More than a decade ago, when it came to keeping in good health, most people were relatively exclusive, especially foreigners. Traditional Chinese medicine concepts such as massage and dietotherapy have never been accepted by foreigners. However, with the promotion of scientific means and foreigners' understanding of China culture, health preservation has gradually become a new trend. People in China have always paid attention to treating diseases rather than preventing them, and keeping in good health is actually preventing them. Health care pays attention to nature and conforms to the four seasons. Dietotherapy, as one of the main methods of health preservation, is also true. Now it's summer, so it's natural to eat some seasonal dishes in summer. Amaranth is the health protagonist we are going to talk about today.

Summer is the time when amaranth grows vigorously, the price is not expensive, and the taste is the best. Many people may often eat amaranth at home, and stir-fry a plate with garlic paste, which completely tastes like lobster with garlic paste. But you may not know that amaranth not only tastes better, but also has nourishing effect as good as eggs. Folk have "June amaranth, when eggs; In July, amaranth, gold does not change ",this is not without foundation.

Amaranth has four supplements, from which men, women and children can benefit.

Tonifying blood

I think everyone will be red when they eat amaranth. When I was a child, I often lied about my military situation with my mouth full of amaranth and told my parents that I was "bleeding". In fact, this is because amaranth contains a natural pigment "amaranth red". After being fried at high temperature, the cell wall is destroyed, which will make amaranth flow out of red liquid. Many people have the red color of amaranth, which is very similar to blood, and can also have the effect of enriching blood.

Although this statement is unreasonable, amaranth red does not have the effect of enriching blood. However, amaranth contains a large amount of mineral iron, but it can promote blood production and improve women's iron deficiency anemia. If pork liver and amaranth can be fried together, the effect of iron supplementation will be better. It is suggested that women can eat a little amaranth fried pork liver every day in summer.

Supplementary cellulose

Summer diet should follow the principle of light, but in fact, most people are used to eating barbecue and lobster. Under the high temperature in summer, all functions of the human body will also be affected. With such greasy eating habits, fat will not be easily metabolized. This is undoubtedly an unacceptable fact for people who want to lose weight. At this time, we should actively supplement dietary fiber, accelerate the peristalsis of the stomach and promote the discharge of fat. The dietary fiber content in amaranth is relatively high. Eating amaranth every day can supplement cellulose, make the intestines healthier and help you lose weight.

Three calcium supplements

Children's growth and development are inseparable from calcium; The loss of calcium in the elderly is also faster; Women will continue to lose calcium during menstruation; Men exercise a lot and sweat a lot in summer, which will also make calcium flow out of the body with sodium. From this point of view, calcium supplementation is also something that men, women and children should do in summer. Every 100 grams of amaranth contains 180 mg of calcium, which can basically meet the daily needs of human body. Prepare a plate of amaranth for your family at noon every day, and the whole family can benefit from it.

Four-supplement immunity

If you stay in an air-conditioned room, you will often have a runny nose and catch a cold easily. Perhaps your immunity is relatively low. If it is in other seasons, you may improve your immunity through exercise. When the temperature is high in summer, people are too lazy to exercise. This might as well eat amaranth. Amaranth is rich in nutrients. In addition to the minerals and cellulose mentioned above, vitamins and water content are relatively high, which can promote immunity.

Some people may find amaranth tastes bitter when they eat it. This is because amaranth contains many components such as alkaloids, which will make amaranth bitter. If you wash amaranth with hot water in advance before frying it, the alkaloids will be easy to decompose and the bitterness will be light. If you have diarrhea and loose stools in recent days, don't consider eating amaranth.