Post Date December, 03 2023
The basic principle of winter health preservation should be "Tibetan". Due to the relatively slow metabolism of the human body after the accumulation of yang qi is closed, it relies on the "kidney", the prime mover of life, to play its role. Therefore, it is important to "nourish the kidney and prevent cold" for winter health preservation.
1、 Eat more cold resistant food
Focus: weak waist and knees
Countermeasures: Most people with weak waist and knees and deficiency of qi and blood are afraid of cold. Proper selection of foods with cold-resistant effects for warming and nourishing can improve this situation. Eating more cold resistant foods such as Chinese wolfberry and red dates can warm the body's tissues, strengthen the body, promote metabolism, and improve the body's ability to prevent cold.
2、 Increase heat producing nutrients
Focus: Weak body and fear of cold
Countermeasures: Due to the severe cold weather in winter, the body consumes more energy to adapt to the harsh external environment every day. Therefore, it is necessary to increase the intake of heat generating nutrients (protein, fat, carbohydrates), especially to relatively increase the intake of some fat, such as adding a small amount of fat when eating meat dishes.
3、 Focus: Cold hands and feet
Countermeasures: The severe cold climate increases the excretion of creatine in human urine, accelerates fat metabolism, and methyl is required for the synthesis of creatine, fatty acid, and the heat released by oxidation in the human body. Therefore, in winter, people should eat more food containing methionine.
4、 Vitamins cannot be reduced
Focus: chills and abdominal pain
Countermeasures: The severe cold climate strengthens the body's oxidative heat production, and the body's vitamin metabolism also undergoes significant changes. Increase vitamin A to enhance the body's cold resistance. Increase the intake of vitamin C to improve the body's ability to adapt to severe cold and have a good protective effect on blood vessels. Vitamin A mainly comes from animal liver, carrots, dark green vegetables, and other foods. Vitamin C mainly comes from fresh fruits and vegetables.
5、 Moderate intake of minerals
Focus: Physical weakness, frequent colds
Countermeasures: People's fear of cold is also related to the quality of mineral intake by the body. For example, the amount of calcium in the human body can directly affect the elasticity and excitability of the human heart muscle, blood vessels, and muscles. Supplementing calcium can improve the body's ability to resist cold. Foods rich in calcium include, soy products, kelp, and so on. Salt is also important for the human body to resist the cold. It can enhance the heat production function of the human body. Therefore, in winter, the main seasoning method is strong and spicy, but it cannot be too salty.
