Shenzhen Food Therapy Health Care Expert Chang Mozhen talks about the impact of diet on health
Different groups of people pay attention to food
Editor's note:
"My understanding of health is: eating well, sleeping well, moving well, and feeling good. Only when these four are good can people be healthy. Modern people prefer to take medicine instead of diet therapy when they are unwell. The medicine should be placed last.” On the morning of August 15th, in the multifunctional activity room on the first floor of the Baoan District Library, the 392th cultural teahouse of Baotu Weekly Lectures was held as scheduled. Chang Mozhen, an expert on diet and health care in Shenzhen The impact of diet on health has attracted many citizen readers. (CMWSMI)
Nutritional view of medicine and food
Chang Mozhen first shared the nutrition concept of medicine and food. Medicines and foods come from nature. What can only be used for curing diseases is called medicine, and what can only be used for diet is called food. Medicines are differentiated from food, and the two complement each other. However, most of the food has the effect of curing diseases and can be used for diet, which is also called medicine and food. In addition to nutritional value, food, like medicine, also has medicinal value and can prevent and treat diseases. The difference between traditional Chinese medicine and food is that the therapeutic effect of traditional Chinese medicine is strong, that is, it is often said that the medicine is strong, and when the medicine is used correctly, the effect is outstanding. If the medicine is not used at the time, it is easy to have more obvious side effects, while the therapeutic effect of food is not as good As sudden and rapid as Chinese medicine, improperly prepared food will not produce adverse consequences.
Traditional Chinese medicine advocates food and nutrition. There are two basic principles of food nutrition: First, the diet is modest. First of all, it must be quantitative, not too much, not too little, but just right. Bulimic eaters are more sick and have a moderate diet in order to stay healthy and live longer. Secondly, it is necessary to have a regular time, not eating when it is time to eat. In addition, you must control your appetite. Eating on demand is not absolutely arbitrary. 2. Reasonable deployment. Humans are omnivores and must eat a variety of foods to maintain the growth and development of the human body and the functional activities of viscera through the complementary effects of nutrients. The "Neijing" contains a record of "five grains for nourishment, five fruits for help, five animals for benefit, five vegetables for filling, and the smell is combined, to replenish vitality and vitality", a comprehensive overview of grains, meat, vegetables, Fruits, etc. are the main content of the diet, and it is pointed out that they have the main function of nourishing essence in the human body. However, the premise of replenishing vital energy is "combination", so in order to maintain the health of the human body, it is necessary to mix and eat different foods.
Yang Yang in Spring and Summer, Yin in Autumn and Winter
The physiological and pathological changes of the human body must adapt to the natural climate environment. The physiological and pathological changes in different seasons require corresponding dietary principles and methods. For example, in the spring diet to nourish Yang, you can eat more leeks, garlic, onions; eat more jujube, rice, yam, etc., eat less acid; eat more vegetables. In summer, you should pay attention to supplementing vitamins, inorganic salts and water; eat more foods that clear heat and promote dampness, such as watermelon, bitter gourd, ebony, strawberry, tomato, mung bean, cucumber. In autumn, eat more foods that can nourish yin and dryness, such as white fungus, sugar cane, bird’s nest, pears, sesame, silky chicken, soy milk, honey; less pungent and acidic, eat more apples, pomegranates, grapes, star fruit, grapefruit, lemon, Hawthorn; porridge is suitable in the morning. It is advisable to eat more mutton and goose in winter, less salty and more bitter.
In addition, food and nourishment should be based on physical fitness. People with yin deficiency physique should consume lily porridge, which can moisturize the lungs and nourish the heart, relieve cough and soothe the nerves. People with yang deficiency physique should eat lamb stewed with carrots, which can invigorate yang and nourish blood, warm the stomach and insufficiency, expel wind and cold. It is suitable for those who are afraid of cold due to yang deficiency, abdominal pain, and warm hands and feet. People with blood deficiency physique should eat more fried lamb liver to nourish liver and blood, improve eyesight, and can also cure night blindness and impaired vision. People with qi deficiency physique should eat ginseng lotus broth to invigorate qi and spleen. It is suitable for people who are short of breath, lazy speech, lack of appetite, mental fatigue, spontaneous sweating, and susceptibility to colds due to qi deficiency. People with yangsheng physique should eat more steamed tea and fish to clear away heat and quench thirst, especially suitable for body heat, thirst, and facial symptoms caused by yangsheng. For people with blood stasis, edible pig's claw and sunflower stem decoction can promote blood circulation, promote qi and remove blood stasis. For those with phlegm constitution, eating Maogen and red bean porridge can clear heat and promote dampness, and is suitable for dysuria and heavy head and body caused by phlegm constitution. For those with qi depression constitution, Chuanqiong sugar tea can be used to promote qi and blood circulation to promote depression. It is suitable for chest tightness and headaches caused by qi depression.
Medicine is not as good as food
In health care, some people often pay attention to supplements and neglect food supplements. They do not take some tonics blindly according to the nutritional needs of the individual's body, or even take high-level tonics at a high price, which consumes a lot of money and has not seen its obvious effect. So, how to make food supplements? According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, supplements should be given dialectically, that is to say, supplements should be made according to the deficiency of different people.
Elderly people can use tonic food and nourishing Chinese medicine to nourish the body, so as to enhance disease resistance, delay aging, and strengthen the body. Secondly, it is not advisable to eat more fried, viscous and difficult to digest foods, nor to eat more foods with high cholesterol, such as lard, mutton, butter, fatty meat, and animal offal. Usually can choose tonics such as ginseng, shouwu, yam, wolfberry, eucommia, cordyceps, American ginseng, honey, walnuts, pigeon meat, sea cucumber and other supplements, as well as amaranth, tomatoes, citrus, soybeans, milk, eggs, carrots, spinach, rape, etc. Foods rich in calcium, phosphorus, iron and vitamins.
For children, use some supplements that invigorate the spleen and stomach and help digestion, such as jujube, poria, yam, etc., to facilitate their healthy growth. You can also use some kidney-qi-tonifying foods, such as walnuts, yam, longan, royal jelly, etc., to promote growth and development. Teenagers should also use some supplements to nourish their bodies. In addition, lily, lotus seed, yam, walnut, medlar, donkey-hide gelatin, longan, royal jelly, sea cucumber, beef and goat liver and kidney and other foods rich in vitamins, nourishing qi and blood, nourishing the heart and spleen and kidney should be selected.
Women and pregnant women should not only supplement foods rich in vitamins such as fresh vegetables and fruits, but also supplement foods rich in protein and iron, such as soy products, meat, chicken, duck, fish and shrimp. Supplementing foods containing iron and vitamins A and D in time, such as animal liver, can prevent anemia and rickets. Women can use some tonics during pregnancy. You can choose drugs that can protect the fetus and invigorate the spleen and kidney, such as Atractylodes macrocephala, Amomum villosum, Chinese wolfberry, Dodder, Chinese yam, Coix seed, etc. For girls under the age of 12, it is advisable to choose foods that promote red blood cell production and enhance immunity, such as eggs, pig liver, jujube, etc.; some nourishing Chinese medicines, such as rehmannia glutinosa, angelica, wolfberry, and Atractylodes macrocephala. Young women can choose iron-rich supplements and tonics, such as sheep liver, pig liver, beef liver, eggs, etc., as well as cooked rehmannia, donkey-hide gelatin, wolfberry, and angelica. You can also use some spleen-tonifying drugs, such as jujube, caramel, yam, atractylodes, codonopsis and so on. For elderly women, it is advisable to choose supplements and tonics that can delay aging, restore organ function, anti-anemia and regulate brain function, such as angelica, jujube, eucommia, American ginseng, royal jelly, turtle, animal brain, pigeon meat, venison, sea cucumber, etc. .
In addition, ordinary healthy people also need food supplements to prevent illness. Nourishing Chinese medicine can be used to make a nutritious diet to supplement the body’s daily needs of fat, protein, vitamins, sugar and various inorganic salts. For family cooking, it is necessary to use the medicinal diet recipe as a guide to learn some knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine recipes. When a certain expensive tonic is obtained, it can be cooked to be more nutritious and make the color, fragrance and taste good, making it a good family tonic medicinal diet. Some commonly used tonic foods include jujube, ebony, fig, Luo Han Guo, chestnut, autumn pear, watermelon, peanut, walnut, apple, etc. Commonly used vegetable supplements include radish, ginger, green onion, ginger, garlic, celery, mushroom, leek, Yam, pumpkin, seaweed, purslane, onion, kelp, etc. Staple food supplements include corn, sweet potatoes, mung beans, adzuki beans, buckwheat, coix seed, millet, and soybeans; meat supplements include rabbit meat, shrimp, and lamb. Other supplements include vinegar, honey, cordyceps, bird's nest, milk, rose, ganoderma, black fungus, sea cucumber, cassia, etc.
Source: Baoan Daily