In cold winter, the temperature is too low, and many people can't stand it. At this time, the most important thing is to keep warm. What can you eat to keep warm in winter? Today Xiaobian will show you what to eat in winter? What food can you eat in winter to keep warm?
Keep warm in winter and eat these foods
1. High calorie food
In winter, in order to supply energy to keep the body warm, the human body will consume very fast. In the winter diet, we should eat some high calorie foods to meet the body's consumption and heating needs. You can eat more carbohydrates, fat and protein in your diet. These substances can improve the cold tolerance of the body. Eat more chicken, duck, eggs, fish, milk, bean products, etc.
2. Vitamin containing food
In the cold winter, the oxidation function of the human body is enhanced, and the vitamin metabolism in the body will also change. Therefore, it is also necessary to pay attention to supplement vitamins in the diet. In winter, cheilitis, angular stomatitis and glossitis occur frequently, so pay attention to supplement vitamin B2. Some animal liver, eggs, milk and beans contain a lot of vitamin B2, which can be eaten more. In addition, vitamin A and vitamin C also play a role in preventing cold.
3. Methionine containing food
In winter, you can also eat foods containing methionine. Methionine can provide a series of cold resistant methyl esters for the body under the action of transfer. In winter, because of the cold weather, the displacement of creatine in human urine will increase and the metabolism of fat will accelerate. When synthesizing creatine, fatty acid and phospholipid, methyl needs to be involved in the oxidation and heat release in mitochondria. Therefore, in winter, eat more foods containing methionine, such as sesame, sunflower seeds, yeast, dairy products and leaf vegetables.
4. Foods containing inorganic salts
The reason why people feel afraid of cold is related to the lack of inorganic salt or low intake of inorganic salt in daily life. In winter, the intake of inorganic salt can also help prevent cold and keep warm. In winter, you can eat more rhizome vegetables, such as carrots, lilies, lotus roots, green vegetables, Chinese cabbage, etc. there are more inorganic salts in the roots of these vegetables. In addition, calcium supplement in winter also helps prevent cold and keep warm.
Recommended recipes for keeping warm in winter
1. Angelica ginger mutton soup
Preparation method: 500g mutton, 20g Angelica (at least 20g, up to 40-50g), 30g ginger, add an appropriate amount of yellow rice wine and seasoning, stew for 1-2 hours until the mutton is cooked and rotten. Before stewing, scald the mutton in boiling water to remove the blood.
Functional indications:
This prescription is used by Zhang Zhongjing, the medical saint, to treat abdominal pain due to deficiency cold, and has been handed down to this day. Mutton is fresh and tender, rich in protein, fat, calcium, phosphorus and iron. It tastes sweet and warm. It can cure abdominal cold pain caused by virtual labor and thin, postpartum virtual cold and palace cold. Angelica sinensis tonifying blood and regulating menstruation, promoting blood circulation and stagnation, can enhance the power of mutton to tonify deficiency and warm the liver. Ginger warms the liver and blood, dispels cold and regulates menstruation, removes the smell of mutton, and can help mutton disperse cold and warm the stomach.
Food Guide:
This soup is especially suitable for women with insufficient Qi and blood. It can be used for irregular menstruation, delayed menstruation, less blood deficiency menstruation, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea, menstrual headache, cold pain in lower abdomen and lumbosacral, cold hands and feet, dull complexion, palpitation and insomnia caused by palace cold. However, people who are usually strong, energetic, dry stool and often have acne are easy to get angry and should not be used more. Children should also eat less as much as possible.
2. Stewed beef with Cistanche deserticola, Eucommia ulmoides and Dipsacus
Preparation method: 500g beef, 20g Cistanche deserticola, 10g Eucommia ulmoides and 10g Dipsacus respectively. Wash the beef, remove the blood, boil it thoroughly in boiling water, take it out, change a pot of water for stewing, skim the floating foam, add various spices and medicinal materials, and stew slowly over warm fire.
Functional indications:
Beef tastes delicious, with high protein content and low fat content. It is a good tonic in winter《 Compendium of Materia Medica records that beef can "calm and replenish qi, nourish spleen and stomach, tonify deficiency, strengthen muscles and bones, eliminate edema and moisture"; Cistanche deserticola warms the kidney and helps Yang. It has the function of defecation. It is very suitable for the elderly with constipation; Eucommia ulmoides Oliv can continuously nourish the kidney and strengthen the waist and bones.
Food Guide:
Elderly women and menopausal women are especially suitable for this medicinal diet. Their ovarian function is gradually failing and their estrogen secretion is less. Chicken soup can help them supplement estrogen. People who are weak and tired can also use this medicinal diet to supplement their health. However, women with lobular hyperplasia and hysteromyoma cannot eat it. The estrogen in chicken will stimulate and aggravate the condition. In addition, people who are easy to get angry should also eat as little as possible.
