My Date with Spring - Food Recommendations for Spring Drowsiness Part 2
My Date with Spring - Food Recommendations for Spring Drowsiness Part 1
In spring, people often feel drowsy, lethargic, and as if they haven't had enough sleep. This is what people now call "spring drowsiness."
First, let's talk about why we feel drowsy in spring?
Spring drowsiness is actually a physiological response to the seasonal change. In winter, the days are short and the nights are long. At this time, people generally sleep longer at night, and their energy is correspondingly well-stored. The low winter temperature affects and stimulates the human body. The capillaries in the skin constrict, blood flow is relatively reduced, sweat glands and pores also close, reducing heat dissipation. Vasoconstriction reduces heat loss, and blood flow to internal organs and the brain increases, making the oxygen supply to the brain relatively sufficient. In spring, the temperature is mild, the days are long and the nights are short, and the weather slowly warms up. The body's pores, sweat glands, and blood vessels begin to dilate, and skin blood circulation also becomes more vigorous. As a result, the blood supply to the brain is relatively reduced. This is when the feeling of drowsiness occurs.
In daily life, the first thing we should pay attention to is diet adjustment. Warm food helps protect yang. It is advisable to eat moderate amounts of ginger, green onions, and chives. Yellow-green vegetables like carrots and cauliflower should be eaten regularly. Additionally, it is best not to consume large amounts of milk, bananas, lettuce, fatty meat, and foods containing alcohol (such as liqueur chocolates) before driving. These foods can easily cause tiredness or significant drowsiness and lethargy, and have a hypnotic effect.
Let's focus on recommending our delicious food.
Food Recommendation Section 1: Chives
Chive and Tofu Residue Cake>>>
Reason for Recommendation: Usually when we drink soy milk, many people pour out the tofu residue left after making soy milk, which is quite wasteful. In fact, soybeans have many benefits, such as reducing the incidence of cardiovascular disease, lowering blood pressure, lowering blood lipids, and preventing cancer. Chives in spring are a food that strengthens the spleen and refreshes the spirit, and can play a good role in protecting the liver. Everyone can eat it in moderation, and it tastes great. The overall feeling of this delicious dish is a low-carbon lifestyle, using the most simple ingredients to create an extraordinary taste.
Chive and Egg Cornmeal Cake>>>
Reason for Recommendation: Now, the diet emphasizes eating more coarse grains. Corn contains a large amount of lecithin, linoleic acid, grain alcohol, vitamin E, cellulose, etc. It has many health benefits such as lowering blood pressure, lowering blood lipids, resisting arteriosclerosis, preventing colon cancer, beautifying the skin, and delaying aging. It is also a suitable food for diabetics. Dried shrimp is rich in calcium, which children need to eat more for growth, and the elderly who have serious calcium loss also need to eat more to supplement it. It is recommended to blanch the chives during the preparation process.
Little Tip: Chives are also known as "yang-strengthening grass." Eating them in the spring is indeed good for the liver, but one thing everyone should note is that people with excessive liver fire should not eat chives, otherwise it would be like adding fuel to the fire. In my personal opinion, girls who often have cold hands and feet in winter should eat more. As the common saying goes, it "supplements qi," which actually means replenishing a person's vital energy. In spring, the body itself has heavy internal heat, and eating too much can easily lead to "heatiness." People with yin deficiency and excessive fire, dry mouth and tongue, stomach heat, internal heat and constipation, indigestion, and diabetes should not eat too much. People with eye diseases, such as conjunctivitis patients, should also eat less or not at all. Also, the cooking time for ingredients like chives should be as short as possible, otherwise the texture will be very poor. It's fine if you add it to porridge.
Food Recommendation Section 2: Carrot
Little Introduction: Carrot, also known as Daikon, is a biennial herb of the Apiaceae family, genus Daucus. It is used as a vegetable with its fleshy root. It is native to southwest Asia, with Afghanistan being the earliest center of evolution, and its cultivation history is over 2000 years old.
Bitter Melon and Carrot Scrambled Egg>>>
Reason for Recommendation: Carrots are rich in vitamin C, calcium, protein, various amino acids, glucose, etc., and can clear lung heat, resolve phlegm heat, strengthen the stomach and aid digestion. Bitter melon has the effects of clearing heat and relieving summer heat, nourishing blood and replenishing qi, strengthening the kidneys and invigorating the spleen, and nourishing the liver and improving eyesight. It also has a certain effect on treating dysentery, sores and swellings, heatstroke, excessive prickly heat, conjunctivitis, etc. So it's especially good to eat. The bitter melon can be blanched in hot water before eating to make the taste not too bitter. You can also add celery, etc.
Carrot, Sesame, and Burdock Root>>>
Reason for Recommendation: Burdock root is high in protein and rich in dietary fiber, which can absorb sodium and excrete it with feces, lowering blood pressure, and has extremely high nutritional value. Cucumber can clear heat and promote urination, detoxify and reduce swelling, and promote salivation to quench thirst. Sesame is rich in trace elements. In this irritable season of spring, a serving of this will definitely be relaxing and pleasant. Everyone should hurry up and try it.
Reason for Recommendation: In daily life, carrots are often used as a garnish. Today's dish teaches you how to turn carrots into a rose shape. I believe your dining table will be much more colorful because of it.
Little Tip: The ingredients recommended for romance are mostly for reducing fire and supplementing protein, so they are very suitable for spring consumption. For patients with high blood pressure, you can refer to some of the content. For more good recipes, I hope everyone will go to our main site, Meishi Tianxia, which has more detailed classifications. I hope everyone can like it.
Food Recommendation Section 3: Cauliflower
Tomato and Stir-fried Cauliflower>>>
Reason for Recommendation: Tomatoes contain a large amount of vitamin C, which can effectively help us whiten the skin, slow down skin aging, and inhibit the formation of various spots. Lycopene not only slows down aging but is also beneficial for extending lifespan. Cauliflower contains trace elements that are antioxidants and anti-cancer. Long-term consumption can reduce the incidence of cancers such as breast cancer, colorectal cancer, and stomach cancer. Beauty-conscious women shouldn't miss out.
Three-Fresh Cauliflower>>>
Reason for Recommendation: Cauliflower is more nutritious than ordinary vegetables. It contains protein, fat, carbohydrates, dietary fiber, vitamins A, B, C, E, P, U, and minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, and iron. Cauliflower has a delicate texture, a sweet and delicious taste, and is very easy to digest and absorb after eating. Its tender stems are soft and tasty after stir-frying, making it suitable for the elderly. Paired with pork, wood ear mushrooms, etc., the taste is very wonderful. Everyone can refer to the recipe and add corresponding ingredients.
Little Tip: In daily life, the most common pairing is cauliflower and tomato, which has a refreshing sour taste. Cauliflower can also be stir-fried plain. Add a little light soy sauce, then season with salt and monosodium glutamate, and finally add a little chive. The taste will definitely be good. I'm going to try it tonight. There are more good recipes waiting for you to discover. Remember to share good things with everyone.
After talking so much about what everyone should eat, let's talk about what to eat less of this season. Excessive "heaty" foods, such as spicy, stir-fried, grilled foods, dog meat, lamb, alcohol, hot pot, etc., can easily lead to stomach fire, causing eye swelling and pain, facial swelling, and in severe cases, accompanied by a flushed face, and even heart fire. Internal fire can affect a person's mental state and work mood, leading to fatigue, drowsiness, insomnia, dizziness, and lack of concentration at work.
In spring, the humidity is relatively heavy, and the temperature is rising. Don't overwork. Sleep and exercise should not be excessive. Eat more light and delicious foods, and less sweets. Work or exercise should be moderate and gentle, such as jogging, which is relaxing and doesn't make you sweat. Don't stay up late at night.
Okay, that's all for the first part of our spring drowsiness special. The second part will be published on Thursday. We hope you will support our work. Your attention will be the motivation for our progress. If you have any good suggestions, you can send an email to meishichina_2011@163.com. You can tell us any good suggestions, and we also welcome everyone to give us more suggestions. If you have any good insights, please feel free to share them with us, and we will continue to work hard.
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Carrots and roses