Eating hot sugar-fried chestnuts in winter is the warmest memory of many people when they were young, and it has become one of the first choice new year goods during the Spring Festival because of its sweet and soft taste.

Chinese medicine believes that chestnuts are sweet and warm; Entering the kidney, spleen and stomach meridian, it has the effects of nourishing stomach and strengthening spleen, invigorating qi and kidney, strengthening waist and tendons, stopping bleeding, reducing swelling and strengthening heart.

"Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "Treat kidney deficiency, waist and foot weakness, hang chestnuts in bags, eat more than ten chestnuts every day, eat pig kidney porridge to help them, and be strong for a long time." Therefore, people with kidney deficiency may wish to eat more chestnuts.

Expert comment: There are many ways to eat chestnuts. In the south, chestnuts are used for cooking, which is a kind of banquet food. Chestnut black-bone chicken and chestnut braised mutton are household names.

Northern sugar-fried chestnuts are sweet and delicious. Grinding chestnut meat and cooking porridge with japonica rice can not only strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach, but also increase appetite, which is especially suitable for the elderly who have poor appetite and weak waist and knees due to functional degradation.

However, it should be noted that if you tonify the kidney, the effect of raw chestnuts may be better than that of cooked chestnuts, and it is appropriate to eat 1~2 capsules every morning and evening.

Peanut: Soaking vinegar is the most appetizing food.

In China, Er Liang Xiao wine with peanuts is the most popular and common appetizer.

In addition, peanut has a good effect of nourishing the stomach, and its principle mostly comes from Chinese medicine, saying that it has the function of "pleasing the spleen and stomach, nourishing qi and regulating qi". During the Chinese New Year, if you eat too much fat and sweets, accumulate food or lose appetite, you might as well eat some peanuts.

Expert comment: Intestinal diseases are mostly related to disharmony between spleen and stomach, invasion of intestine by downward flow of damp heat, and peanuts enter spleen meridian and lung meridian.

Eating five or six raw peanuts every day can strengthen the intestines and reduce the occurrence of colorectal cancer. Soak half a bowl of raw peanuts with clothes in vinegar, take them out after 7 days, and eat a few pills every morning and evening, which has a good appetizing effect.

However, it should be noted that people with gastric ulcer and hyperacidity should not eat it, because it may cause gastrointestinal dysfunction, stomach pain, pantothenic acid and other uncomfortable symptoms.

Hawthorn: It relieves boredom and helps digestion.

Hawthorn is especially popular in festivals. Compendium of Materia Medica says that it can "change diet and eliminate meat accumulation"; Xuan Tong Herbal Medicine says it can "eliminate the accumulation of greasy dirt". In short, if you eat and drink seafood during the Spring Festival and your stomach is overwhelmed, it is definitely right to have some hawthorn.

Expert comment: Hawthorn tastes sour and sweet, slightly warm, and enters the spleen, stomach and liver meridians. It is a good medicine for invigorating spleen, stimulating appetite, promoting digestion, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. During the Chinese New Year, people tend to eat more oil, so we might as well make some "oil-relieving soup" to drink.

Take 30 grams of hawthorn, 60 grams of cassia seed and 0/5 grams of lotus leaf/kloc-,and add water to decoct. It not only tastes good, but also has a good effect of promoting digestion and assisting in lowering blood pressure, and is suitable for patients with hypertension and hyperlipidemia.

It should be noted that pregnant women, children, people with excessive gastric acid secretion, people with physical weakness after illness and dental patients are not suitable for eating.

Sugarcane: Quenching thirst and clearing heat can also resolve phlegm.

Children's favorite fruit in the new year may be sugarcane. It is also warm and happy for everyone to get together and spit out the sugarcane skin happily and watch the sugarcane skin grow into a hill. Chinese medicine believes that sugar cane is sweet, cold and non-toxic. Li Shizhen called it "the fruit of sugarcane and spleen", and recorded: "Governing the lower qi, helping the spleen and stomach and benefiting the large intestine." It can clear away heat and moisten dryness, quench thirst and relieve annoyance.

Expert comment: Raw sugarcane is good, especially suitable for children. This is because sugarcane juice is rich in protein, amino acids, vitamins and trace elements.

In addition, if there are symptoms of dry mouth and fever, peeling sugar cane and chewing fruit juice slowly will also have the effect of adjuvant therapy. However, it should be noted that swallowing bagasse by mistake may irritate the throat. Children should pay special attention to avoid accidents.

Jujube: make tea to warm and replenish qi and blood.

Jujube tastes sweet and soft, and the pulp is dense and chewy, which is convenient to eat. It is a favorite snack for women and children during the Spring Festival.

At the same time, it is warm, belongs to the spleen and stomach meridian, and has the functions of invigorating the middle energizer, nourishing blood and calming the nerves, and relieving the medicinal properties. The content of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is 70-80 times that of grapes and apples, and the content of rutin (vitamin P) is also very high. These two vitamins have certain effects on preventing cancer, hypertension and hyperlipidemia.

Expert comment: People's congresses in the north like to visit relatives and friends on New Year's Day. It is a good choice to drink a bowl of hot jujube tea when you come back from the cold outdoors. It can not only warm the body, but also nourish qi and blood, and avoid diarrhea caused by raw food.

The method is also very simple. Wash 10 ~ 30g red dates, draw straight lines on their skins with a knife to help nutrients overflow, and then add appropriate amount of water to boil for about 1 hour.

However, we need to remind everyone that people with excessive phlegm, people who love fire, patients with early colds and diabetics should eat less or not.

Matters needing attention in eating snacks

The range of snacks is actually very wide. Don't limit snacks to puffed food such as potato chips. There are many snacks, which are low in calories, fat, vitamins and dietary fiber. Are all good choices.

For example, whole wheat food, which contains complex carbohydrates and rich dietary fiber, can provide you with energy quickly and keep it for a long time as long as it is eaten in a small amount, including low-fat whole wheat bread, graham crackers, rye biscuits and so on. Preparing some at home during the Spring Festival is also the best food for friends and family.

In addition to whole grains, fruits and vegetables are also essential snacks. Don't think that vegetables can only be the staple food. During the Chinese New Year, prepare more fruits and lettuce that can be eaten directly at home, such as cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, apples and oranges. It can not only change the taste of people who eat more chicken, duck and fish during the Spring Festival, but also provide a strong sense of fullness. It is a fat-free and low-calorie food, and it can also provide rich vitamins and dietary fiber. It can be said that it is a snack we should eat every day.

Secondly, there are many nuts at home during the Spring Festival, such as melon seeds, peanuts, cashews and pistachios. As a snack, nuts are rich in protein, which can keep you full for a longer time and help reduce your daily dietary intake.

Moreover, the fat contained in nuts is unsaturated fatty acid, which is more conducive to our absorption. However, it should be noted that nuts are high in calories, so don't eat too much at a time, just a small handful is enough.

Finally, you can choose some low-fat dairy products such as yogurt or lactic acid bacteria drinks. Dairy products are sources of other high-energy nutrients such as calcium and protein, but they are high in fat, so you should pay attention to choosing low-fat dairy products.

Fruit-flavored dairy products are girls' favorite, but they usually contain high sugar, so we should consider choosing low-sugar or sugar-free dairy products to control calorie intake.

What should I pay attention to during the Spring Festival?

diet food

1. Holidays are a multi-person meal almost every day. Please pay attention to using public chopsticks. At this time, it is the season when colds and viral hepatitis are easy to occur, so it is difficult to disinfect tableware at once. In frequent cross contact, these infectious diseases are often spread through food, utensils and saliva.

2. Drink alcohol in moderation. Excessive alcohol can cause damage to the liver, brain, nervous system and digestive system; Be careful not to drink alcohol on an empty stomach, food will slow down the absorption of alcohol, thus giving the body enough time to neutralize alcohol; Don't drink too much and stop drinking from time to time; You can't drink soda after drinking white wine. Fruit juice can play a very good role in hangover. Be careful not to drink strong tea after drinking too much.

Pay attention to keep food fresh and hygienic during the Spring Festival. The best meal is cooked and eaten now, made with fresh food ingredients, and eaten immediately without placing it. Special attention: stale cooked meat products and cold meat dishes must not be eaten; The food stored in the refrigerator should be thoroughly heated and eaten after being taken out; Raw vegetables must be washed; In the process of processing food, we must insist on separating raw food from cooked food.

4. Light and less greasy, with reasonable collocation. Excessive "adequate" nutrition has significantly increased the incidence of obesity, hypertension, diabetes and other diseases in the population. Eating too much fish, eating fruit or drinking tea after meals is helpful to detoxify and reduce the burden on the intestines.

5. Eat less and give you a healthy stomach. Dinner and family banquets are often very rich. Rich dishes and mutual favor often make people have a strong appetite and "eat", causing gastrointestinal discomfort and even digestive system diseases. From indigestion "diarrhea" to hiccups and bloating "acid reflux" to acute pancreatitis, it is life-threatening.

toiletry

Dress according to the temperature of the day. Girls try not to wear knees. In winter, miniskirts will not only lead to cold legs and cold air invading the body, but also the muscles of the whole body will contract in winter, the legs will feel tired and weak, and the blood circulation of the body will be slow, which will easily lead to blood retention. It will also gradually turn the original long legs into elephant legs, which will make the legs more and more bloated. If you don't keep your legs warm in winter, your body will deform.

Put underwear on the baby; Dress moderately and don't sweat all the time because you wear too much; Give the baby a thin cotton-padded jacket; Don't wear close-fitting sweaters and pants; Baby's sweater should buy children's special wool; Keep your baby's socks dry; The fabric of shoes should be warm and the size should be appropriate; Put a hat on the baby; Don't always wear a mask or scarf to protect your baby's mouth; Don't wear a turtleneck or sweater for your baby. Although it can resist the cold, it is easy to cause itching and urticaria in the neck. Don't wear down cotton-padded jacket for babies with allergic skin, because it will induce rash and bronchitis.

Sports articles

When visiting relatives and playing cards during the Spring Festival, everyone is basically sitting. Sitting for a long time can easily lead to backache and spinal strain. During the Chinese New Year, besides visiting, moderate exercise is also indispensable.

1. Happy New Year by bike.

Nowadays, every family has a car, but Bian Xiao suggested that everyone should switch from driving to riding a bike, which is not only beneficial to health, but also a fashion to follow the trend. Cycling can exercise leg muscles, improve sciatica and tighten hips, which is a kind of exercise advocated by bodybuilders.

Step 2 travel in groups

With people's economic conditions getting better and better, countless people choose to travel during the New Year. After the new year, they can date three or five friends. Going out to play is not only beneficial to Jin Kang, but also can increase the affection between friends and keep in good health.

Warm reminder: But Bian Xiao would like to remind everyone here that moderate exercise is enough in the new year. Never do strenuous exercise. Doing strenuous exercise makes you lose your vitality, which is counterproductive, but it will have a great impact on your health.