Source: CCTV Life Circle
In spring, the liver is on fire
May affect the spleen and stomach
Constipation or diarrhea
Eat more sweet foods at this time
It can help regulate the spleen and stomach
Improve discomfort symptoms
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Why should you eat sweet foods in spring?
The liver is the main spring, the liver qi is easy to be anxious, the liver fire is relatively vigorous, and the mood swings are large. Sometimes it's easy to get angry and angry, and sometimes it's depressed and can't do anything.
Over time, it may affect the function of the spleen and stomach, and symptoms of constipation or diarrhea may appear. Eating some sweet food at this time can help calm the urgency of liver qi, help improve uncomfortable symptoms, and regulate the spleen and stomach.
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Oats for sweet food
According to the "Compendium of Materia Medica", oats are also called finch wheat, which is sweet in taste, flat in nature, and can fill the hunger and smooth intestines. Helps relieve hunger due to stomach heat and dry stools caused by intestinal heat, helping to relieve constipation.
Modern studies have found that oats are rich in dietary fiber. In the digestive system, it absorbs water well, increases the volume of intestinal and gastric contents, thereby increasing satiety and promoting intestinal peristalsis. Oats also contain β-glucan, which is able to regulate the intestinal flora.
Recommended way to eat: Oatmeal mango shake
1. Put the soaked oats in the juicer;
2. Add the sliced mango pulp;
3. Put in the milk or oat milk and start the juicer.
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Sweet foods such as yam and pumpkin
Yam and pumpkin are sweet and warm foods, which have the effect of nourishing the spleen and stomach, and they can help improve loose stools caused by spleen deficiency.
Yam:
Its effect is more comprehensive, not only can tonify the spleen, but also tonify the lungs and kidneys.
Pumpkin:
Modern studies have shown that pumpkin is rich in pectin, which can protect the gastric mucosa and is suitable for ulcer patients.
Recommended way to eat: pumpkin yam salad
1. After steaming the yam soft and tender, pound it into yam puree;
2. Put the steamed pumpkin in the mashed yam;
3. Put blanched corn kernels, cucumber slices, salt, pepper to taste, and add an appropriate amount of salad dressing according to personal taste;
4. Stir well and serve.
Caution:
Although yams and pumpkin have certain health benefits, they also need to be eaten in moderation, not the more you eat, the better.