The first dish, radish Winter warming food top list first dish – white radish. Reason: in our country folk “small ginseng” reputation, also has “winter eat radish summer eat ginger” said. Radish is rich in carbohydrates and a variety of vitamins, of which the content of vitamin C is 8-10 times higher than pear. Radish does not contain oxalic acid, not only will not be combined with calcium in food, more conducive to the absorption of calcium. Eating method: the upper part of the part near the leaves, the taste is sweeter, less spicy, and the most water, should be eaten raw, to do salad or cold mix is good; the middle part, pungent and sweetness degree is comparable, used to boil, steam or simmering stew is the most suitable; the most end of a piece of the most fibers, and pungent taste is very strong, suitable for stir-frying or deep-fried. The best with: winter people to ward off the cold, often eat more meat, eat meat is easy to produce phlegm, easy to fire. With the cool radish, it can play the role of cooling, detoxification, and removing fire. First Fruit, Hawthorn Reason: Hawthorn is a seasonal ingredient in winter, and also has pharmacology, which can open the stomach, eliminate food, and activate blood. The most prominent benefit of hawthorn is that it can prevent and control cardiovascular diseases, because hawthorn contains flavonoids, which have a certain effect on lowering blood pressure and cholesterol, softening blood vessels and sedation. Best way to eat: Hawthorn is eaten raw and has the effect of eliminating body fat and reducing fat absorption, so people who are trying to lose weight may want to try it. Hawthorn soup or tea is suitable for people with poor appetite. Best with: Boil hawthorn soup or use hawthorn to make tea, best with cassia seeds, can play a role in lowering blood fat. The first drink, brown sugar water Recommended reason: cold winter emphasizes warm tonic, as far as drinks are concerned, brown sugar water is the most suitable. Brown sugar has the reputation of “Oriental chocolate”, the benefits of “warm and complementary, warm and through the warm, warm dispersal of the”, with the blockage of cold, warm stomach and spleen, pain relief effect, and rich in calcium, iron and other essential minerals. Best way to eat: brown sugar water must be boiled. Cooked brown sugar water than directly with hot water is more easily absorbed, and more tonic Qi, spleen, stomach warming effect Best with: Cooking brown sugar water, you can add a small piece of ginger, ginger can be patted to add, and brown sugar and cook for about 10 minutes, and finally the ginger fish out, so that the effect of warming is better. You can also add gingers, wolfberries, jujubes or red beans to cook together, have the effect of diuretic water. The first soup, asparagus and bamboo fungus soup Reason: asparagus is rich in fiber, can promote intestinal peristalsis, helps digestion. Asparagus is a high-protein, low-starch food, cardiovascular disease has a certain therapeutic effect; bamboo fungus contains a variety of amino acids, vitamins, inorganic salts, there is commonly known as “scrape oil” effect. The two with soup, not only flavorful, but also to ease the “winter supplement” after the accumulation of food. Best way to eat: Bamboo fungus is rich in glutamic acid, so it tastes delicious and is more suitable for soup. Best with: asparagus and bamboo fungus soup can be added inside the mushroom, not only to increase the freshness and flavor, nutritional value is also richer. The first meat, mutton Reason: the cold winter months is the best season to eat mutton. In winter, the human body is prone to cold hands and feet, poor circulation of blood. Mutton has the effect of tonifying the kidneys and yang, warming the qi and blood, appetizing and strengthening the spleen, so eating mutton in winter can not only ward off the wind and cold, but also nourish the body. Best way to eat: Mutton is best eaten stewed, as stewed mutton will be more cooked, tender and easy to digest. Best with: with hawthorn or green beans can remove the stink; with white radish, yam can be complementary to the spleen and kidney, stomach and liver; with carrots can be complementary to the deficiency of qi. The first supplement, goji berries Reason: The general principle of winter health should be to benefit the qi and yang, nourish yin and tonify the kidneys, and goji berries are a good choice for winter tonic. Chinese wolfberry contains a variety of essential nutrients: protein, fat, sugar, inorganic salts and a variety of vitamins, the liver and kidney yin deficiency, lumbar and knee pain, weak eyesight and diabetes have a certain therapeutic effect. Best way to eat: winter eating berries can be combined with a variety of porridge. Wolfberry also has a simple way to eat, is the morning and evening chewing, chewing on the wolfberry nutrients in the absorption of more fully. But chewing goji berries should pay attention to, the number of the best halved, otherwise it is easy to nourish excessive. Generally speaking, healthy adults eat about 20 grams of goji berries per day is best. The best recipe: yam stewed goji berries, taste refreshing, low-fat, high nutrients, to help the metabolism also has a cosmetic effect, especially suitable for menopausal women to eat. The first grain, sweet potato Reason: winter eating a hot sweet potato, is the most pleasant thing. Sweet potatoes are rich in carbohydrates, dietary fiber, carotene, vitamins and potassium, magnesium, copper, selenium, calcium and other 10 kinds of trace elements. Best way to eat: Although people are accustomed to eating baked sweet potatoes, in fact, steaming sweet potatoes is a healthier choice, which not only reduces the loss of nutrients, but also reduces the harmful substances produced by baking. The best recipes: you can use sweet potatoes with rice made of porridge, have the effect of spleen and stomach. The first snack, chestnuts Reason: chestnuts have “the king of thousands of fruits” is known, or beneficial to the kidney gas “tonic”, young and old people are suitable. Chestnuts contain unsaturated fatty acids and various vitamins, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular are very beneficial. Best way to eat: cold spleen and stomach, available chestnuts, jujube, Poria, rice porridge drink; whether it is boiled soup or fried food, should be chewed, you can achieve a better effect of tonic. The best recipe: chestnut stewed chicken, suitable for people with spleen deficiency and fear of cold, has the effect of benefiting qi and tonifying the kidneys.