Introduction: It's easy to get 'heaty' and dry in autumn and winter. Many of you are dealing with dry skin and constipation. How can you keep your bowels healthy and detoxify easily? Why not try the 7 autumn foods we've introduced for you to keep your intestines healthy and you more beautiful.
Detoxifying and Moisturizing: Pork Rib Soup
Pork is rich in vitamin A and has the effect of nourishing yin to moisten dryness, enriching muscles, and beautifying the skin. It is suitable for consumption in dry and windy weather. Traditional Chinese medicine also believes that pork can nourish the internal organs, moisturize the skin, and replenish qi.
A recent survey in Japan found that if cooked properly, pork can also become a "longevity medicine." The best way to cook pork for moisturizing is to simmer a pork rib soup. Adding radish or kelp, which can help grease and remove oiliness, can reduce cholesterol intake.
Recipe Recommendation: Kelp and Pork Rib Soup
Method: 1. Steam the kelp for half an hour, then take it out and soak it in clear water for 4 hours before cutting it into long squares. 2. Add water to a clean pot, put in the pork ribs, green onions, ginger slices, and yellow wine. Simmer over medium heat for about 20 minutes, then add the kelp, bring to a high boil for another 10 minutes, and season to taste.
Big Bone and Kelp Soup
Moisturizing and Hydrating for Beautiful Skin: Carrot
Carrots are rich in beta-carotene, which can be converted into vitamin A in the small intestine. Vitamin A protects the skin's epidermis, making the skin soft, smooth, and elastic, hence it is also known as the "beauty vitamin." A lack of vitamin A in the diet can cause dry skin, abnormal keratin metabolism, and easy sagging and aging.
Two notes for cooking carrots:
1. Chop and cook them to fully release the nutrients in carrots.
2. Beta-carotene is a fat-soluble nutrient, so carrots should be stir-fried in oil or eaten with other oily foods.
Recipe Recommendation: Carrot and Pumpkin Porridge
Method: 1. Wash and soak the rice and glutinous rice for 2 hours. 2. Heat water in a pot, add the rice, and cook for 40 minutes. 3. Add peeled and cubed pumpkin and chopped carrots, and simmer for 30 minutes until soft.
Anti-Allergy and Lung-Moisturizing: Honey
In the dry and windy autumn, the body loses a lot of water. Drinking a glass of honey in the morning and evening can replenish water, moisten the intestines and promote bowel movements, increase nutrition, prevent colds, and remove toxins from the body.
Autumn is a high season for allergies. American immunology experts have found that people with allergies who persist in eating a spoonful of honey every day for two consecutive years can keep them away from seasonal allergy symptoms such as asthma, itching, coughing, and dry eyes.
Recipe Recommendation: Honey and Fresh Lotus Root Juice. Take an appropriate amount of fresh lotus root, press to extract the juice, and mix it according to the ratio of 1 cup of fresh lotus root juice to 1 tablespoon of honey. Take it daily. 2