In winter, when the weather is cold, it is the best time to eat hot pot. Outside, the cold wind blows, but inside the house, the hot pot steams. Eating a hot and steaming hot pot in the cold winter is undoubtedly the warmest gift to winter. However, eating hot pot in winter is not always beneficial. Occasionally, people may fall into health traps. Let's take a look at the misconceptions of eating hot pot in winter.
[Health Traps of Eating Hot Pot]
Trap 1: Spicy and Hot
The oral cavity, esophagus, and gastric mucosa can generally only tolerate temperatures of 50-60℃, while the temperature of hot pot broth can reach up to 120℃. If you eat food that is too hot, it is easy to burn your mouth, esophagus, and gastric mucosa.
It is best to let the food picked out from the pot cool down a little on a small plate before eating. For people with digestive diseases, it is advisable to eat light hot pot with less oil and less spiciness.
Trap 2: "Nutritious" Broth
In the repeatedly boiled hot pot broth, most of the beneficial nutrients such as vitamins have been destroyed, while harmful substances such as saturated fat, sodium salt, and purine are particularly high. These substances are all triggers for various chronic diseases such as obesity and diabetes.
When the hot pot broth is boiled for more than 60 minutes, the content of nitrite in the broth quickly rises. If you want to taste the deliciousness of hot pot broth, you should drink it shortly after it boils, and it is better to drink it in moderation.
Trap 3: "Endurance Battle"
Eating hot pot for several hours, especially with high-fat meats as the main ingredient, will cause continuous secretion of digestive juices in the gastrointestinal tract. Prolonged exposure to such conditions can lead to digestive disorders and may also cause various "rich man's diseases" due to excessive intake of protein and fat.
Eating too much hot pot can easily lead to internal heat. It is recommended to eat hot pot no more than once a week, and each time should be controlled within 2 hours. In addition, don't forget to eat staple foods, vegetables, meats, and beans as well.
[Recommended Hot Pot for Winter Health]
1. Seafood Hot Pot
If thin people eat too much warm food, they often tend to get internal heat. Most seafood is cold and nourishing, and relatively greasy. Therefore, seafood hot pot is most suitable for thin people and people with yin deficiency. It is both nourishing and can help nourish yin. People with heavy dampness and high uric acid levels are not suitable for seafood hot pot.
2. Mushroom Hot Pot
Mushroom hot pot is most suitable for obese people, especially for those who need to "control oil". Because mushroom hot pot has a delicious flavor but not much fat, even if you eat a lot, it will not be as greasy as eating meat. For obese people, mushroom hot pot has low fat content and low calorie, which is more helpful for weight loss.
3. Lamb Hot Pot
Lamb meat is warm in nature and can both nourish Yin and replenish Yang in winter. Therefore, it is very suitable for women with insufficient Yin and blood, cold hands and feet, dysmenorrhea, and weak constitution.
For lamb hot pot with spicy and numbing soup base, because it is added with ingredients like Sichuan pepper and chili, the whole pot of soup tends to be hot and dry. Therefore, it is better to put some lotus seeds and tofu without the core in the soup base to play its role in clearing heat, relieving annoyance, and quenching thirst.
[Selection of Ingredients for Winter Hot Pot]
1. Beef Brisket
Beef brisket is a high-density food that is not only delicious but also rich in nutrients. It can provide us with abundant protein, iron, zinc, calcium, and essential vitamins B group. It is also the best source of folic acid, vitamin B, and riboflavin.
2. Lamb
Lamb meat is tender and delicious, and it contains rich nutrients. Lamb meat contains protein, fat, carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, iron, and also contains vitamins B, vitamin A, niacin, etc., which can provide sufficient nutrition for the body. It is most suitable for consumption in winter and is known as a winter tonic.
3. Shrimp Ball
Compared with meat and poultry, shrimps have less fat and almost no animal sugars as an energy source. Shrimps have high cholesterol content, but they also contain abundant taurine, which can lower serum cholesterol levels in the human body. Shrimps contain rich trace elements such as potassium, iodine, magnesium, phosphorus, and components such as vitamin A.
4. Beef Tripe
Beef tripe contains elements such as protein, fat, calcium, phosphorus, iron, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, etc. It has the effects of replenishing the spleen and stomach, nourishing qi and blood, nourishing the deficiency, relieving thirst, and curing dizziness. It is suitable for people who are weak after illness, deficient in qi and blood, malnourished, and weak in the spleen and stomach.
