As the saying goes, "Good food should be matched with beautiful utensils, and medical treatment is not as good as dietotherapy". Mutton is warm in nature, benefiting qi and nourishing yin, warming the middle and tonifying deficiency, stimulating appetite and strengthening the body. In Compendium of Materia Medica, it is called the warming and nourishing of nourishing yuan and yang and benefiting blood and gas. Warmth is the warmth to the human body. For example, the elderly are afraid of cold in winter, and eating mutton at the right time will make them feel warm. This is recorded in Treatise on Febrile Diseases and Qian Jin Shu by Zhang Qiongzhi in the Tang Dynasty. It can be seen that mutton is the best food for people to supplement in winter. Sheep are naturally cold-resistant, mainly produced in cold plateau areas of China, such as Qinghai, Tibet and Inner Mongolia, among which Inner Mongolia is the best sheep breed. The temperature difference between day and night in Inner Mongolia is large; Lush aquatic plants are especially suitable for sheep. Most people here are nomads, and their lives are unstable, but they are all strong. They can still ride horses and whip and graze cattle and sheep in the cold of MINUS 30 degrees. Their strong physique and cold resistance are inseparable from the diet structure of eating mutton all the year round. Similarly, in the south of China, there will be a broad market for mutton, but there are few sheep in the south. People don't understand the characteristics of mutton, and they can't adapt to the unique flavor of mutton at first, and the number of local Muslims is less than that in the north, so not many people eat mutton. For example, in terms of climate and geographical conditions, the south needs mutton more. South China has a subtropical climate, especially in the Yangtze River and Pearl River basins, which is rainy, windy and humid all the year round. In winter, the cold is unbearable. Due to the influence of geographical pattern, residents have no heating equipment in winter, and people feel cold in the house, which makes people unable to adapt for a long time, especially those who go to the north. In this climate, people are prone to rheumatism, spinal diseases, central nervous system and other diseases for a long time, which will endanger people's health and affect people's life span. Therefore, in the vast areas of the south, whether in winter or summer, people can eat more mutton at an appropriate time to get rid of moisture, avoid cold and warm their hearts and stomachs, which is beneficial to everyone.
Mutton is tender and contains high protein and rich vitamins. The melting point of sheep fat is 47 degrees, because people's body temperature is 37 degrees, even if they eat it, they will not be absorbed by the body and will not gain weight. Mutton is tender and easy to digest. Eating more mutton can only improve physical fitness and disease resistance. And there will be no other side effects, so now people often say: "If you want to live longer, eat mutton often."
According to the newspaper, Swiss scientists found an anticancer substance in cattle and sheep. This fatty acid called CLA is very useful for treating cancer.
It has obvious effect. Scientists from an animal research institute in Frejborg, Switzerland, discovered the unique properties of CLA after years of research. Through experiments on mice and human cells, scientists found that under the action of conjugated linoleic acid, the growth of cancer cells was inhibited and gradually decreased, and the therapeutic effect on skin cancer, colon cancer and breast cancer was obvious.
Experts pointed out that CLA mainly exists in meat and dairy products, and the CLA content of ruminants such as cattle and sheep is much higher than that of pigs and chickens. The experiment also proved that the content of CLA in animals grazing sheep on the grassland was high.