Autumn eggplant
Eggplant is cool, which contains a large number of vitamins, trace elements, with heat and cool blood, wide intestines and the role of gas.
There is a saying that "planting eggplant in summer, eating eggplant in autumn", said the allusion to eating eggplants in autumn, to the autumn festival, which indicates that the formal entry into the fall, this time there are still some hot and dry, we should eat some cool food, to help the body to clear the fire, the eggplant harvested at this time is called " autumn eggplant", "autumn eggplant". Autumn eggplant", "autumn eggplant" taste tender, with a unique fragrance, better than ordinary eggplant flavor.
Cucumber
Cucumber is rich in nutrients, which contains fiber, fat, vitamins, sugar, trace elements, protein and other ingredients, consumption of heat and detoxification, swelling and drainage effect.
After the fall, the weather is hot and dry, cucumber is cool, eat some cucumber can help the body to clear the heat, and cucumber water is high, often eat can also give the body hydration, so, cucumber is a must-eat a food in the fall.
Pumpkin
Pumpkin is a seasonal food in the fall, pumpkin is warm, after consuming it has the effect of tonifying the middle of the body, anti-inflammatory and pain relief.
After the fall, the weather will become very dry, the water on the skin will evaporate quickly, the body is very easy to appear hot and dry, pumpkin has the role of dryness, moisture, can improve the discomfort brought about by the dryness of autumn, and autumn dryness, eat some pumpkin can be moistened dry.
Watermelon
Watermelon is cool, the main components are carbohydrates and fiber, but also contains protein, fat, vitamins and minerals, consumption of water, thirst, summer to relieve the role.
After the fall, the tigers are raging, so it is advisable to eat food with a cooling effect, watermelon is cool food, eat watermelon in the fall with the role of alleviating the dryness of autumn.
Fuyuan
Longan, also known as Fuyuan, our country since ancient times have eaten Fuyuan tradition.
According to the "General History of Taiwan - Customs" recorded in Taiwan in the old days, "one day before the Autumn Festival, the Department of Yu plastic spring ox, placed outside the eastern suburbs, to the day to receive, called the welcome spring. Men and women in full costume to see, clothing and fan shadow, and clamor all over the road. Spring bull, children scrambling to touch its ears, or whip its body, that can be blessed. Welcome spring as in the first of the year, especially the shape of the hot, like a peaceful scene."
What traditional food to eat in the autumn
Beijing "stick autumn fat" eat meat
Annual autumn, according to the old Beijing custom to eat meat, that is, "stick autumn fat". Some of the capital's old meat counter, buy meat products customers will be lined up, after the fall is still very hot, and people's bodies no longer wet sticky discomfort, after all, the cool fall is coming. So it began to sprout the idea of doing something delicious to make up for the deficit since the summer, what to eat? The most appetizing is stew! Eating stewed meat to eat the summer body fat back again, so called "stick autumn fat".
Shandong eat "slag"
Shandong Laixi region is popular in the fall to eat "slag", is a kind of soybean foam and vegetables made of small tofu, and there is a "eat the slag of the fall, adults and children do not vomit also not pull" of the proverb. So many food customs mostly to prevent dysentery, it is clear that China's working people to prevent diarrhea in autumn awareness.
Tianjin popular "bite autumn"
Autumn in addition to "stick autumn fat", Tianjin and other places are also popular "bite autumn". People believe that eating melons in the autumn can avoid diarrhea in winter and the coming spring.
The Qing Dynasty Zhang To's "Jinmen Miscellany - the age of customs" has this record: "Autumn when eating melon, said the bite of autumn, diarrhea can be avoided." People in the Qing Dynasty in the day before the beginning of autumn melon, steamed eggplant preserved, fragrant glutinous soup and so on in the yard to dry one night, in the beginning of autumn on the day to eat, in order to clear the summer heat, to avoid dysentery.
Sichuan drink "autumn water"
Sichuan, east and west of Sichuan is also popular to drink "autumn water", that is, in the autumn moment, the whole family drink a cup, it is said to eliminate the accumulation of heat, autumn does not have a stomach.
Nanjing "chewing autumn"
This Sunday will usher in the autumn festival, autumn is the third node after the summer solstice. In the old Nanjing Autumn Festival, there are "chewing autumn" custom, there are some very interesting sayings, such as "eighteen pots after the fall", said after the fall there is a long period of heat; in addition, about the fall there is a male and female autumn points, there are more The "male autumn cool female autumn hot" argument.
What to eat in autumn
Yellow-green fruits and vegetables
Summer people eat fruits and vegetables to melon and beans, carotene content is low. When the fall comes, the body of vitamin A reserves are easy to reduce, if not timely supplement, to the winter and spring seasons are prone to vision loss, dry eyes and other issues. So eat more pumpkin, carrots, tomatoes and other orange vegetables.
In addition, the vitamin C content of melon and bean food is also very low, eat more green leafy vegetables to supplement vitamin C is necessary, such as kale, spinach, green cauliflower.
Fermented foods
People often eat cold food in the summer, the digestive function of the stomach and intestines is weak. Therefore, in the fall, you should eat more nutritious and easy-to-digest foods, such as fermented foods.
The staple food can choose to hairy cake, steamed bread and other fermented noodle products, especially mixed noodles cake, coarse and fine grain with higher nutrition. As a side dish, you can eat more fermented beans such as tempeh, soybean paste, soy sauce and tofu, and fermented milk such as yogurt.
A variety of potatoes
Fall is the peak season for potato production. Potato food is rich in B vitamins and minerals such as potassium and magnesium, which help to strengthen the body, eaten as a staple food, is conducive to the prevention of obesity and a variety of chronic diseases. Yam, sweet potatoes, taro, potatoes, etc. as a replacement for refined white rice and noodles, is a very good health measures.
In addition, there is lotus root appetizer heat, dry thirst, clear the mind; almonds are rich in protein, trace elements and vitamins, can moisturize the lungs, cough and slippery bowel; grapes beneficial blood, Tianjin thirst, spleen diuretic, etc., are after the fall of the nourishment of the good.
What to eat in the fall
Sweet and sour pork
Ingredients: pork ribs, starch, green and red peppers, ginger, eggs.
Practice:
1, beaten egg mixture with a proper amount of salt, chicken essence, and a little bit of rice wine mix, and then add the ribs mix, marinate for 10 minutes to taste.
2: Coat the marinated ribs evenly with cornstarch and pinch firmly with your hands to prevent them from falling off. Slowly fry the ribs over low heat until golden brown and cooked all the way through.
3. Heat a small amount of oil in a separate pan and sauté the ginger, green and red bell peppers.
4, the ribs have been fried back to the pot quickly stir fry, stir fry can turn off the fire.
Effects: Pork ribs have the effect of nourishing yin and moistening dryness, benefiting the essence and replenishing blood.
Suitable for people: suitable for people with deficiency of qi and blood, yin deficiency and poor nutrition.
Vinegar Pepper Fish
Ingredients: 1 yellowtail, scallions, ginger, pepper, yellow wine, sesame oil, monosodium glutamate (MSG), fresh broth, white vinegar, salt, vegetable oil, each appropriate amount.
Practice:
1, yellowtail washed and graved into a knife pattern spare, green onion, ginger washed and shredded.
2, the frying pan is hot, fish pan frying on both sides until yellow, fish out of the dry oil.
3, put a small amount of oil in the pot, hot, pepper, ginger into the pot slightly stir-fried.
4, then add fresh soup, wine, salt, fish. Burn until the fish is cooked, fish up into a deep dish.
5, scattered onion, cilantro pot of soup boiling add white vinegar, monosodium glutamate, sesame oil and stir into the fish dish can be.
Colorful honey bead fruit
With shakes: 1 apple, 1 pear, pineapple half, 10 plums, 10 water chestnuts, lemon 1, sugar.
Practice:
1, apple, pear, pineapple washed and peeled, respectively, with a round bead spoon dug into a round bead, water chestnut washed and peeled, Yangmei washed and ready to use.
2, add sugar to 50 ml of water, placed in a pot of boiling heat to dissolve.
3, after cooling, add lemon juice, the five fruits into a favorite pattern, when serving the sugar juice poured into the fruit on top, can be.
Effects: thirst, and stomach and digestion.
Ginger Duck
Ingredients: half sliced duck, ginger, green peppers, green onions and garlic, black beans, chili sauce, sweet noodle sauce.
Practice:
1, duck chopped pieces, a small piece of ginger patted, the other all shredded, green pepper shredded.
2, the oil is hot under the onion, ginger and garlic fried aroma and put the duck dry explosion, until the duck burst dry can.
3, the oil is 80% hot, put the black beans, hot sauce, sweet noodle sauce stir-fried and put ginger stirred for a while.
4, and finally put a good duck, sugar, and green peppers stir fry a few times
Effects: nourishing Yin, tonic deficiency, stomach, water.
Autumn dietary regimen of attention
Spleen deficiency - eat some porridge
Performance: less food and bloating, loss of appetite, limb fatigue, fatigue, diarrhea from time to time, yellowish color
Dietary supplements: Poria cake, gorgonzola, yam, cowpea, millet, strengthen the spleen and stomach.
Effects: Eating porridge can harmonize the stomach, replenish the spleen and moisten dryness, and it is more effective if it is eaten with the above foods cooked in porridge.
Stomach fire people - eat some bitter
Performance: vegetarian spicy, greasy products people, over time, easy to heat the fire, the accumulation of heat in the intestines and stomach, manifested in the stomach burning, cold drinks, bad breath, constipation and so on.
Dietary supplements: moderately more intake of some bitter melon, cucumber, winter melon, bitter vegetables, bitter tea, etc., to clear the fire in the stomach.
Elderly and children - eat some hawthorn
Performance: Due to weak digestion, there is often stagnant food in the stomach, which is manifested as loss of appetite or bloating after eating.
Dietary supplements: Eat some hawthorn, white radish and other food in moderation to eliminate food, strengthen the spleen, and stomach.
Autumn health knowledge
Exercise is best in the afternoon
After the fall, the morning and evening temperatures are lower, the elderly to participate in exercise too early, is not conducive to good health. After the fall, you can choose to exercise in the afternoon, when the temperature is higher, the human motor center nerves are more active, this time appropriate exercise is very beneficial to human health. You can choose to walk, jogging, swimming and other sports, daily exercise time in about 1 hour is good.
Night best not open air conditioning
After the fall, the weather is cool in the morning and evening, air conditioning is not easy to open time is not too long, the best night is not open or only open dehumidification. In this way, both can cool down the heat, but also to prevent air conditioning disease. People in the air-conditioned environment often drink ginger tea. Weak people, can be in the office with a jacket "to avoid the cold".
After the fall sleep time needs to be adjusted
Summer night sleep is best not more than 23:00, after the fall is best not more than 22:30. Because, the yin and yang in people's bodies is originally very balanced, daytime exertion on the body's damage are needed in the night sleep self-repair, such as some minor problems on self-recovery. If the night sleep is not guaranteed, resulting in the body's immune mechanism is disrupted, the small disease can not be repaired, it will become a major disease. Therefore, young people should ensure at least 7 hours of sleep every night, the elderly at least 6 hours.
Eat less spicy more moisturizing lung
Pay attention to eat less chili, ginger and other spicy foods, barbecue should also eat less. The so-called within a year, autumn does not eat ginger; within a day, night does not eat ginger. The climate is gradually dry after the fall, if you eat spicy ginger, it is not good for the lungs.
You can eat more lotus root, water chestnuts, both raw and cooked, there is a yin moist dryness, the role of Tianjin to quench thirst.
Eat less watermelon and more beans
Watermelon is a very good heat fruit, suitable for summer consumption, but after the autumn, after a long summer heat, people's bodies consume a lot, especially some of the elderly are mostly cold stomach and spleen, to eat less watermelon and other fruits are too cold, so as not to injure the spleen and stomach, causing diarrhea.
Beans have the function of strengthening the spleen and promoting dampness, which is suitable for the fall season. You can drink more three-bean soup, three-bean soup can not only clear the heat and detoxification, there is a spleen and the effect of dampness.
Mung beans: heat;
Red beans: heat;
Black beans: spleen and kidney.