Eating "new year's meat" pays attention to eating braised pork, because meat itself represents wealth, and braised pork can better express the prosperity in the coming year. So, how many people expect a bowl of steaming and fragrant braised pork on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month. Even today, every family's life is getting more and more prosperous, but it has become an old tradition. Many people don't forget to buy some big meat on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month.
Animal meat is inferior to poultry meat, and poultry meat is inferior to fish meat.
An important principle to follow when eating meat is that it is better to eat poultry than to eat fish. Among livestock meat, pork has the lowest protein content and the highest fat content. Even lean meat contains 28% invisible hidden fat.
Three points to pay attention to when eating meat healthily
A big note:
Chinese medicine says that Shui Gu is incompatible with qi and blood, and the digestion, absorption and metabolism of meat food will consume qi and blood, so it is necessary to eat in moderation and eat more foods that tonify the spleen and stomach and help digestion.
Two major considerations:
There are many toxins produced by meat food metabolism, so drink more water, eat more foods rich in dietary fiber and exercise more so as to be eliminated through urine, sweat and stool.
Three major considerations:
Meat is a high-calorie food, so we should prevent obesity and other diseases caused by obesity.
A healthy way to eat meat
First, as far as the cooking method of meat is concerned, the healthiest cooking method is "stew". The stew is tender, nutritious and does not get angry. Experiments show that stewing meat for a long time can reduce cholesterol by 30% ~ 50%.
Second, eat more poultry meat and less livestock meat. Some research results show that the fat content of poultry meat is low and its nutritional value is much higher than that of livestock meat. And the main reason is that eating more red meat will increase the risk of cancer.
Red meat refers to beef, pork, mutton and so on. Meat processed with red meat includes sausages, hamburger patties, smoked bacon and canned meat. From a global perspective, the incidence of prostate cancer is also high in countries that eat a lot of red meat. The incidence of prostate cancer is lower in countries that eat less red meat. Medical research at home and abroad has confirmed that some substances in red meat are closely related to colon cancer.
Third, eat more bones and less meat, especially those who panic without eating meat for three days.
For those who want to "eat more meat" and be healthy, it is better to abstain from meat than to choose vegetables. This is a wonderful way to satisfy your appetite and avoid trouble.
A Good Choice for Eating Meat-Rabbit Meat
Rabbit meat is nutritious, delicious, tender and easy to digest. Rabbit meat is not only fresh and delicious, but also a beauty food. Rich in lecithin, free amino acids, protein, vitamin E, nicotinic acid, vitamin B 1, vitamin B2, zinc, iron, calcium, etc., it has the functions of shielding skin cell activity and maintaining skin elasticity. Therefore, eating rabbit meat often can make the skin delicate and shiny.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that rabbit meat is cool, which has the effects of nourishing yin and cooling blood, benefiting qi and moistening skin, detoxifying and removing heat. So rabbit meat is the best beauty meat food for women. But pregnant women and menstrual women should not eat rabbit meat; Women with obvious symptoms of yang deficiency, such as cold limbs and frigidity, should not eat rabbit meat. Because rabbit meat is cool, the best season to eat rabbit meat is summer, but it is generally not suitable for cold winter and early spring.
Tips for healthy eating
There is something wrong with eating meat, but as long as you choose it properly, there are many benefits.
pork
It can tonify kidney and stomach, nourish liver and yin, moisten skin, relieve constipation and quench thirst. Pigskin is used for beautifying and moistening skin, and pigtail and Eucommia ulmoides are cooked to treat kidney deficiency, lumbago and nocturnal emission.
beef
Beef has the functions of calming the middle energizer, invigorating qi, strengthening spleen and stomach, and strengthening bones and muscles; Buffalo can protect fetus and replenish blood.
mutton
Eating mutton in winter can dispel cold and heat and relieve pain, which is good for lying-in women. Sheep head meat is used to treat dizziness, infantile convulsion, five poisons and seven injuries.
Chicken (as food)
Rooster cures impotence due to kidney deficiency; Huang Mu chicken can cure fatigue, replenish marrow and essence, help Yang Qi, warm small intestine and stop diarrhea. Generally, hens can also treat wind-cold-dampness arthralgia and postpartum weakness; Chicken heart master palpitation and insomnia; Chicken brain cures dream fright; Comb to treat irregular menstruation; Chicken liver treats night blindness and other eye diseases.
duck
Warming the middle energizes deficiency, supporting yang and benefiting water; Treat impotence, edema, cough and dysentery, dyspepsia and yang deficiency.
goose
Benefiting the five internal organs, relieving the heat of the five internal organs, boiling juice to quench thirst, treating deafness with white goose fat, moistening skin, relieving pain and swelling. Treatment of gastric cancer with goose blood detoxification method: goose gall relieves cough and asthma; External use of goose gall to treat hemorrhoids; Goose oil can treat chapped hands and feet, and it can also beautify skin.
rabbit meat
Rabbit meat is non-toxic and flat, and can tonify middle energizer, quench thirst, strengthen spleen, cool blood and detoxify. Can be used for treating diabetes, diabetes insipidus and chronic gastritis.
fish meat
Carp fetus, "fetal edema is soup; Carassius auratus can eliminate edema, promote lactation and produce milk. Some data show that eating 30 grams of fish every day can reduce the risk of heart disease by 50%. Fish has the effects of strengthening brain, preventing diabetes, kidney calculi and premature delivery. Eating fish regularly can reduce cholesterol glyceride in blood, soften blood vessels and enhance memory.
Turtle meat
The tortoise's abdominal shell is called tortoise shell, which has the function of nourishing yin and subduing yang, and can cure bone steaming, fever, night sweats, dizziness, tinnitus and other symptoms caused by yin deficiency and excessive fire. It is also beneficial to tonifying kidney and strengthening bones, and can treat backache and foot weakness. Tortoise shell has stronger effect of clearing away deficiency and heat than tortoise plastron, and can treat chest and rib pain, liver cirrhosis and splenomegaly.
New year's eve menu
Lucky strike:
Ingredients: silver carp head 400g tofu 200
Seasoning: 5g of ginger, 2g of green garlic 10g, cooking wine 10g, bean paste 10g, 5g of soy sauce, 5g of sweet noodle sauce, 3g of salt, 2g of pepper and 3g of starch (corn).
Practice: 1. Wash the fish head, dry it, cut it open, cut it into 4 pieces, fry both sides of the fish head with 5 tablespoons of oil and take it out;
2. Cut the tofu into thick slices, fry it in an oil pan or casserole, and put the fried fish head on the noodles;
3. Stir-fry Jiang Mo with 2 tablespoons of oil, add all seasonings and 2 cups of water, stir well and boil, pour into the pot, and cook for 40 minutes on low heat to taste;
4. When the soup is slightly dry, pour a little water starch to thicken it, and finally sprinkle it on the garlic. Turn off the fire and take it out for eating.
Good luck:
Ingredients: chestnut (fresh) 1 10g chicken leg 500g.
Seasoning: onion 10g ginger 5g starch (corn) 4g oyster sauce 10g liquor 5g sugar 3g pepper 3g each.
Practice: 1. Soak chestnuts in water 1 hour, pick out the thick film from the seam with a toothpick, wash it and put it in a big bowl. Put chestnuts in the rice cooker, add 2 cups of water to the outer pot, and steam until the switch jumps.
2. Cut the chicken leg into small pieces, blanch it in cold water, pour off the water, and remove the chicken leg to wash away the foam;
3. Add water into the starch bowl to make wet starch;
4. Stir-fry shallots and ginger with 2 tbsp oil, add chicken nuggets and seasoning oyster sauce 3 tbsp, wine 1 tbsp, sugar 1 tbsp, a little pepper and water 3 cups to boil, then add chestnuts and simmer for 20 minutes;
5. When the soup is slightly dry, pick out the onion and ginger, thicken them with water starch and serve them out.
Gather together:
Ingredients: 500g of wax gourd, 0/00g of winter bamboo shoots/kloc-,0/00g of shiitake mushrooms (fresh shiitake mushrooms)/kloc-.
Seasoning: cooking wine 10g soy sauce 5g white sugar 3g monosodium glutamate 2g starch (corn) 5g sesame oil 5g each.
Exercise:
1. Wash and cut mushrooms;
2. Winter bamboo shoots are cooked, peeled and chopped;
3. Stir-fry Lentinus edodes powder, Lentinus edodes powder and winter bamboo shoot powder in 60% hot oil, add cooking wine, soy sauce, sugar, monosodium glutamate and Lentinus edodes soup, boil, thicken and cool to make stuffing;
4. Poke 14 cylinder at the thick part of wax gourd meat with a circular groove knife, carve patterns and characters without peeling, cut off the melon skin, blanch it and apply sesame oil for later use;
5. Hollow the wax gourd column, put it in a plate, steam it in a cage for 10 minute, take it out and put it in a plate, and decorate it with carved melon skin. After the soup in the plate is boiled to taste, thicken it and pour it on the wax gourd cup.