Among the many foods, the most suitable diet for this season includes:
Fruits: Bananas are the top choice (bananas contain substances that help the human brain produce serotonin);
Drinks:
1. Water Chestnut Soy Milk Drink (Juice 5 water chestnuts, mix into 250g of soy milk, cook until done, add an appropriate amount of sugar);
2. Banana Soy Milk Drink (Peel 1 banana, mash it, add an appropriate amount of cooked soy milk, and it is ready to drink. 1-2 times daily. Bananas help increase the level of serotonin in the human brain, while soy products contain phytoestrogens and trace element calcium, which help stabilize a person's mood.)
Dishes:
Celery Stir-fried with Mushrooms (400g celery, 50g soaked mushrooms, stir-fry together with seasonings). Spinach: Research has found that people with insufficient folic acid intake are prone to depressive symptoms such as insomnia, forgetfulness, and anxiety. Spinach is rich in folic acid, and its intake should be appropriately increased in the winter. In addition, asparagus, kiwi, oysters, oranges, peas, soybeans, and dark green vegetables also contain folic acid, which can help us resist depression. Foods rich in B vitamins, such as whole wheat products, grain particles, yeast, animal liver, and fruits, are also greatly beneficial for improving mood and depression.
Moderately increasing the intake of carbohydrates in winter, such as whole wheat bread, porridge, pastries, and soda crackers, not only helps to keep warm but, more gratifyingly, the trace mineral selenium can boost mood. Researchers recommend treating staple foods and snacks as edible antidepressants. Eating complex carbohydrates improves mood, although the effect is slower, it is more in line with health principles. In addition, moderately increasing the intake of carbohydrates in winter, such as whole wheat bread, porridge, pastries, and soda crackers, also helps to keep warm. More gratifyingly, it has recently been discovered that the trace mineral selenium can boost mood, and whole grains like whole wheat bread are also rich in selenium. In addition to whole wheat bread, foods such as chicken and seafood also contain relatively high levels of selenium.
The intake of minerals should be maintained at the normal requirement or slightly higher. Especially for the supply of vitamins, special attention should be paid to increasing vegetables and fruits rich in vitamin C, such as radishes, carrots, peppers, potatoes, etc.; and fruits such as citrus and apples. Increase the intake of animal liver, lean meat, fresh fish, eggs, and beans to ensure the body's needs for vitamins A, B1, B2, etc.
During the Lesser Snow season, the weather is dry and the temperature is low, so there is an abundance of cold energy in the human body. Therefore, during this time, it is necessary to supplement some foods that can make us "warm". Foods like lamb and beef are good choices for their warming and nourishing properties. However, according to experts, some black foods are actually a better choice during this season. There are many types of black foods, including black fungus, black sesame, and even loach and eel. They are all foods that can quickly help your body recover heat. Foods like black rice, black soybeans, black sesame, black jujubes, and black fungus can not only nourish the kidneys but also resist cold, and they can moisten the lungs and generate fluids, having very good health benefits. At the same time, in addition to the vegetarian foods mentioned above, we also have some black fish choices for everyone.
Loach: Sweet in taste and neutral in nature, it has the effects of warming the middle and replenishing qi, clearing dampness and promoting urination, detoxifying and stopping hemorrhoids. Loach meat is tender and has high nutritional value; its mucus has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects. It can be used to treat damp-heat jaundice, urinary difficulty, night sweats after illness, etc.
Eel: Sweet in taste and warm in nature. It has the effects of tonifying deficiency, expelling wind-dampness, and strengthening muscles and bones. It is mainly used for treating injuries from overwork, wind-cold-dampness arthralgia, lochia after childbirth not clearing, dysentery with pus and blood, and hemorrhoids. It can be boiled in clear soup, steamed, or used in medicinal diets; the meat can be made into pills and blanched in boiling water. For external use, it can be pounded and applied or sliced and applied.
Carp: Sweet in taste and neutral in nature. It has the effects of promoting urination, reducing swelling, lowering qi, and promoting lactation. It is mainly used to treat edema and bloating, beriberi, jaundice, cough with reversed qi, and insufficient lactation. It can be boiled in clear soup, steamed, sweet and sour, or stewed.
C Crucian Carp: Sweet in taste and neutral in nature. It has the effects of strengthening the spleen and promoting urination. It is mainly used to treat weak spleen and stomach, poor appetite with no strength, dysentery, bloody stools, edema, strangury, carbuncles, and ulcers. It can be boiled in clear soup, steamed, fried, or used in medicinal diets; it can also be made into pills or powders for internal use, or pounded for external application.