Winter food for constipation
1. White radish
Radish has a spicy taste and cool sex, and has the effect of clearing heat and vitality, eliminating food stagnation, and smoothing phlegm. Modern medicine believes that radish has a good diuretic effect, and the fiber contained in it can also promote bowel movements and help lose weight. If you want to use radish to detoxify, you can choose raw food, beat into juice or cold mix, pickle.
2. Oatmeal
The content of protein, fat and nutrients such as phosphorus, iron, calcium, B vitamins, vitamin E, niacin, folic acid, and pantothenic acid in oats is among the best in all kinds of food crops, and it also contains saponins that are missing in cereals. For constipation, oats not only contain soluble dietary fiber that is much higher than other coarse grains, but also contain vitamin B1 and vitamin B12 to effectively regulate digestive tract function, thereby achieving the effect of improving constipation.
3. Apple
Apples are rich in water-soluble food fiber: pectin. Pectin has the effect of protecting the intestinal wall, activating useful bacteria in the intestine, and adjusting gastrointestinal function, so it can effectively clean up the intestine and prevent constipation. At the same time, the fiber in the apple can make the stool soft and easy to excrete. In addition, the organic acids in apples can stimulate intestinal peristalsis and help defecation.
4. Bananas
Since bananas contain a lot of water-soluble fiber, it has a good laxative effect, which has been confirmed by research. Therefore, if some friends now have dry stools, or often squat hard, they may wish to eat more bananas. However, due to the large number of calories contained in bananas, if you eat too much, it will cause calories to become fat, which will lead to obesity.
5. Cabbage
The most common cabbage also has a laxative effect, which is due to the fact that cabbage has the functions of detoxification and heat removal, and tonify the stomach and intestines. Anyone who is upset and thirsty, has poor stools, and has little yellow urine can often eat cabbage, which is rich in crude fiber, which can promote intestinal peristalsis, help digestion, and prevent stool from drying.
6. Tomatoes
Tomatoes are rich in lycopene, in the diet weight loss, lycopene and dietary fiber can effectively improve constipation problems, purify the intestines. In addition, tomatoes also contain a large number of vitamins and minerals, the recent popular night tomato diet, is through these two substances to activate the secretion of growth hormone in sleep, so that the decomposition and metabolism of fat efficiency greatly improved.
Recipes for treating constipation in winter
1. Osmanthus walnut jelly
Stone flowers (15 grams of watercress), walnut kernels 250 grams, a little sugar osmanthus flowers, jackfruit to taste, cream 100 grams. The walnut kernels are ground with water to form a pulp. Put 250 ml of water and 15 grams of stone flowers into the pot, simmer over medium heat until the sugar dissolves, add sugar and mix well; then add walnut kernel pulp and mix well; finally put the cream into the pot and stir well; turn to simmer, then pour it into the container. After the walnut syrup is cooled, put it in the refrigerator, take it out after the walnut syrup is frozen, cut it into diamond-shaped pieces with a knife, plate it, sprinkle with osmanthus flowers, drizzle with jackfruit, and pour cold sweet soup or soda. When eaten as a dessert, it is suitable for people with weak constipation.
2. Sesame porridge
6 grams of black sesame seeds, 50 grams of japonica rice, a little honey. Heat the pot, add sesame seeds, sauté over medium heat, and when fragrant, remove and wash the japonica rice. Put the japonica rice into the pot, add an appropriate amount of water, boil it over a low flame, until the rice is ripe, put sesame seeds, honey, mix well, and continue to cook until the rice rots into porridge. Take twice daily for breakfast and dinner. It has a laxative effect.
3. Mulberry sesame cake
30 grams of mulberry, 60 grams of black sesame seeds, 10 grams of hemp seeds, 700 grams of glutinous rice flour, 30 grams of sugar, 300 grams of japonica rice flour. Place the black sesame seeds in a pot and sauté over low heat. After washing the mulberry and hemp seeds, put them in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, boil them over low heat, then cook for 20 minutes on low heat, remove the residue and leave the juice. Put glutinous rice flour, japonica rice flour, and sugar into a container, add the medicinal juice, water to an appropriate amount, and form a dough, make a cake, sprinkle black sesame seeds on each cake, and steam for 15 to 20 minutes. Take once a day, in the morning and dinner, suitable for the elderly with dry bowel and constipation.
4. Sweet potato porridge
Sweet potato 50 g, millet 50 g. Wash and peel the sweet potatoes and cut them into small pieces one inch long and five points thick. Xiaomi Taoqing. Put the millet and sweet potatoes in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, boil over a low flame, and then cook over low heat until the rice is rotten into porridge. Take 2 times daily, in the morning and dinner. Suitable for people with habitual constipation.