Eat radish in winter, eat ginger in summer. Radish in bed and ginger in bed, no need for doctors to prescribe medicine. Eat ginger in the morning, better than ginseng soup; eat ginger at night, equal to arsenic. We often hear some folk sayings related to radish and ginger. So, do these old sayings apply to our present life? Why do you eat radish in winter? The main reason for saying “eat radish in winter” is that in the past, there were not many other vegetables to eat in winter except radish. In the past, there were not many choices other than radish, and there were not many other vegetables besides cabbage and pickles. But today, with the development of cultivation techniques and means of transport, we can eat a very wide variety of fresh vegetables and fruits all year round. But with the cold weather, everyone prefers to eat meat. This is because, according to the “food heat effect”, eating protein-rich foods (such as meat) will consume more calories and the body will produce heat and feel less cold. The radish eaten with it is mostly fiber and is crisp, refreshing and slightly sweet, which relieves the greasy feeling from eating hot pot or stewed meat. It is important to note that radish does not have any miraculous healing powers. If you compare the nutritional content, radish is, in most cases, a very average “loser”, providing only a modest amount of vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber. There is no need to mention the exaggerated claims such as “radish is ginseng” and “radish cures all diseases”. Don’t be fooled by health rumors. Why eat ginger in summer? Ginger is a common ingredient in everyday cooking. Ginger contains a variety of active ingredients, including volatile oil, curcumin and diphenylheptane. Saying “eat ginger in summer” has something to do with these active ingredients: 1. It can promote appetite In fact, various aromatic and spicy condiments, all of which can promote appetite. Summer weather is too hot, for people with a poor appetite, eat a lot of ginger (for example, some places have ginger juice, stewed ginger dessert, chewing ginger food customs) to help promote appetite, conducive to the digestion and absorption of food. 2, help inhibit the growth of bacteria summer food contaminated with bacteria is prone to spoilage, adding the right amount of ginger, garlic, etc., in dishes to help inhibit the growth and reproduction of bacteria. 3, can Promote vasoconstriction and sweating ginger spice, the main ingredient in ginger that makes ginger present a pungent flavor, has a certain effect on vasoconstriction and may promote blood circulation, fever and sweating. 4, inhibit vomiting in pregnancy vomiting, seasickness, you can also try to use ginger to suppress the feeling of regurgitation and nausea. But if you just take a small amount of ginger as a condiment, these effects are minimal. Nutrition should be more about variety and balance folk proverbs like to associate summer, hot, morning, and winter, cold, night. However, when we go to sleep to keep the stomach and intestines in a comfortable state of “not too full but not too hungry” is good, it is generally recommended not to eat 2 to 3 hours before bedtime, where it is necessary to eat a piece of radish before going to sleep? Eat breakfast regularly every day, the overall nutrition is rich and balanced, where do you have to chew a bite of ginger to get vitality? If you pursue health, you should focus on food variety and balance as a whole, not a single food, or a specific time of the year, or time of day, and do not identify with an old saying.