It's the season when everything flourishes, and it's also the season when bacteria breed, so we should take precautions in our daily diet. What should we eat? As the saying goes, good medicine tastes bitter, and besides bitter food, there are many delicious foods that can play a role.
Bitter food is a good medicine for reducing internal heat, because bitter food contains bitter substances such as alkaloids and urea. Traditional Chinese medicine research has found that these bitter substances have the effects of relieving fever and removing summer heat, so bitter gourd, almond, bitter vegetable, kudingcha, celery and kale are all good choices for health preservation and detoxification in spring.
Here's a detailed introduction to what to eat in the spring to keep healthy and detoxify:
First, spinach
Quercetin, glutathione, dietary fiber, folic acid and iron are all indispensable nutrients for women, and the effects are quite remarkable for detoxifying, improving constipation and improving metabolism. At the same time, carotenoids are also rich in content, to help you beauty beauty. The content of vitamin C in spinach produced in spring is 3-5 times that in summer. Now is a good time to eat more spinach.
2. Chinese kale
A representative Chinese kale, which can be eaten in stems, leaves and flowers, is rich in vitamin C, vitamins, carotene, calcium, folic acid, iron and potassium, and has a very high nutritional value. In addition, the amount of glucosinolates in Chinese kale is quite high, which can form isothiocyanic acid and play a super detoxification and detoxification effect. From the end of winter, October-March is the season of Chinese kale production. When the population in Chinese kale exerts its super fat metabolism effect and the diuretic effect of potassium, it can effectively detoxify and eliminate edema.
Third, Komatsu
Japanese people call it a healthy and delicious green leaf. Komatsu, which is often used in daily diet to lose weight, is rich in various vitamins and minerals, among which the calcium content is more than three times that of spinach. Needless to say, the detoxification and detoxification effects of chlorophyll, in addition, the cooking method is not afraid of the loss of effective ingredients.
IV. Potatoes
The vitamin C rich in potatoes is hardly damaged after heat, and the content of vitamin C in potatoes that began to be produced in March reached its peak. In fact, the skin of potatoes is rich in dietary fiber and minerals, so you may wish to wash it thoroughly before cooking and eat it with the skin! When potatoes are heated and cooled and eaten, a part of starch will be converted into indigestible starch, thus promoting the peristalsis of intestines, improving constipation and taking toxins and wastes out of the body.
5. Cabbage
Cabbage is also one of the vegetable ingredients often used in cooking, in which vitamin U can repair gastric mucosa, improve liver function and prevent fat from accumulating around internal organs. Different cooking methods have different effects. Boiling water can promote detoxification, and eating it raw before meals can prevent the loss of vitamin U and get a full feeling of fullness.
VI. Pumpkin
With the increase of age, many women are short of dietary fiber. Eating 211 grams of pumpkin every day can effectively supplement the daily lack of weight, which is about 7.3 grams, helping you to be full, making detoxification smoother and improving constipation. The orange pigment in pumpkin comes from lutein, and its super antioxidant capacity can repair retina, * * *, uterus and other parts after being absorbed by human body.
VII. Broad beans
protein and starch are the main components of broad beans, among which amino acids are very healthy and low in calories, and vitamin B group greatly promotes the metabolism of fat. In addition, quercetin is rich in the epidermis of broad beans. If you want to promote detoxification and improve constipation, you can usually eat it with the epidermis.
VIII. Onion
The detoxification power of onion is absolutely No.1 among many vegetables, such as quercetin, glutathione, dietary fiber, polyphenols, selenium, oligosaccharides, etc. Onion is an effective component for detoxification and antioxidation. Among them, the powerful detoxification energy comes from organic sulfur compounds. Before cooking, cut the onion, put it at room temperature for a while, and stir-fry it with oil when cooking. This ingredient can be well locked and not lost. In addition, spicy ingredients help you speed up your metabolism.
IX. Tomatoes
81-91% of the efficacy of tomatoes comes from lycopene, which has the effects of detoxifying, inhibiting neutral fat and malignant cholesterol, and at the same time, the super antioxidant components are effective and anti-aging. After tomatoes are heated or cooked with oil, the amount of lycopene is greatly increased, so they should be used more in diet to lose weight!
11. The effects of broccoli are as follows:
The isothiocyanate, quercetin, dietary fiber and chlorophyll * * * of broccoli work together to promote a powerful detoxification and detoxification effect. Every 111 grams contains 4.4 grams of dietary fiber, of which 3.7 grams are insoluble dietary fiber, which is quite high, and it is a good product for improving constipation!
XI. Leek
The green component of leek is derived from chlorophyll, which can remove toxins from the intestines after entering the human body. The unique taste of leek comes from sulfur compounds, which can keep the liver function normal and prevent toxins from accumulating. This sulfur compound is called "allicin", which can promote the absorption of human body, thus improving the metabolic rate of sugar. The secret is to cut the leek and put it at room temperature, and its efficacy can be improved; If 15- is placed, allicin will be gradually transformed into disulfide and pre-trisulfide to inhibit the increase of blood sugar level. In addition, the contents of vitamin A, vitamin C and vitamin E in leek are also quite rich.
12. Avocados
Among many fruits, avocados with superior glutathione content are actually a vegetable ingredient. In recent years, we will see avocados in many diets to lose weight. At the same time, the potassium content is rich, which makes the water metabolism in the body smooth and can naturally eliminate edema.
avocado, also known as "avocado", although its calorie is not low, half of it is about 191 calories, but because of its rich dietary fiber, eating half of it before meals or on an empty stomach can fully satiate, control appetite and prevent overeating. 61-71% of avocado fat is oleic acid, which can effectively reduce malignant cholesterol, and avocado itself contains almost no cholesterol.
XIII. Carrots
Carrots are rich in two kinds of carotene, α and β, which are good helpers for female beauty beauty, and even added to skin care products and cosmetics! The dietary fiber in carrots has an even amount of water-soluble and insoluble, which helps you detoxify and improve constipation from the inside out.
14. Spring buds
Spring buds are eaten in spring. Confucius said "from time to time, don't eat", which means that you don't eat unless it's in this season. Huangdi Neijing, a classic work of traditional Chinese medicine, also said that to "eat the old valley" means to eat seasonal food. In spring, all plants give birth to bright green buds, and there are many edible spring buds, such as Toona sinensis, bean sprouts, garlic sprouts, bean sprouts and lettuce.
15. Spring bamboo shoots
Spring bamboo shoots, known as "the first vegetarian food", are very popular as delicacies. Scholars and gourmets are amazed at it, and there is a saying that "early adopters are like mushrooms after rain". Spring bamboo shoots are thick, delicious and refreshing, rich in nutrition, and can be vegetarian. Different practices have different flavors, and stir-frying, stewing, boiling and simmering are all delicacies. Local famous dishes, such as "Chinese wolfberry spring bamboo shoots" in Shanghai, "white chicken with spring bamboo shoots" in Nanjing and "southern meat spring bamboo shoots" in Zhejiang, all occupy a place. However, it is difficult to eat fresh bamboo shoots in the north, so forget it if it is soaked in formalin.
XVI. Cherry
is known as the "first branch of spring fruit" and is cultivated all over China at present. Cherry fruit is thick, delicious and juicy, bright in color and rich in nutrition, and its iron content is particularly prominent, which is more than 21 times that of citrus, pear and apple, ranking first among fruits. Cherry is warm, sweet and slightly sour, and has the effects of invigorating qi and benefiting middle energizer, regulating middle energizer and nourishing face, strengthening spleen and appetizing. Eating cherries in spring can make people sweat, replenish qi, dispel wind and penetrate rash. It should be noted that cherries belong to fire, so you should not eat more, and you should avoid eating or eat less because of yin deficiency and fire. If you can't eat cherries, strawberries are also a good choice.
In addition to the sixteen kinds of food mentioned above, there are many other health-preserving and detoxicating foods for you to choose from, so I won't introduce them here. For more food choices about health-preserving and detoxicating, please continue to pay attention to the Spring Health Channel.