Speaking of father, there will be a warm current in each of us. In this festival, as children, we are most concerned about the health of our father. As time goes by, my father's face is not as serious as when he was a child, his eyes are getting warmer, and his body seems to be a lot worse than when he was young. On the occasion of Father's Day, you might as well go into the kitchen and cook a nutritious and healthy meal for him. This unique gift is thought to make him happier.

In fact, it is not expensive tonics that promote health. Some common foods in life can also promote health.

celery

Celery is a common vegetable in our daily life. Celery is rich in phenols, flavonols and antioxidants, especially provitamin A and manganese, which helps to reduce oxidative damage to the body. Judging from the composition of celery, it is rich in protein and dietary fiber, and also rich in trace elements. The components with pharmacological activity in celery mainly include flavonoids, volatile oil, unsaturated fatty acids, chlorophyll, coumarin derivatives and so on. It has anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidation and vasodilation effects. Cellulose in celery can accelerate intestinal peristalsis. In addition, celery also contains substances that can neutralize uric acid, which helps to reduce blood uric acid.

Celery extract, whether in vitro or in vivo, has been proved to have obvious antihypertensive effect, the main mechanism is that it can relax the arterial muscle ring; Celery can also regulate blood sugar, which contains polyphenols plant active substances, which can increase serum insulin concentration and help reduce blood sugar level; Celery extract can regulate blood lipid, especially celery seed and celery leaf extract.

Celery also contains linalool, which has obvious effect on improving lipid metabolism and helping to lose weight. Secondly, celery extract has also been proved to improve the thermogenic effect and thus lose weight. Generally speaking, celery helps to lower blood pressure, regulate blood lipids, stabilize blood sugar and help to lose weight.

Therefore, if your father has three highs, high blood pressure, high blood sugar and high blood fat, celery is the most suitable food.

tomato

Tomatoes are rich in carotene and lycopene, in addition, they are also rich in vitamins such as vitamin A and vitamin C.

Vitamin C and lycopene are antioxidant substances, which are very helpful for scavenging free radicals in the body and can protect the human immune system from free radical attacks. Especially for men, lycopene can scavenge free radicals in prostate, protect prostate tissue and prevent prostatitis. Harvard University published a long-term follow-up report of 1995 to 47,000 people. According to the report, people who eat more than 10 servings of tomatoes per week have a lower risk of prostate cancer than the general population by 45%. Therefore, eating at least one tomato every day is a good choice for men. Lycopene can also protect DNA from damage and reduce the risk of cancer.

Carotene contained in tomatoes can maintain skin elasticity and relieve night blindness and dry eye.

Tomato is slightly acidic, which helps digestion, prevents food accumulation, promotes fluid production to quench thirst, is rich in vitamin C, and can also improve the symptoms of gum bleeding.

Chinese yam

Yam is rich in digestible and absorbable starch. These amylases contained in yam help to regulate the spleen and stomach, which is especially suitable for middle-aged and elderly people and children with weak spleen and stomach and fatigue.

Protein contained in Chinese yam slippery mucus is a mixture of polysaccharide and protein, which can prevent fat from depositing on the blood vessel wall, thus protecting the elasticity of blood vessels and reducing the occurrence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

Yam also contains 18 amino acids and a lot of minerals. Eating yam regularly can make the body supplement enough nutrition and improve immunity, especially for the elderly with basic diseases. Eating yam regularly can enhance physical fitness and make the body less prone to illness.

Yam also contains a lot of cellulose, which can make people feel full and help control their appetite. For obese people, yam is the most suitable staple food. Not only can you eat enough, but you can also avoid eating too many other high-calorie foods, which can control your weight.

Pumpkin seed

Pumpkin seeds are rich in zinc, which plays an important role in sperm growth and testosterone production. It can also promote the synthesis of vitamin B 12 in our body, thus accelerating the metabolism of islet cells and stabilizing blood sugar. Pumpkin seeds are rich in phosphorus, carotene and vitamin E, which can nourish gums and prevent gum atrophy. Pumpkin seeds can also promote human bile secretion, accelerate intestinal peristalsis and promote digestion, especially suitable for constipation in the elderly.

deep-sea fish

Deep-sea fish is rich in omega-3 fatty acids, which can prevent blood coagulation and reduce triglycerides, and is especially beneficial to the cardiovascular system. It also helps men to erect and reduce sexual dysfunction.

This Father's Day, you might as well use the above ingredients to make a healthy dish for your father.

For example, celery fried dried bean curd, bean products are rich in protein and calcium, and soybean isoflavone, which is a natural phytoestrogen. Studies have proved that soybean isoflavones have significant preventive and therapeutic effects on the occurrence and development of breast cancer, prostate cancer and other cancers. These two ingredients together, although seemingly ordinary, are very beneficial to the human body.

Scrambled eggs with tomatoes is a favorite dish for children and adults. But also has high nutritional value, is easy to digest and absorb, and is very suitable for elderly friends to eat.

Yam pumpkin coconut juice soup, and finally sprinkle some pumpkin seeds, and a perfect dish comes out again. Pumpkin polysaccharide contained in pumpkin is also a very good hypoglycemic substance, and the laxative effect of pumpkin is also good. Coconut juice not only tastes good, but also has the effect of cooling and quenching thirst, which is very suitable for summer consumption.

Finally, a steamed hairtail. Hairtail not only has few thorns, but also has great nutritional value, so I won't go into details. You can go back to my previous article "What fish should I eat instead of salmon?" Try these two kinds of marine fish in China, which have higher nutritional value. When steaming, you might as well put more ginger. Ginger can not only remove fishy smell, but also has the functions of accelerating human metabolism, diminishing inflammation and relieving pain, exciting multiple systems of human body and regulating male prostate function. It is a good seasoning dish. Of course, if the elderly like to eat heavy things, hairtail can also be fried and braised. But if the elderly have three highs, it is better to eat as little as possible.

Ok, that's all for today. Happy holidays to my dads! This weekend, I also want to prepare a table of health dishes to honor our father!