It is said that women are made of water, and our skin is a mirror that reflects our health. When our bodies are healthy and our blood is sufficient, our skin will appear rosy and glowing. However, when our bodies are not well and our blood is insufficient, our skin will become pale and lackluster. Beauty-conscious women always pay extra attention to beauty and skincare. As we all know, diet is the best doctor for health, so if we want to regain confidence and restore our beauty, dietary therapy is the best method. Below, we will introduce several nutritional recipes focused on beauty and skincare for women.
Nutritional Recipe One: Tremella Jujube Soup
Ingredients: 20g dried Tremella, 100g dried jujube, 100g wolfberry
Method: Put the above ingredients in a clay pot, add water, and bring to a boil over medium heat. Stir occasionally during the simmering process to prevent sticking. After boiling, simmer over low heat for 20 minutes, then turn off the heat, cover the pot, and let it steep for another 5-10 minutes.
Benefits: Tremella, also known as "poor man's bird's nest," has similar color, texture, and effects as bird's nest, but at a lower price. Bird's nest is too expensive and can easily cause internal heat, while Tremella has a cooling and moisturizing effect. Dryness and heat are harmful to the body, so consuming Tremella is the most effective way to eliminate heat and dryness. Making a soup with Tremella, wolfberry, and jujube is not only delicious but also can enhance breast fullness, give your complexion a rosy glow, and help maintain a slim and graceful figure.
Nutritional Recipe Two: Black Glutinous Rice Blood-Enriching Porridge
Ingredients: 100g black glutinous rice, 5g Chinese yam, 30g red dates, 10 dried longan, appropriate amount of rock sugar
Method: Wash the red dates and dried longan, wash the black glutinous rice, and add them to a pot with an appropriate amount of water to cook into a porridge. Add rock sugar according to taste.
Benefits: Black glutinous rice, Chinese yam, and red dates are well-known blood-enriching foods. Adding high-nutrient Chinese yam to the porridge enhances its blood-enriching and Qi-nourishing effects.
Tips: Although dried longan can nourish blood and promote blood circulation, it is not easily digestible. Adding seven to eight pieces is sufficient (people with weak stomachs can add 2 slices of red ginseng).
Nutritional Recipe Three: Peanut Sesame Paste
Ingredients: 250g peanuts, 110g black sesame, 20g salad oil, 45g white sugar, 30g milk, 3g pea starch
Method: Heat the salad oil in a pan over high heat, fry the peanuts for 4 minutes until golden brown, remove and let cool, then peel them. Grind the black sesame in a blender, put it in a pot, add hot water, white sugar, and milk, cover and cook on high heat for 8 minutes. Add wet pea starch (3g starch mixed with water), cover, and cook for another 2 minutes. Sprinkle with peanuts and serve.
Benefits: Peanuts and sesame are highly recommended anti-aging foods in the beauty industry. The abundant vitamin E in peanuts and sesame can prevent pigmentation and reduce the formation of spots on the face. Sesame lignans in black sesame have strong anti-aging effects, making it the preferred food for anti-aging among women. Regular consumption of peanut sesame paste can not only promote metabolism but also beautify and nourish the skin. It is recommended for women to eat more of it in their daily lives.
Nutritional Recipe Four: Pineapple Drink with Honey and Salt
Ingredients: 1 pineapple, 5g salt, 10g honey
Method: Peel the pineapple, cut the pineapple flesh into large pieces, add salt and honey, and mix well to marinate and extract the pineapple juice. Drink the pineapple juice and eat the pineapple flesh.
Benefits: Pineapple contains a large amount of protease, sugar, protein, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin C, organic acids, and minerals. Pineapple tastes sweet, slightly sour, and has a neutral nature. It has the effects of tonifying the spleen and stomach, promoting saliva secretion, moisturizing the intestines, diuresis, and reducing swelling. Combining pineapple with honey, which nourishes Qi, replenishes the center, and relieves dryness and toxins, creates a juice that can nourish the skin. It can maintain the elasticity of blood vessels and skin, making the skin more tender and vibrant.
Nutritional Recipe Five: Bitter Melon and Pork Soup
Ingredients: 120g lean pork, 240g fresh bitter melon, clear soup, refined salt, shredded ginger, to taste
Method: 1. Wash the pork and cut it into thin slices. Boil the slices in boiling water, then remove and rinse with warm water. 2. Wash the bitter melon, remove the seeds, and cut it into thin slices. Blanch the bitter melon slices in boiling water, then remove and drain. 3. Pour the clear soup into a pot and bring to a boil over high heat. Add the pork slices and bitter melon slices, then simmer over low heat for about 15 minutes. Add shredded ginger and season with salt. Serve in bowls.
Benefits: Bitter melon has the effects of clearing heat, relieving fatigue, and clearing the heart and improving vision. Bitter melon is "bitter, cold, and purges heat, clears the heart, and improves vision." Pork has the functions of tonifying the spleen, moistening the intestines, replenishing body fluids, nourishing muscles, and moisturizing the skin. Therefore, making soup with pork and bitter melon can treat symptoms such as heatstroke-induced thirst, excessive heat rash, and conjunctivitis. It can ensure smooth and healthy skin and has a beautifying effect.
Everyone has a desire for beauty, but it seems that women show it more prominently. Therefore, the above medicinal recipes are undoubtedly icing on the cake for beauty-conscious women, especially in summer when the weather is hot and dry, and the skin is prone to dehydration and loss of appetite. At this time, soups and porridges are the best choice for diet, as they can not only replenish the body with necessary nutrients but also provide the body with a proper amount of water. Therefore, finding the way to beauty and skincare through dietary therapy is the most valuable!
