The human body must adjust to adapt to the winter climate, which involves winter health preservation. When it comes to health preservation, diet is an essential part. So, the editor will introduce you to 12 foods you must eat in the winter, hoping to help you have a pleasant season.
Steamed Sea Bass
1. Sea Bass
Sea bass is rich in easily digestible protein, fat, vitamin B2, niacin, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, copper, iron, selenium, and more. Traditional Chinese medicine considers sea bass to be warm in nature and sweet in taste, with the effects of strengthening the spleen and stomach, nourishing the liver and kidneys, and relieving coughs and resolving phlegm. In winter, sea bass is plump and delectable, with snow-white flesh and delicate meat, making it the best season to enjoy it.
2. Dog Meat
Dog meat contains more taurine and peptides, with very little fat. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that dog meat is warm in nature and has the effects of replenishing qi and warming the kidneys, helping yang and dispelling cold. It is very effective for lower back pain, aversion to cold, cold limbs, frequent urination at night, and increasing body heat.
3. Black Fungus
Black fungus is rich in trace elements, vitamins B1 and B2, carotene, mannose, pentose, xylose, lecithin, cephalin, calcium, iron, and more. It helps prevent blood clotting, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and constipation. Traditional Chinese medicine considers black fungus to be neutral in nature and sweet in taste, with the effects of replenishing qi, benefiting intelligence, and generating blood. It is effective for anemia, soreness and weakness of the lower back and legs, and numbness of the limbs.
4. Soybean
The nutritional components of soybeans are relatively complete. Its protein is "complete protein" and is high in lysine, which can compensate for the lack of lysine in grains. It can be used as a vegetable or as a staple food, and it is especially beneficial to eat soybeans in winter. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that soybeans are sweet in taste and have the effects of harmonizing the stomach, regulating the middle, strengthening the spleen, and replenishing qi.
5. Shiitake Mushroom
Shiitake mushrooms contain a variety of vitamins and minerals, more than 50 kinds of enzymes and free amino acids, choline, adenine, ergosterol, and lentinan. They can inhibit the synthesis of cholesterol in the body, promote its decomposition and excretion, and prevent blood lipids from rising.
6. Black Bean
Black beans have the highest protein content among all beans, even more than double that of pork leg. The fat it contains is mainly monounsaturated fatty acids and polyunsaturated fatty acids, of which 50% are essential fatty acids needed by the human body. It also contains lecithin, daidzein, and biotin. Therefore, eating black beans does not cause high blood lipids and has the effect of lowering cholesterol. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that black beans are neutral in nature and sweet in taste, with the function of moistening the intestines and nourishing the blood.
Candied Hawthorn Berries
7. Hawthorn
Modern medicine believes that hawthorn has the effect of strengthening the stomach and aiding digestion. Hawthorn also contains lipase, which can promote fat decomposition. The various organic acids it contains can increase the activity of protease, which helps to lower blood pressure, lower lipids, and assist in the treatment of secondary obesity.
8. Honey
Collected from the essence of a hundred flowers, it is known as a "holy medicine for female beauty." Regular consumption of honey can make one's face "rosy like a peach blossom." In winter, the skin is dry, lacking in water and oil. Honey is rich in various biologically active substances that can improve the nutrition of the skin and keep it delicate and smooth. Especially, honey contains 47 trace elements, such as zinc, iron, calcium, magnesium, and potassium, all of which are essential for human health and beauty.
9. Longan & Goji Berry
Longan, also known as Guiyuan, is sweet in taste and neutral in nature. It has the effects of nourishing the heart and calming the mind, and nourishing yin and replenishing blood. It is most suitable for supplementation by women who are weak and sick, have palpitations and insomnia, and have a sallow complexion.
10. Walnut & Sesame
Walnut, commonly known as the "longevity fruit" in folklore, has the effects of strengthening the body and brain, and nourishing the complexion. It is said that Empress Dowager Cixi's face did not decline with age, which was related to her regular consumption of walnuts. Black sesame is rich in cystine, vitamins B and E, which can increase sebum secretion, improve skin elasticity, and keep the skin delicate. It is called by Japanese scholars the best food to improve rough skin.
11. Potato
Compared to other staple foods, the starch content in potatoes is not too high. For example, a baked potato has lower energy than rice, steamed buns, or white bread, but its satiety is stronger.
This is because potatoes have a high water content, with only about 20% starch, and are also rich in soft dietary fiber that produces a feeling of fullness. Therefore, in daily diet, if you replace white rice and white buns with potatoes, even if you eat to your heart's content, it is difficult to gain weight, and it may even have a weight-loss effect.
12. Pumpkin
Pumpkin is rich in crude fiber, vitamin A, and retinol. If you often work overtime or stay up late, it is very beneficial to eat pumpkin regularly. In addition, pumpkin is particularly rich in potassium, and the potassium-sodium ratio and calcium-magnesium ratio are very reasonable, which can balance the concentration of body fluids, drain water, and reduce edema.
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