Mutton is a very common food, many people like to eat mutton, especially in winter, because eating mutton in winter can keep the cold and warm the stomach, so many people like to eat mutton in winter. So what are the benefits of eating mutton for men? Can mutton nourish the kidney and strengthen Yang?
What are the advantages of mutton for men
Mutton can keep out cold
Many people choose to eat mutton in winter because it has the effect of expelling cold. Mutton is warm and sweet in taste, and enters kidney, spleen, stomach and heart meridian. It can warm the kidney, replenish blood and Qi, and is suitable for people with deficiency of body.
Mutton porridge
The first step is to prepare ingredients, half a jin of fresh mutton, proper amount of Japonica rice, ginger, onion salt, etc. The second step is to treat the ingredients, wash the fresh mutton, chop it (or slice it), cut the ginger (or slice it if you don't like it), and cut the onion. The third step is to cook porridge, wash the japonica rice and put it into the pot, then put ginger, mutton powder and a small amount of cooking wine to remove the smell of mutton. Cook until the soup is thick. The fourth step out of the pot, in the pot before adding salt, onion powder and a proper amount of sesame oil.
Attention and efficacy
Adding a small amount of cooking wine can reduce the mutton smell, but adding salt too early will affect the mutton taste, the fiber will become thick and not easy to rot. And it will reduce the salinity, increase the salt intake, not use health, so we should put salt later, not destroy the iodine in iodized salt. Mutton has the effect of warming and expelling cold, and porridge is made here. Porridge belongs to liquid food, does not harm the gastric mucosa, is easy to digest, and helps to protect the gastrointestinal tract. This porridge is also suitable for women suffering from palace cold and dysmenorrhea.
What are the taboos for men to eat mutton
1. Not with vinegar
Sour vinegar has astringent effect, which is not conducive to the growth of Yang Qi in the body. Eating it with mutton will greatly reduce its warming effect.
2. Avoid eating with watermelon
Eating watermelon after mutton is easy to 'damage vitality'. This is because mutton tastes sweet and hot, while watermelon is cold, which is raw and cold. After eating, it not only greatly reduces the warming effect of mutton, but also hinders the spleen and stomach.
3. Avoid eating with tea
Tea is the key to mutton. This is because the protein content of mutton is rich, while the tea contains more tannic acid. Drinking tea when eating mutton will produce tannic acid protein, weaken the peristalsis of intestine, reduce the water content of stool, and then induce constipation.
4. Not with pumpkin
There are records in ancient Chinese medicine that mutton should not be eaten with pumpkin. This is mainly because mutton and pumpkin are warm food. If they are eaten together, they are easy to 'catch fire'. In the same way, when cooking mutton, you should also put less chilli, pepper, ginger, clove, fennel and other hot and spicy condiments.