Post Date December, 02 2023
According to the different nutrients contained in foods, men's winter meals should have the following characteristics:
1、 Eat more staple foods, and eat lamb, quail, and sea cucumber appropriately.
Proteins, fats, and carbohydrates are called thermogenic nutrients. Therefore, in winter, it is necessary to appropriately increase the intake of staple foods and oils to ensure the supply of high-quality protein. Dog meat, lamb, beef, chicken, venison, shrimp, pigeon, quail, sea cucumber, and other foods are rich in protein and fat, producing a lot of calories. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is beneficial for the kidney to strengthen yang, warm the middle and lower body, replenish qi and generate blood, and has the best effect on preventing cold.
2、 Supplement calcium and iron to prevent cold.
Research shows that people's fear of cold is related to their body's low intake of certain minerals. For example, the amount of calcium in the human body can directly affect the contractility and excitability of the heart muscle, blood vessels, and muscles. Iron deficiency in the blood is an important cause of iron deficiency anemia, often manifested as low calorie production, low body temperature, and so on. Therefore, supplementing foods rich in calcium and iron can improve the body's ability to resist cold.
Calcium containing foods mainly include milk, bean products, kelp, laver, shells, oysters, sardine, shrimp, etc; The main foods containing iron are animal blood, egg yolk, pig liver, soybean, sesame, black fungus, and red dates.
3、 Eat more kelp and laver to promote the secretion of thyroxine.
One of the thyroid secretions in the human body is called thyroxine. It can accelerate the oxidation of many tissues and cells in the body, increase the body's ability to produce heat, enhance basic metabolic rate, accelerate skin blood circulation, and resist cold and cold. Iodine containing foods can promote the secretion of thyroxine. Iodine rich foods include: kelp, seaweed, Nostoc flagelliforme, jellyfish, spinach, Chinese cabbage, corn, and so on.
4、 Eat more animal liver and carrots to increase cold resistance.
Cold climate causes significant changes in human vitamin metabolism. Increasing intake of vitamin A and vitamin C can enhance cold resistance and adaptability to cold, and has a good protective effect on blood vessels. Vitamin A mainly comes from animal liver, carrots, dark green vegetables, and vitamin C mainly comes from fresh fruits and vegetables.
5、 Eat more sesame seeds and sunflower seeds to provide the necessary elements for human cold resistance.
Cold weather increases the demand for methionine in the body. Methionine can provide a series of methyl groups necessary for cold adaptation through transfer. Therefore, in winter, people should eat more food containing methionine. Such as sesame, sunflower seeds, dairy products, yeast, leafy vegetables, etc.
6、 Eat more spicy food to keep out the cold.
Peppers contain capsaicin, ginger contains aromatic volatile oil, and pepper contains piperine. They are all spicy foods. Eating more in winter can not only increase appetite, but also promote blood circulation and improve the body's ability to resist cold.
