1. High-protein food
Cold dew is an excessive season when it is cool and cold. At this time, the human body needs to take in some extra high-quality proteins to promote the synthesis of autoimmune proteins, enhance people's immunity and avoid cold caused by cold air. There are many high-protein foods in life. In addition to common meats such as chicken, duck and fish, seafood and seafood are also good choices in cold dew. In particular, shellfish are the most plump and rich in protein, such as hairy crabs, clams and razor clam.
2. Vegetables
Autumn is the time when vegetation is aging, while cold dew is in late autumn. At this time, there are few good green vegetables in the market. Therefore, in addition to green vegetables, tuber plants such as yam, potato and taro are very good choices, and supplementing a lot of minerals and protein is very beneficial to autumn health care. In addition, bean sprouts at this time are very good fresh vegetables.
3. Fruits
Autumn and winter are dry times. Besides drinking plenty of water, it is also necessary to eat more fruits. Fortunately, autumn is the time when many fruits are ripe. Grapes, pears and other fruits with high water content are the best choices, which can not only replenish water, but also improve autumn dryness.
4. Nuts
During the cold dew season, the temperature turns from cold to cold, and everything gradually falls. Plants have injected the essence into seeds to reserve strength for the next year's vitality. Seed foods are very suitable for dieting at this time, such as pine nuts, peanuts, pumpkin seeds, lotus seeds, ginkgo, hazelnuts, etc., which can tonify the kidney and replenish essence.
5. After warming food
cold dew, the ambient temperature is low, so extra warming should be paid attention to in dinner, especially in the morning and evening. You should eat more warm food, such as sugarcane porridge, Radix Adenophorae porridge, raw porridge, Polygonatum porridge, etc., which are all good choices. Warm porridge can also replenish yin, and it is the best means to fight against autumn dryness and evil.
6, cold dew health points
(1) Anti-dryness
Since the "cold dew" season, the rain is getting less and less, the weather is dry, and the day is hot and the night is cool. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the biggest feature of this solar term in the southern climate is that "dryness" is in season, and dryness is the most likely to hurt the lungs and stomach. During this period, people's sweat evaporates quickly, so they often have dry skin, increased wrinkles, dry mouth and throat, dry cough and less phlegm, and even hair loss and constipation. Therefore, the focus of health care is to nourish yin and prevent dryness, moisten the lungs and benefit the stomach. At the same time, it is necessary to avoid the dissipation of essence and body fluid due to strenuous exercise and overwork.
(2) Moisturizing
Diet and health preservation should be based on a balanced diet with five flavors. According to the individual's specific situation, eat more sweet and light moist foods, which can not only replenish the spleen and stomach, but also nourish the lungs and moisten the intestines, and prevent and treat dry throat and mouth. In the diet, we should also eat less spicy, spicy, dry, smoked and roasted foods, and should eat more foods such as sesame, walnut, tremella, radish, tomato, lotus root, milk, lily and adenophora, which have the functions of nourishing yin and moistening dryness, benefiting stomach and promoting fluid production. At the same time, we should maintain a certain humidity indoors, pay attention to replenish water, and eat more fruits such as Sydney, banana, cantaloupe, apple, persimmon and raisin. In addition, attention should also be paid to applying skin cream to protect the skin and prevent chapping.
(3) Keep warm
After cold dew, with the continuous drop of temperature, cold is the most popular disease. When the temperature drops and the air is dry, the pathogenicity of cold virus increases. At this time, many diseases will endanger the lives of the elderly, among which cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases are the most important. In addition, diseases such as stroke, recurrence of chronic bronchitis, asthma and pneumonia in the elderly also seriously threaten the lives of the elderly. According to statistics, more than 9% of old chronic bronchitis patients will have an acute attack after catching a cold, so comprehensive measures should be taken to actively prevent colds. In this cold and dew solar term of eventful autumn, it is important for the elderly to arrange their daily life reasonably, which plays an important role in their health.