As we all know, winter is relatively dry season, and under the stimulation of cold air, the human body is easy to have a series of discomforts because of winter dryness, and in order to alleviate these discomforts, people often come up with many ways to achieve the purpose of health. Among them, diet health is a more popular way of health in recent years. In winter, if people want to maintain health, these 3 common purple foods are indispensable, often eaten or can effectively improve the discomfort caused by winter dryness.
1. Purple potato
The so-called purple food, as the name suggests, is a purple or black purple food on the skin and inside. In general, such foods will contain a large number of anthocyanins, and anthocyanins as an antioxidant substance, has a good health effect on the human body. As a common purple food, purple potato not only contains a large number of anthocyanins, but more importantly, the vitamins contained in purple potatoes are also very rich, and purple potatoes also contain 18 kinds of amino acids, as well as a variety of mineral elements.
Eating more purple potatoes appropriately in winter can not only play an anti-aging and antioxidant role, but also have a good effect on preventing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and constipation. Therefore, eating more purple potatoes in winter has a good effect on improving the symptoms of dry skin and constipation caused by winter dryness.
2. Purple cabbage
Purple cabbage belongs to a relatively common cruciferous vegetable, and purple cabbage is also a common purple food. Purple cabbage not only contains a large number of anthocyanins and a variety of vitamins, but also the ascorbic acid and folic acid contained in purple cabbage is also very rich. After entering the human body, these substances can not only help the human body to lower sugar and lipids, but also have a good effect on protecting the health of the liver and stomach.
More importantly, purple cabbage is also very rich in biologically active substances such as anthocyanins, flow glycosides and polyphenols, and these substances also have a good effect on improving gastrointestinal diseases caused by Helicobacter pylori. Therefore, in the winter health, you can also eat more purple cabbage.
3. Purple glutinous rice
It is understood that after entering the winter, eating more purple glutinous rice appropriately may be able to play a role in nourishing the yin and moisturizing. Compared with traditional white glutinous rice, the taste of purple glutinous rice will be more fragrant and sticky, and purple glutinous rice also has the reputation of "medicine valley". Although the purple glutinous rice is relatively rich in carbohydrates, but more importantly, the protein contained in the purple glutinous rice and calcium, iron, phosphorus and other mineral elements are also relatively rich, often eating purple glutinous rice can also play a certain role in nourishing the blood, thereby helping the human body to improve the symptoms of discomfort such as insufficient qi and blood caused by winter dryness.
All in all, after entering the winter, if people want to alleviate some of the discomfort caused by dryness, the above three common purple foods may be rare choices. In addition, like the more common eggplant and purple grapes, it is also a more common purple food in daily life, and it is often eaten or has a better health effect on the human body.
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