Winter weather is cold, and many people often have cold hands and feet. Therefore, they often use hot tea and soup to keep warm. However, I would like to remind everyone that it is not advisable to use hot tea and soup to keep warm in winter. So, what should we eat to keep warm in winter? Let's find out together below.
What foods are good for keeping warm in winter?
1. Beef
Beef is warm and sweet in nature, rich in vitamin A, B, and niacin, protein, fat, inorganic salts, etc. In traditional Chinese medicine, it is believed to nourish the spleen and stomach and strengthen the tendons and bones. Beef stewed with ginseng and astragalus, which have a mild and nourishing taste, is delicious and can nourish the body, invigorate qi and blood, and enhance the body's ability to withstand the cold. It is suitable for people of all ages.
2. Walnuts
Walnuts are not only rich in unsaturated fatty acids that promote heart health, but also contain abundant lecithin and vitamin E, which are helpful for resisting the cold.
3. Chili
Chili can increase heart rate, dilate peripheral capillaries, and increase blood flow to the body surface. It can stimulate appetite and promote digestion. Therefore, eating some chili in winter can resist the cold and prevent joint pain, back and leg pain, and stomach deficiency and cold.
4. Dried shrimp
Dried shrimp has the effects of nourishing the kidney and strengthening yang, nourishing yin and invigorating the stomach, and promoting blood circulation. It contains nutrients such as protein, carbohydrates, fat, calcium, phosphorus, and iron. It can treat symptoms such as kidney deficiency and impotence, aversion to cold and fatigue, and soreness and weakness of the waist and knees. It is most suitable for correcting aversion to cold caused by kidney deficiency in winter.
5. Lamb
Lamb is rich in fat, protein, carbohydrates, inorganic salts, calcium, phosphorus, iron, and other nutrients. It has a sweet and warm nature. It has the effects of warming the middle, invigorating the spleen, nourishing the kidney, nourishing the liver, resisting the cold, and eliminating dampness. It has always been regarded as a good food for keeping warm and nourishing yang in winter. Eating lamb regularly in winter can also maintain the gastric mucosa, increase the secretion of digestive enzymes, and promote digestion and absorption.
Avoid using hot tea and soup to keep warm in winter
Recently, the weather has been cold, and many people like to eat hot food and drink hot tea to keep warm. Experts specifically remind that eating hot food and drinking hot tea may be one of the causes of esophageal cancer. When eating, wait for the food to cool down before consuming it.
In daily life, many people like to eat very hot food. They want to start enjoying the food as soon as it comes out of the pot, and they don't feel satisfied without drinking hot tea. They believe that this is the only way to taste the flavor of the food and tea. However, they often neglect whether it is too hot. People who like to eat overheated food will cause varying degrees of damage to the esophagus, and the probability of cells in the esophagus being mutated due to hot stimulation will greatly increase, which increases the risk of esophageal cancer.
Many esophageal cancer and gastric cancer patients have some common characteristics: they like to eat very hot food and enjoy eating pickled and fried foods. So, how can we prevent esophageal cancer and gastric cancer through diet?
In daily life, pay attention to the following points: do not eat moldy food, as some molds are toxic fungi and strong carcinogens; try to eat fresh vegetables and fruits, eat more foods rich in vitamins A, B, and E, and increase protein intake to protect the gastric mucosa; develop good eating habits, eat at regular intervals, avoid overeating, and eat slowly and moderately, and have a pleasant mood during meals; eat less or avoid eating pickled vegetables and eat less smoked and fried foods; do not smoke and drink alcohol.
