In life, there are many common things that are actually beneficial to the human body, especially many inconspicuous ones.
Apple and Millet Porridge
The five grains nourish life; drink more millet porridge.
"The five grains are for nourishment, the five fruits are for assistance, and the five livestock are for benefit." To be healthy, one must eat the five grains, which nourish life; the five fruits are the fruits and vegetables we eat, which help with digestion; the five livestock are for benefit, and meat serves a tonifying role.
Millet is sweet and salty in flavor, and cool in nature. It benefits the spleen and stomach, nourishes kidney qi, eliminates vexation and heat, and promotes urination. For conditions such as deficiency heat in the spleen and stomach, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, vexation and heat with dry mouth, or heat accumulation in the bladder with difficult urination, it is quite suitable to be cooked into a porridge.
High cholesterol: Eat two sweet potatoes daily
Sweet potatoes contain 8% dietary fiber, most of which is soluble, giving them a strong laxative effect. Traditional Chinese medicine holds that "sweet potatoes can harmonize the middle and nourish the blood, warm the stomach, enrich the five organs, serve as food, and prolong life."
Sweet potatoes can become a cholesterol nemesis. Two slices of sweet potato in the morning and evening are very helpful for lowering cholesterol. Li Shizhen once said, "Eating sweet potatoes makes one live longer with fewer illnesses," and "sweet potatoes can harmonize the middle and nourish the blood, warm the stomach, enrich the five organs, serve as food and prolong life." The benefits of sweet potatoes have been known since ancient times.
However, sweet potatoes should not be eaten raw because their starch is difficult to digest. Second, sweet potatoes contain "gasifying enzymes," and eating too much can lead to discomfort such as bloating, heartburn, and belching. Therefore, sweet potatoes must be steamed, boiled, or roasted. It is best to eat them with corn, which makes them sweet and refreshing, and beneficial for health and longevity.
High blood lipids: Eat some frozen tofu
There are also good things in the daily diet that can lower blood lipids, and frozen tofu is one of them. Frozen tofu is rich in unsaturated fatty acids, which can lower cholesterol.
The pores of frozen tofu can absorb oil, and have a certain effect of cleansing the intestines. However, frozen tofu is best boiled in a clear soup; otherwise, it will also absorb the oil in the soup, which is counterproductive to health. Patients with gout in the acute phase cannot consume it.
Poor heart health: Eat some potatoes
Potatoes contain 15% to 25% carbohydrates, more than any other vegetable, and also contain more plant protein than most vegetables. Every 100 grams of potatoes contains 502 milligrams of potassium, making them one of the few high-potassium foods.
Patients with heart disease, especially those with insufficient cardiac function, often have varying degrees of edema and often take diuretic medications to reduce swelling, which can easily lead to a loss of potassium in the body. Therefore, eating potatoes regularly can supplement potassium, as well as carbohydrates, protein, minerals, and vitamins.
Nourish the liver and improve vision: Have some bitter melon
The fruit of bitter melon is rich in protein, sugar, minerals, and various vitamins. Especially, its vitamin C content is particularly outstanding, being 14 times that of cucumber, 5 times that of winter melon, and 7 times that of tomato. It has effects such as preventing scurvy, protecting cell membranes, preventing atherosclerosis, improving the body's stress response, and protecting the heart.
From a Traditional Chinese Medicine perspective, bitter melon has the effects of clearing heat and eliminating summer heat, nourishing blood and benefiting qi, tonifying the kidney and strengthening the spleen, and nourishing the liver and improving vision. It has certain effects in treating dysentery, sores and swellings, summer heat fever, excessive prickly heat, and conjunctivitis.
The momordicoside and bitter substances in bitter melon can increase appetite and strengthen the spleen and whet the appetite. The alkaloid quinine it contains has the effects of promoting urination and activating blood, reducing inflammation and lowering fever, and clearing the mind and improving vision.
Apple rice porridge