Not long ago, a hot topic appeared on social media " breakfast can not drink porridge", so that many Chinese people who grew up listening to the theory of drinking porridge health began to wonder, is the food culture precipitated by China for 5,000 years wrong? For a time, many nutritionists and medical internet celebrity bloggers have "stood" for drinking porridge, clarifying that the interpretation of drinking porridge without nutrition is too out of context, drinking milk can indeed help the human body to supplement the protein it needs, but in addition to protein, we still need to supplement a lot of other nutrients, and a bowl of porridge that collides between various ingredients is still both healthy and nutritional choice.
Nutritionists have confirmed that ordinary rice porridge does have low nutrients in addition to carbohydrates; but millet porridge is different, the dietary fiber in millet is 2.5 times that of rice, unsaturated fatty acids are 4 times that of rice, and the protein, vitamins, trace elements and amino acid components are very high.
Grain is nourished, and millet food culture can be traced back to thousands of years
The ancients said, "Five grains for nourishment, five fruits for help, five animals for benefit, five dishes for filling", and the ancient people full of wisdom have long understood the secret of nourishing the body and mind with natural and gentle ingredients. The so-called "five grains for nourishment" is that the ancients believed that the seed form of five grains contains a great amount of heaven and earth aura, which is the essence of the nourishment of heaven and earth throughout the year. As the first of the five grains, millet in the Central Plains of China can be planted history can be traced back to more than 8,000 years ago, the ancient name of millet or millet, is the root of the Chinese nation, "Jiangshan Sheji" in the word, refers to millet.
Chinese medicine believes that millet has the effects of strengthening the spleen and stomach, replenishing weakness, and benefiting the kidneys, removing heat and detoxification. The "Compendium of Materia Medica" also proposes millet to "cure stomach fever diarrhea, cook porridge, yidantian, tonic deficiency, and open the stomach". Chinese millet looks at Shanxi, Shanxi millet Qinzhou brand, different from the exquisite processing of rice, Qinzhou brand high-end Shanxi millet in the production process to a large extent retains the original nutritional value of millet, more spleen and stomach.
Medicine and food are homologous, and the culture of traditional Chinese medicine and millet health diet collide with more sparks
Chinese has always been the most persistent about eating this matter, in addition to filling the stomach, Chinese pay more attention to the "beauty and goodness" of the diet itself, and for thousands of years, it has long formed a unique history of food supplements and health that belongs to Chinese. The same origin of medicine and food is an indispensable part of China's food and health culture. The clever combination between food is enough to replace the soup medicine in many scenes, just like most pregnant women will drink a bowl of brown sugar millet porridge after childbirth, for thousands of years, the Chinese people's exploration of millet health diet has never stopped, and to this day, many health meals derived from millet have also been recognized by the medical and health care circles.
The inheritance and rebirth of the way of food supplement health unlock more application scenarios of Xiaomi
In addition to the traditional essence and national feelings that have been tempered in the years, the way of food supplement and health that has been passed on to the table of modern people has been given more diversified inspiration and energy in the current environment. And millet, in this cycle of reincarnation, silently nourishes generation after generation in different forms.
In the folk, there have long been "babies eat rice oil, 100 days and fat." So Xiaomi has been playing an indispensable role in the baby's complementary food. This point has also been fully confirmed in Western nutrition, Qinzhou brand millet in addition to rich in vitamins, protein and unsaturated fatty acids, starch content is also higher than other cereals, easier for babies to digest and absorb. The well-known baby food blogger Shiwei Dad has a special preference for millet, he uses red beans, milk, peanuts, chicken and other ingredients that children love, and has developed nearly 50 kinds of nutritious delicacies for the baby, from millet cake, millet peanut cheese to millet chicken balls, each of which can make the baby's appetite open.
As a coarse grain rich in dietary fiber, millet has a strong sense of fullness, rich nutrition and low calories, making it popular with people who lose weight. Millet chicken cake, millet quinoa salad, millet slightly sticky texture with crisp vegetables or fresh high-protein chicken, low fat at the same time, but also to meet the stomach of a foodie.
(By:Under kitchen user fireworks room)
Modern science and technology inherit the ancient classics, inheriting the original nourishment and mellowness
However, no matter how it is cooked, the most important thing that determines the nutritional value and taste of millet is the variety, origin and cultivation method of millet. Today, Qinzhou brand high-end Shanxi millet in Qinxian County, Shanxi, as a protected product of China's ecological origin, still adheres to this land with an altitude of 1,100 meters and an average annual sunshine of 2,500 hours, insisting on the use of organic dry farming, crop rotation, autumn ploughing, fertilization and other ancient planting techniques, and combined with modern technology to undertake ancient classics to ensure that the original taste of this national treasure millet is preserved. The nutritional value of Qinzhou brand millet produced in this way is much higher than that of ordinary millet, rich in a variety of vitamins and amino acids, of which vitamin B1 content ranks first in grain; and contains rare carotene and vitamin A in general grains; rich dietary fiber is also better than ordinary millet, which is very suitable for the elderly, children, women's daily health, and is also of great help to the body weakness and women's postpartum maintenance.
In order to let more people understand the millet culture and integrate this healthy diet concept into the fast-paced life of contemporary young people, shanxi Qinzhou Huang xiaomi group recently jointly held the kitchen "centennial palace rice, a pint of Qinzhou brand - the fourth millet food culture festival", leading everyone to use qinzhou brand high-end Shanxi millet to make a good meal. There are also well-known food experts in the kitchen such as "Fireworks Room" and "Heart Fragrant Rain" to participate together, and many netizens work together to make their own millet food.