Stewed tofu with soy sauce

Tofu is rich in nutrients, containing iron, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium and other trace elements essential to the human body. It also contains carbohydrates, vegetable oil and rich high-quality protein. It is known as "vegetable meat". The digestion and absorption rate of tofu reaches more than 95%. Two small pieces of tofu can meet a person's daily calcium needs. It is a delicious food that is both raw and cooked, suitable for all ages, and can preserve health and prolong life.
Tofu is a tonic and heat-clearing food. Eating it often can nourish the middle and replenish qi, clear heat and moisten dryness, promote saliva, quench thirst, and clean the stomach. It is more suitable for people with heat constitution, bad breath, thirst, unclear stomach, and recuperation after fever. Modern medicine has confirmed that in addition to increasing nutrition, helping digestion, and enhancing appetite, tofu is also quite beneficial to the growth and development of teeth and bones. It can increase the iron content in the blood during the blood-forming function; tofu does not contain cholesterol and is a medicinal dish for patients with high blood pressure, hyperlipidemia, hyperlipidemia, arteriosclerosis, and coronary heart disease. It is also a good food therapy for children, the sick and the elderly to supplement nutrition. Tofu is rich in phytoestrogen, which has a good effect on preventing and treating osteoporosis. It also has the function of inhibiting breast cancer, prostate cancer and blood cancer. The sterols and stigmasterol in tofu are both effective ingredients for inhibiting cancer.

Winter is a period of high incidence of "winter diseases" such as colds and high blood pressure. Eating more mushrooms can effectively prevent the onset of diseases such as high blood pressure. Every 100 grams of dried shiitake mushrooms contain 20 grams of protein, 31.6 grams of dietary fiber, 30.9 grams of sugar, carotene and linoleic acid, trehalose, various vitamins and trace elements. Therefore, it has the effect of replenishing qi, replenishing deficiency, and strengthening the spleen and stomach. It is suitable for chronic illness, weakness, loss of appetite, frequent urination, hypertension, diabetes, anemia, tumors, arteriosclerosis and other diseases. In recent years, studies have confirmed that shiitake mushrooms also contain interferon inducers, which can induce the production of interferon in the body and have the effect of preventing colds. In addition, shiitake mushrooms contain a nucleic acid substance that can inhibit the rise of cholesterol in serum and liver, prevent vascular hardening and lower blood pressure. They are a good dietary therapy for patients with hypertension, arteriosclerosis and diabetes.