When early spring arrives, the air becomes exceptionally dry. During this time, not only is the flu rampant, but an improper diet can easily lead to inflammation. Therefore, in early spring, everyone must know how to prevent colds and protect the body by cleverly eating fruits!
What fruits to eat in early spring
Early spring fruit choice: Dragon Fruit
Compared to other fruits, the price of dragon fruit is relatively high. However, dragon fruit is delicious, so many people still love to eat it. Moreover, dragon fruit is rich in vitamin C and dietary fiber. Eating dragon fruit regularly in early spring can not only promote intestinal peristalsis and aid human digestion but also effectively regulate the body and prevent diseases, making it a great choice for fruits in early spring.
Dragon Fruit and Pork in Vinegar Sauce
Early spring fruit choice: Mango
When it comes to mangoes, they are a favorite for many people because they are simply too delicious, and the author is no exception, often buying mangoes to eat in spare time. So, besides being delicious, what other benefits are there to eating mangoes regularly? Actually, the greatest value of mangoes is their rich content of carotene, which, after being converted in the human body, can greatly enhance the body's resistance and prevent diseases. In addition, eating mangoes regularly can also help protect the stomach and intestines. Therefore, eating mangoes in moderation in early spring can be very beneficial to the body!
Early spring fruit choice: Apple
Compared to other fruits, the apple is the most common fruit. But for apples, they are ordinary yet extraordinary because the nutrients they contain are incredibly rich! For girls who love beauty, apples are the best choice for beauty and weight loss. Apples contain many elements needed by the human body, such as copper, iodine, manganese, zinc, and potassium. Moreover, the cellulose in apple pectin is soluble. Eating it can not only promote cholesterol metabolism but also effectively lower cholesterol levels. In addition, eating raw apples can regulate the stomach and intestines, promote metabolism, and is very effective for promoting bowel movements and stimulating the appetite. In early spring, eating apples regularly can also boost the body's resistance, supplement the nutrients the body needs, and be of great help in fighting diseases and maintaining health.
2 points to note when choosing fruits for spring health preservation:
1. Eat warm-natured fruits to nourish yang
The climate is still relatively cold in early spring. To keep out the cold, the body needs to consume a certain amount of energy to maintain its core temperature, and this energy needs to be largely obtained from the diet. However, due to the weaker spleen and stomach and the not-so-strong digestive and absorption capacity in spring, fruits are the most suitable food for this period. Fruits like apples, peaches, sugarcane, and dark plum not only have the effects of clearing heat, promoting fluid production, and quenching thirst, but more importantly, eating more warm-natured fruits, such as papaya, oranges, hawthorn, pineapple, and cherries, can also conform to the spring rising energy and resist the lingering cold of winter from the previous season.
Through long-term experience, people have found that different fruits have different natures. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) believes that fruits are generally divided into several properties: hot, warm, neutral, cool, and cold. Warm-natured fruits are generally high in caloric density and sugar content. Such fruits have effects like dispelling cold, warming the meridians, unblocking collaterals, and assisting yang. After eating them, the body's energy will increase; whereas, cool-natured fruits are low in caloric density, rich in fiber, but low in fat and sugar. Eating too much of such fruits will make a person increasingly lose energy and strength, and become more and more cold-averse and weak. Therefore, in the cold early spring, it is safer to eat more warm-natured fruits. In addition, TCM believes that the skin of fruits is generally more yang in nature, while the flesh is more yin. Therefore, to nourish yang in spring, one should eat the fruit skin whenever possible, such as with apples, pears, green dates, star fruit, etc. As long as the fruit is carefully disinfected and washed, it is beneficial to the body.
2. Less sour, more sweet to benefit the spleen and stomach
"Reduce sourness, increase sweetness to nourish the spleen qi" is one of the principles of dietary therapy in spring, and this principle also applies to fruit therapy. TCM believes that the spleen and stomach are the "postnatal foundation" of the human body and the source of the generation of qi and blood; if the qi of the spleen and stomach is strong, a person can live a long life. The liver belongs to the wood element and its taste is sour; the spleen belongs to the earth element and its taste is sweet; wood overcomes earth. Therefore, in spring, it is advisable to eat less sour-tasting fruits. Otherwise, excessive intake of sourness will boost the liver qi, making it too excessive. As the liver wood overcomes the spleen earth, it will naturally affect the health of the spleen and stomach. If one can eat more sweet-tasting fruits, such as sugarcane, green dates, cherries, strawberries, pineapple, and chestnuts, it will be beneficial to strengthen the spleen qi, which will be greatly helpful for preventing diseases and maintaining health in spring.
Less sour and more sweet does not mean that sour-tasting fruits cannot be eaten at all; eating a small amount is still beneficial. As liver yang begins to rise in spring and sourness enters the liver, eating some sour-tasting fruits, such as bayberries, plums, grapefruits, and citrus, can increase liver function, promote appetite, and resist the invasion of excessive lung qi, as long as it is done in moderation.
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