Core Tip: After entering winter, people tend to eat hot foods to keep warm and stay healthy, while avoiding cold and cool foods. However, what they don't realize is that in the cold winter, eating some cold food appropriately is not only harmless to the body but also beneficial, making it a good health-preserving method for the season.
When a person's internal systems are overheated, the phenomenon of "internal heat" seems to be more common in winter. Hence the folk saying, "Eat radishes in winter and ginger in summer." Although the weather is cold outside in winter, people wear thick clothes, live in warm houses, and are less active. This can cause heat to accumulate in the body without being properly dispelled. Coupled with the high-calorie diet during winter, it easily leads to excessive heat in the stomach and lungs, and in severe cases, can cause "heat accumulation in the three energizers." This means heat in the upper energizer, manifesting as a red-tipped tongue, yellow-thick coating, and prone to upper respiratory tract, pharyngeal, tonsil, and oral mucosa diseases; heat in the middle energizer, often caused by overeating greasy, sweet, or highly nourishing foods, manifesting as a thick tongue coating, yellow urine, constipation, and severe thirst; and heat in the lower energizer, often caused by kidney deficiency, nephritis, cystitis, hemorrhoids, etc.
1. Eat some cold desserts in winter
Eating cold desserts in winter aims to reduce "internal heat." The effect is relatively quick, and it's also a unique enjoyment. Of course, eating cold food in winter should vary from person to person, especially for those with poor gastrointestinal function who should be cautious. Meanwhile, cold food can only remove some heat from the body, treating the symptoms but not the root cause. Therefore, it's also a good idea to eat some "cool-natured" foods, such as radishes, lotus seeds, and century eggs.
2. Eat some cold dishes appropriately in winter
In the cold winter, people tend to eat foods high in fat and calories. Coupled with less outdoor activity, this can easily lead to weight gain, especially in the chest, abdomen, and buttocks. To avoid gaining weight, in addition to paying attention to physical exercise, eating more cold dishes can force the body to warm itself up, burn more fat, and achieve the goal of weight loss, ensuring health.
3. You can often drink cool boiled water in winter
If you can drink cool boiled water regularly, it can prevent colds, pharyngitis, and certain skin diseases. Especially drinking a glass of cool boiled water after getting up in the morning can enhance the liver's detoxification ability and the kidneys' excretion ability, promote metabolism, strengthen the immune function, and help lower blood pressure and prevent myocardial infarction.