The Healthiest Way to Eat the Five Grains for Wellness.

Modern people are increasingly aware of the importance of physical health, and at the same time, whole grains have once again entered the lives of many people. The five grains include soybeans, wheat, rice, millet, sorghum, and other food crops. They play a very important role in our physical health. Let's take a look at the healthiest ways to eat these five grains for wellness:

Brown congee scrapes fat

Brown rice wellness congee

The biggest characteristic of brown rice is that it contains the germ, which is high in vitamins and fiber. Regular consumption can help reduce fat and cholesterol. Brown rice is also rich in zinc, which can improve rough skin.

Brown rice is literally rough rice, with most grains still covered in the rice husk. Brown rice can be bought in general supermarkets. The best brown rice is one that is whole in appearance, with a yellowish-brown or light-brown color and a fragrant aroma. Before making brown rice congee, you need to soak the brown rice for about 30 minutes, then cook it just like regular congee. Brown rice congee can stimulate the secretion of gastric juice, aiding digestion and nutrient absorption. However, diabetics should not drink this plain brown rice congee directly, as it may cause a sudden increase in blood sugar.

Sorghum is suitable for making snacks

Sorghum and glutinous rice balls

Sorghum rice can be a bit coarse when made into congee or rice, but when ground into flour to make snacks, it becomes much more delicate and nutritious. Sorghum rice is most suitable for making a snack called sorghum cakes, which involves grinding sorghum rice into flour, then adding baking powder, sugar, eggs, and a moderate amount of water to mix into a thick batter, kneading it into a dough, flattening the sorghum dough, steaming it, then briefly frying it in oil, and sprinkling with sesame seeds.

Sorghum cakes can be difficult to digest for people with slightly weaker gastrointestinal function. You can try making sorghum porridge, for example, adding a little sorghum when making tremella (silver ear mushroom) porridge or corn porridge, which can add a richer texture to an already nutritious soup.

Cooking Job's tears in soup is the most nourishing

Job's tears stewed pork ribs

Job's tears looks more like a kernel than a grain, so it is also called Job's tears kernel in many places. More people now like to eat Job's tears because its unique growing environment makes it less polluted. It prefers to grow in damp and shady places, and in many areas, it is grown in the mountains or along small rivers.

Plump and full Job's tears are fresh and glutinous, and many people like to eat them, but few know that Job's tears has many health benefits. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, Job's tears can strengthen bones and muscles, invigorate the spleen and stomach, reduce edema, expel rheumatism, and clear lung heat. For women, Job's tears is a very good nourishing food. Its rich vitamin B1 can make the skin smooth and fair, and it can also play a role in preventing uterine cancer.

Job's tears is slightly cold in nature, so it is not suitable for making congee or eating alone. It is very suitable to cook it in soup with some foods that have a warming effect. You can stew it with chicken legs and tomatoes, which is not only easy to digest but also has a very good nourishing effect. Job's tears is not easy to digest, so try not to eat too much, especially for the elderly, children, and people with a cold stomach or gastritis. When eating Job's tears, be sure to eat it in moderation and not excessively.

Buckwheat noodles are best for growing bodies

Oyster sauce and green pepper bitter buckwheat noodles

Buckwheat flour is a grayish-black color, but don't be fooled by its plain appearance, as its nutritional value is very high. Buckwheat has various ways of being eaten, but people are most accustomed to using it to make noodles. The protein in buckwheat is higher than that in rice and flour. Especially for children in their growth period, it is more suitable to eat some buckwheat noodles. The lysine and arginine in them will surprise parents with their children's growth rate and intelligence. However, when parents make buckwheat noodles for their children, there are some points worth noting.

The best pairing for buckwheat noodles is to mix it with minced meat and cucumber in a cold salad. Buckwheat is cool in nature and can easily harm the stomach, so it must be soaked for a long time until soft, which gives a better texture and is easier to digest. Cucumber can make the buckwheat noodles more refreshing and less greasy, and minced lamb is the best choice, as lamb is warm and nourishing to the stomach, making it a great match with buckwheat.

The most suitable people to eat buckwheat are the elderly and children. Occasionally eating buckwheat noodles, the elderly can use it to reduce blood lipids and lower blood pressure. Children in their growth period especially need buckwheat. Although buckwheat noodles are delicious, they are not suitable for breakfast or dinner, as they can easily damage the stomach or be difficult to digest. Each time, you should not eat too much; the principle of moderation is best.

Glutinous rice is most suitable for making fermented rice wine

Fermented rice wine with yam

Glutinous rice can be used to make congee or tangyuan (glutinous rice balls), but the healthiest and most magical way to use it is to make fermented rice wine (jiuniang). Glutinous rice can help digestion and also has a sedative effect, which can relieve fatigue and dizziness. These effects of glutinous rice are more prominent after being made into fermented rice wine, and it is also more convenient to eat, without much restriction on the amount consumed.

We can mix glutinous rice, Job's tears coarse powder, lotus seed coarse powder, yam coarse powder, fox nut, Poria coarse powder, and a moderate amount of fermented rice wine starter. Put the mixed ingredients into a enamel basin, add an appropriate amount of water, steam in a steamer for 1 hour, take it out and let it cool, mix in the fermented rice wine starter, and place the basin in an environment of about 25°C for about 36 to 48 hours, and the ingredients will ferment into fermented rice wine. If you like it sweet, you can add some rock sugar. Fermented rice wine can be taken at noon and in the evening, not only to help digestion, but also to calm the mind and soothe the stomach.

In addition, Job's tears strengthens the spleen and promotes urination, lotus seeds and yam nourish the spleen and benefit the kidneys, and Poria tonifies qi. The various ingredients complement each other, nourishing deficiency and strengthening the body. The resulting fermented rice wine is truly the most nutritious and healthy combination.

Oatmeal eight-treasure rice is good for weight loss

Eight-treasure rice

Oatmeal is usually eaten soaked in milk, but occasionally making eight-treasure rice with oatmeal can better achieve the effects of beautifying the skin and delaying aging. Oatmeal contains a variety of enzymes that not only inhibit the formation of age spots but also delay the aging of human cells, making it the best health food for middle-aged and elderly patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

More importantly, the rich soluble fiber in oatmeal can promote the excretion of bile acids, lower the cholesterol content in the blood, and reduce the intake of high-fat foods. Because soluble fiber absorbs a lot of water, it has a strong satiety effect. Regular consumption has a particularly good effect on weight loss and slimming.

Oatmeal eight-treasure rice is made by mixing oatmeal, black glutinous rice, long glutinous rice, brown rice, white rice, soybeans, black beans, lotus seeds, Job's tears, and red beans, soaking them in water for an hour, and then cooking them until done. Eight-treasure rice has more abundant dietary fiber and carbohydrates, making it suitable to be eaten as a staple food.