Honey is a gift from nature to mankind, it contains nutrients are particularly rich, mainly glucose and fructose, the content of the two up to 70%, in addition, also contains protein, amino acids, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin D and so on. Honey has a strong body, improve intelligence, increase hemoglobin, improve the role of the heart muscle, etc., long service can prolong life. Modern medicine has proved that honey on neurasthenia, hypertension, coronary atherosclerosis, lung disease, etc., have curative effects. In the fall often take honey, not only is conducive to the recovery of these diseases, but also to prevent the autumn dryness for the human body, play a moisturizing lungs, the role of the lungs, so that people can live a long and healthy life.
Autumn dry season, but also pay attention to not eat or eat less spicy barbecue food, such as chili peppers, peppercorns, cinnamon, ginger, green onions and wine, especially ginger. These foods are hot, but also in the cooking to lose a lot of water, easy to eat after the fire. Of course, a small amount of green onions, ginger and chili peppers as a condiment is not a big problem, but do not eat often or more. For example, ginger, which contains volatile oil, can accelerate blood circulation, and also contains curcumin, which has the function of stimulating gastric juice secretion, excitation of the intestinal tract, and promote digestion. Ginger also contains gingerol, which can reduce the occurrence of gallstones. In the ancient medical books also appeared in this "warning": "within a year, the fall does not eat ginger; within a day, the night does not eat ginger." It seems that, in the fall, do not eat or eat less ginger and other spicy food, has long attracted the attention of the ancients, which is very reasonable.
Autumn is the easiest season for people to grow fat. This is because after the autumn, the weather slowly become cooler, people's appetite, night rest is also much more comfortable, leisure time tired body is more willing to rest quietly, and not willing to participate in physical exertion activities. In this way, the body's daily caloric intake is mostly more than caloric consumption, so that the fat a little bit of hoarding up. If not adjusted, after the fall and winter seasons, people will be much fatter. Year after year, people will soon be "fat" up. What's worse, obesity both hinders people's physical beauty, will also bring hypertension, coronary heart disease, cerebral atherosclerosis and other "civilization diseases", so we must not "condone" it.
Poetry: "Autumn cool a good cool", "has been cool weather is not cold", people take advantage of this not hot and not cold climate, suitable for eating fill, fitness over winter. So xia proverbs have "a year to make up through, not as good as make up the frost" and first "make up the sun" after "make up the frost", the so-called "fall fill "than" make up for the winter "more important.
The ancients to "sheep" word instead of "Xiang" word, "sheep" and "Yang" resonance, there is a "three sheep" and "three sheep". "Three Sheep" said. Folklore "boiled mutton", "boiled mutton" often ginger, dates as a condiment flavored and become, men, women, old and young can be eaten. As the saying goes, "Eat brain to replenish the brain", and eating boiled sheep's head can assist in the treatment of "head wind" and other diseases. Another plus "four treasures", "eight treasures" of tonic medicine boiled mutton, Chinese medicine books have auxiliary treatment of lung disease, malaria records. Chestnut has a "king of dried fruit" reputation. Autumn steamed chestnut cake fruit consumption, have a strong kidney, spleen and stomach effects.
Chestnut porridge to eat, can make up for the gas, steamed alone, fried, shelling and eating, not only good taste, but also high nutritional value. Frost is the last of the fall season, after that is the "winter". As the saying goes, "make up for the winter is not as good as make up for the frost". Autumn fill both eat mutton and eat rabbit meat.
Fruit as a fashionable food, everyone knows. However, fruit can also be used as a tonic, such as pears and persimmons in the fall
Elderly people in addition to do not fall frozen, the core issue is the choice of diet and collocation, there are the following aspects:
The prevention of cold and temperature of the daily breakfast, with the warm nature of the food, such as porridge with jujubes and dried ginger, walnuts, sweet almonds, grapes, etc., but also the consumption of soya bean milk, hoisin soup, lamb soup, vinegar, buttery cabbage, Sugar garlic, etc.
Expeling dampness and expelling wind In case of rainy and windy weather or dampness in the body or thinning of stools, the diet should be increased to dispel wind and expel dampness, such as the use of rice, lentils, red beans, Job's tear grains, lotus seeds, chestnuts, green onions, ginger, peppercorns, fennel, cloves, pepper, and so on.
Moistening dryness and nourishing yin in dry weather or dry mouth, dry stools, should choose to moisten dryness and nourishing yin diet, such diet varieties can enhance immunity, you can choose whole wheat flour, wheat kernel, bean sprouts, soybean milk, peanuts, sesame seeds, sweet potatoes, yam, pumpkin, radish, cabbage, lotus cabbage, lily of the valley, fungus, pears, apples, grapes, wolfberries, jujubes, sweet almonds, sugarcane, honey, duck eggs, steamed Egg custard, etc.
Constriction of yang qi In the diet of moderate increase in hawthorn, schizandra, persimmon vinegar and other acidic food can be constriction of yang qi, if there is no wind-cold weather or the body does not have a cold, should be used as little as possible or do not use to relieve the surface of the sweating of food, such as scallions, ginger, chili peppers, mustard, and so on.
The five flavors of harmony This is one of the eight cornerstones of health, attention should be paid to the following relationship: spicy taste and sour or bitter taste is a mutual constraint; sweet taste and salty or sour taste is a mutual constraint; salty and bitter or sweet taste is a mutual constraint. The above is summarized as follows: preventing cold and warming up the warmth; moistening dryness and nourishing Yin to increase the positive energy; lowering the temperature and heat to converge the Yang Qi; and harmonizing the five flavors to reduce the disease.
Particularly in the fall such a transition from the hot summer to the cold winter season, people's resistance is relatively weak, then, if you do not pay attention, it will be very easy to get sick. Therefore, in the fall should eat more food that can enhance human resistance and immunity. So, take a look at some of the fall foods we have introduced to you.
Seaweed - seaweed is rich in protein, fiber, vitamins and minerals. And seaweed is even rich in soluble fiber alginate, which can protect the body from radiation.
Ginger - Ginger can strengthen the body's immune system, can calm coughs, reduce fever, reduce pain, but also effective in suppressing disease. Ginger is an excellent antitoxic substance that kills bacteria and mold, making it an effective food for treating wind chills and influenza.
Fruit - Autumn pear is a very good fall fruit, for stopping coughs and removing dryness has a very good therapeutic effect.
Garlic and onions--Garlic and onions can make people's spirits free and enhance the body's immunity. Garlic has the function of lowering cholesterol, often eat garlic and onions will also enable the body to breathe smoothly.