation function of the human body, and the vitamin metabolism of the body has also changed significantly. Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) should be supplemented in time in the diet to prevent the occurrence of angular stomatitis, cheilitis, glossitis and other diseases.