Food Therapy Materia Medica: “Mutton, warm, viscera five labor seven injuries, viscera deficiency cold.” Compendium of Materia Medica: “Warms the middle and replenishes the deficiency, tonifies the middle and benefits the qi, opens the stomach and fitness, benefits the kidney qi, nourishes the gallbladder and brightens the eyes, treats the deficiency and cold, and the five labors and seven injuries.” Shabu-shabu is usually the first choice for family dinners and gatherings of friends because it’s easy to prepare and eat, and the atmosphere is warm and inviting, making it easy to stir up conversation. Since it is shabu-shabu, there must be some other ingredients to go with the lamb. The first choice is definitely vegetables, usually Chrysanthemum, Chinese cabbage, sliced white radish is a good choice, as the saying goes, fish produces fire, meat produces phlegm, radish and cabbage keep you safe. Then you can pair it with vermicelli noodles. The main ingredient of vermicelli is starch, and the carbohydrates it contains are comparable to rice and flour, our staple food, so the general vermicelli can play the role of staple food, and for diabetic patients, vermicelli and vermicelli have a low glycemic index. The glycemic index of general potato vermicelli is 13.6, while that of whole wheat flour is 37 and that of rice is 83.2. From these values, diabetic patients can safely eat some vermicelli when shabu-shabu is served. However, care must be taken not to have too much because the rise in blood sugar is affected by the amount of food consumed, in addition to the glycemic index of the food itself. Once again, you can be recommended to shabu-shabu some more soy products, such as tofu and frozen tofu. However, be reminded that if you are pregnant, you must eat less of it! After having a delicious shabu-shabu, you can have some hawthorn and rock sugar silver ear soup, which can not only cool down the warm shabu-shabu, relieve greasiness, and promote the digestion of food, but also give protection and comfort to your poor lungs in the hazy days.