There are always many older customs in the countryside, and although these customs seem to be relatively backward, they actually contain a lot of ancient humanistic ideas. In particular, some popular sayings are like an ancient book, recording the living conditions of the majority of peasant friends, as well as their thoughts and thoughts in daily life.
The rural proverb "A man travels a thousand miles, don't eat wolfberries" is one of the more popular sayings among many sayings. Literally, it is actually very simple to understand, that is, men should not eat goji berries when they go out.
On the one hand, it means that men are far away from home and working outside, and do not eat wolfberries casually to aphrodisiac and tonify the kidneys; On the other hand, it means that the wives are all women with thin skin, especially the newlywed wives who are embarrassed to say that they ask their husbands not to mess with flowers and grass outside, which can only be a metaphor for their husbands not to eat wolfberries outside.
At the same time, it also let the husband who traveled far away know that he must know how to clean himself and be loyal to his wife when he is far away from home, and know that there are still wives and children waiting for them to come back.
For men with a good appearance, it is necessary to pay special attention, but wolfberry is a nourishing health food, and eating it often has the following benefits for the body.
Vitamins: Goji berries are rich in vitamin C, vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B6 and vitamin E.
Minerals: Goji berries contain a variety of minerals, including iron, zinc, calcium, magnesium, copper, potassium, selenium, etc.
Amino acids: Goji berries contain 18 kinds of amino acids, of which 8 are essential amino acids.
Polysaccharides: Goji berries contain a variety of polysaccharide compounds, such as LBP, which have obvious immunomodulatory effects.
Antioxidants: Goji berries contain a variety of antioxidants, such as polyphenols, carotenoids and flavonoids, which can protect cells from free radical damage.
1.Slows down aging
Goji berries have been nourishing and nourishing people since ancient times, and have the effect of prolonging aging and anti-aging, so they are also known as "but Laozi", the vitamin C content in wolfberries is higher than that of oranges, - the carotene content is higher than that of carrots, and the iron content is higher than that of steak.
Goji berries can fight free radical peroxidation and reduce free radical peroxidative damage, thereby helping to delay aging and prolong life.
When modern physician Zhang Xichun was 50 years old, he insisted on chewing about 30 grams of wolfberry every night before going to bed, which was used to ** symptoms such as heart irritability and frequent desire to drink water.
2.Liver function improves
As one of the important organs of the body, the liver is inseparable from its participation in the daily operation of the body, so the liver is also known as the busiest organ.
If a man has some liver damage, he can eat goji berries to take care of it. The polysaccharides in wolfberry have a repair effect on liver damaged cells and can avoid serious liver damage. Therefore, men usually eat more wolfberries, and their liver function will gradually improve.
3.Lowers blood pressure
The taste of wolfberry is sweet and flat, and it belongs to the liver and kidney meridians, and has high nutritional value and edible value. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that wolfberry has a certain effect of nourishing the liver and kidneys, benefiting the eyes and nourishing the blood, and the moderate consumption of wolfberry can help it resist fatigue and reduce blood pressure in the body, which has a certain effect on diabetic patients. Therefore, men eating wolfberries have a certain effect of lowering blood pressure.
4.Relieves hair loss
Entering middle age, hair loss is a normal physiological process that most men have to face, and people who are affected by work pressure and work pressure for a long time. Hair loss will be more obvious, affecting personal charm and damaging personal image.
If you want to improve the problem of frequent hair loss from the root, you must first relieve your mental stress state, and you can use Chinese medicine to maintain a cup of wolfberry water a day.
It improves the oxidation ability of hair follicles on the surface of the brain, delays the aging rate in the early stage, and also improves the hair loss phenomenon.
5.Calm your nerves and help you sleep
Compared with women, men's work pressure is greater, and many men have to work overtime until late at night after work, and over time, many men's sleep quality has decreased a lot, which is easy to cause insomnia. Men who often suffer from insomnia can eat some goji berries before going to bed, which can play a role in calming the nerves and helping them sleep.
1.Don't eat too much
Under normal circumstances, a healthy adult eats 50 to 60 goji berries a day, which is about the same. According to the body's demand for nutrients, healthy adults should not consume more than 40 goji berries per day. For the elderly and children who are growing up, wolfberries should be halved to avoid eating too many wolfberries and causing fire.
2.Do not eat with warm food
Goji berries have a strong effect of warming the body, which is enough to replenish, if you eat it with warm supplements, it will overdo it, which will lead to fire and other phenomena, bringing physical discomfort.
The more common warm supplements in life include ejiao, longan, shou wu, red ginseng, rehman, deer antler, etc., remember not to eat them with wolfberry.
3.Attention should be paid to the storage of wolfberry
If the wolfberry is not stored in place and is not stored in a cool and ventilated place, the nutrients contained in the wolfberry will be destroyed, so that the edible value of the wolfberry will be greatly reduced.
Especially for some spoiled wolfberries, if they are eaten by the human body, they may also cause gastrointestinal discomfort, which is not conducive to human health.
Therefore, in daily life, we should pay attention to the fact that in the hot weather, wolfberries should be stored in the refrigerator of the refrigerator. For the wolfberry after opening, try to seal it with plastic wrap, which can delay the rate of oxidation of the wolfberry by air.
4.Don't just drink water
Many people will use goji berries to soak in water to drink, but please note that the real nutrients in goji berry water are goji berries, not soaked water, because most of the nutrients are still left in goji berries. If you only drink water and throw away the wolfberries, you will lose a lot.
At the same time, it is necessary to control the water temperature when soaking in water, and the effect is best at 45 to 60, so as not to destroy the activity of vitamins and other nutrients.
Some goji berries will have a white flocculent substance on the surface, which many people believe is harmful. In fact, no, this is just the natural texture of the surface of the wolfberry, and the surface of the clean and ruddy wolfberry may be processed, which may be potentially harmful, bring damage to the body, and even lead to poisoning in serious cases.
In fact, there is a lot of attention to eating wolfberries, and it is not possible to eat them at any time. In addition, you can't soak wolfberry with boiling water, because wolfberry has poor heat resistance, and brewing with boiling water will lead to the loss of nutrients in wolfberry, so you can soak it in warm water of 60.
Dyeed goji berries cannot be purchased, as they contain certain substances that may affect physical health. In addition, in addition to the above ways to eat, you can also soak wolfberry in wine and drink, which can play a role in nourishing the liver and kidney.