February** Dynamic Incentive Program
This is Xiao Hei's 35th health article.
Dear friends, do you feel that the meat always tastes greasy when you stew meat, as if no matter how you add seasonings, you can't hide the oiliness?
Today I will share with you a few tips to make meat delicious and healthy.
Speaking of this, I am reminded of a story.
I have a friend, Aunt Liu, whose husband loves meat the most, and she didn't eat three meals. As a result, Aunt Liu became a "meat stew machine", tinkering with all kinds of meat dishes every day.
Over time, Aunt Liu got tired of eating and began to think about health preservation. So she came to me to ask me if there was any trick to make the meat delicious and healthy.
After my guidance, Mrs. Liu adopted several tips, such as using Chinese herbs such as cardamom, tea, and hawthorn to enhance the flavor and medicinal effect of the meat.
As a result, her husband ate with relish, and specially praised Aunt Liu's craftsmanship for making rapid progress. This made Aunt Liu also have a lot of experience in the health stew method, and became our local "health expert".
So, what are the tips for healthy stew?
Today, I will introduce you to several commonly used Chinese herbal medicines to see their unique effects in stew.
First of all, it's cardamom. Cardamom is divided into three types: white cardamom, grass cardamom, and nutmeg. They are rich in aromatic oils, which can play a medicinal effect on dampness and cold.
Among them, white cardamom is more appetizing and digestive, grass cardamom can warm the stomach and stop nausea, and nutmeg is specially used for diarrhea symptoms.
When stewing meat, we usually put about 10 grams of cardamom. It can not only reduce the greasy feeling caused by meat and improve the flavor of meat, but also enhance our digestion ability and help the body better absorb meat protein.
Especially for middle-aged and elderly people, the digestive function of the elderly, eating too much meat is easy to cause mouth and tongue sores or constipation hemorrhoids, adding cardamom can prevent these conditions well, so that the process of eating meat is healthier.
In addition to cardamom, there are many herbs that can be used to enhance the flavor and medicinal properties of meat.
For example, common Sichuan pepper, dried ginger, spices, etc., they have a hot taste, which can warm the spleen and stomach and enhance digestive function. Adding the right amount of these herbs can make the meat more easily absorbed, thereby reducing the digestive burden on the body.
Some fruits such as hawthorn, orange peel, and tea are also commonly used in stewed meat. They are rich in fruit acids, which can dissolve fat and brighten the eyes, strengthen the spleen and appetize.
In particular, hawthorn is also rich in vitamin C, which is extremely beneficial to patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Adding these fruits can not only remove the greasy fragrance, increase appetite, but also play a good role in health care.
It is worth mentioning that in ancient China, there was a health preservation tradition of "medicine and food of the same origin". For example, Jinan roast duck uses a large number of Chinese medicinal materials to improve freshness and relieve greasyness, and the result is deeply loved by old Beijingers. All of this is a testament to the unique and wonderful use of Chinese medicine in the preparation of meat.
In fact, meat only needs to make up one-third of our diet.
If you want to get in shape by improving your diet, I recommend doing it like this:
Each meal is controlled at about 200-250 grams, too much will increase the burden on the body;
Eat less pork and mutton and more lean poultry and fish. Chicken and fish are easier to digest and are relatively low in fat;
Paired with foods high in fiber such as soy products, it helps with comprehensive absorption. Soy products can also be added to enhance the flavor when stewing meat;
Reasonable combination of vegetables and fruits, rich intake of vitamins and minerals.
This is also the key to ensuring gastrointestinal health and preventing constipation.
By adjusting the diet structure and ensuring the rationality of meat intake, it can not only make the body healthier, but also avoid the occurrence of repetitive mouth ulcers, gout and other diseases.
I hope that everyone will pay attention to moderation and nutritional balance while enjoying the food.
Speaking of which, I am reminded of another story. Uncle Zhang, a gout patient of mine, usually likes to eat braised pork, roast whole sheep and other big bone meat, but he always asks me for medicine for gout.
Later, through my guidance, he learned to put the right amount of Chinese herbs in the stew and control the amount of meat he eats every day. I didn't expect my condition to improve a lot, which made Uncle Zhang praise me.
Through Uncle Zhang's example, we can see that relying solely on drugs** often fails to fundamentally solve the problem. Only by adjusting the dietary structure and using dietary therapy can the body remain healthy for a long time.
Therefore, dear friends, I hope that you will also pay attention to the principle of homology and moderation and reasonableness in the process of stewing meat. If you eat healthy this way, you will be healthy, right?
Finally, I would like to ask you a question: should we also follow the concept of "prevention first" in the process of cooking?
In other words, should we also take into account health and wellness factors while enjoying delicious food? This is especially important for those of us who are middle-aged and elderly, and who are looking for good food and health.
I sincerely hope that you can give us advice, and you are welcome to leave your suggestions in the comment area.
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