The Spring Festival holiday has just ended. After a bombardment of feasts for some time, many people, like the "Food God," must feel heavy and uncomfortable in their stomachs, feeling nauseous and losing their appetite at the sight of greasy and meaty foods? As the holiday ends and we return to work, our digestive systems also need some adjustment.
1. After the Spring Festival, eat less spicy food and use potatoes instead of rice to nourish the stomach.
Throughout the Spring Festival holiday, visiting various families for New Year calls meant a continuous rotation of meat, fish, alcohol, and tobacco in different preparations. It's likely that netizens, like the "Food God," now feel a lump in their throats and find it hard to swallow when they see spicy, greasy, meaty food. Due to excessive greasy food and surplus energy during the long holiday, appetite loss upon its end can lead to listlessness, indigestion, and affect normal work afterward. Therefore, after the holiday, a simple fast, or replacing meat and rice with vegetables, clear soups, and tubers, might be a good idea.
Potatoes are now officially recognized as a staple grain in China. Therefore, you might as well enjoy this refreshing potato salad as a staple. Firstly, potatoes can provide sufficient energy and a certain amount of high-quality protein. They also offer more minerals, vitamins, and other nutrients than rice. More importantly, after the "assault" of rich and meaty foods, people's digestive functions have declined, and some even experience constipation. The dietary fiber in potatoes can also relieve this. Traditional Chinese medicine considers potatoes to be "neutral in nature, sweet in taste, and non-toxic, able to strengthen the spleen and harmonize the stomach, replenish qi and regulate the middle, relieve pain, and promote bowel movements. It has a significant effect on patients with weak spleen and stomach, indigestion, disharmony of the gastrointestinal tract, abdominal pain, and difficult bowel movements." Modern research has proven that potatoes are particularly effective for regulating indigestion and are a good medicine and high-quality health supplement for patients with stomach and heart diseases. Therefore, using potatoes as a staple after the holiday is beneficial and harmless.
Potato Salad Mash
2. Avocados can strengthen the stomach, clear the intestines, and provide high-quality fatty acids.
The scientific name for avocado is Persea americana, also known as alligator pear or butter pear. Avocado is a fruit with very high nutritional value, containing various vitamins, rich fatty acids, and proteins. It is also high in sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium, and other nutrients, with nutritional value comparable to cream, earning it the reputation of "forest butter." Avocados are also rich in potassium, folic acid, and vitamin B6, and contain various mineral elements (potassium, calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, sodium, zinc, copper, manganese, selenium, etc.), as well as edible plant fiber. Avocados have a high fat content and contain a large amount of enzymes, which have the effect of strengthening the stomach and clearing the intestines. They also have important physiological functions such as lowering cholesterol and blood lipids, and protecting the cardiovascular and liver systems.
In addition to eating them directly, avocados can be used in cooking, suitable for both savory and sweet dishes, with diverse preparation methods. The most common way to eat them is in avocado milk, but they can also be used as an ingredient for salads and jams. Another simple way is to drizzle with honey or fructose and scoop with a spoon, or slice and dip in garlic-infused soy sauce for a wonderful flavor reminiscent of sashimi. In Central America, they are often made into dips. Dishes like avocado and shark fin soup, avocado with shrimp, and shredded avocado are all delicious. It should be noted that avocados have a smooth and greasy texture with a mild flavor, so they can be added to many dishes. However, because they are very soft, they are not ideal for frying or deep-frying. Also, avocados must be fresh when opened and eaten immediately; otherwise, they will quickly oxidize and turn yellow, and adding lemon juice won't help much. Therefore, it's best to eat cut avocados as soon as possible.
Salad mashed potatoes