How to eat delicious glutinous rice balls healthily

　　How to maintain health during the Lantern Festival

　　1. Pay attention to nourishing the spirit. Spring Qi flows through the liver, and the liver likes to be relaxed and relieved, but hates depression. Keep your emotions stable. The Lesser Sutra says: "Think less, think less, desire less, do less, talk less, laugh less, worry less, be happy, be happy, be angry, be good, and be evil. Doing these twelve little things is the best way to maintain health. ”Calm your mind and nourish your nature, so that the liver qi can rise in an orderly manner, which is beneficial to the body and mind. Do not let the liver qi grow too much or not rise and become stagnation.

　　2. Continue to practice spring covering to prevent spring cold and prevent rheumatism. Before and after the rain, the temperature and water rose somewhat, but it was relatively cold. The weather is unpredictable, and it is one of the seasons with the most cold waves throughout the year. It is accompanied by a serious "late spring cold" phenomenon. There is a saying that cows will freeze to death in the spring cold. At this time, the temperature rises and people's pores begin to expand. When cold air suddenly comes, it is easy to make people sick. Therefore, in addition to calming the mind, we must also continue to practice spring covering to prevent spring cold and prevent rheumatism.

　　3. Do appropriate physical exercise to improve immunity. Jog and stretch more, and you can also practice some simple health-preserving exercises, such as: "Rainy New Year Sitting Exercise", "Circular Drawing Exercise", "Keeping Qi and Sweating Exercise" (treating cold )wait.

　　4. The diet should be reasonable and scientific. In spring, when wood is strong and earth is weak, the spleen and stomach are weak. Avoid overeating, eat light meals, eat more whole grains, do not eat too cold or too hot, do not eat after being angry, do not do strenuous exercise after meals, and take a walk to digest after eating. Eat more dates and take appropriate supplements of honey, yam, white fungus, and adenophora.

　　5. Pay attention to your sex life. "Yangxing Yanming Luzhong" says: "Apply essence once every three days in spring...", and "Zi Du Jing" says: "The method of administering catharsis should be to use the weak to enter and the strong to exit. ”As the saying goes: "When you go out, it's like a race, when you go in, it's like a walk." This is true.

　　Glutinous rice nourishes the spleen and stomach and nourishes lung qi

　　The main material of Yuanxiao glutinous rice balls is glutinous rice. According to the "Compendium of Materia Medica", glutinous rice is a grain that nourishes the spleen and stomach and replenishes lung qi. Glutinous rice is sweet in taste and warm in nature. After eating, it can nourish the body's qi and blood and nourish the spleen and stomach. The coldest season in winter is Sanjiu. Although it has passed now, the weather is still warm and cold at first. The most vulnerable thing to lose in cold weather is stomach qi. The ancients used glutinous rice to make glutinous rice balls during the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month. In addition to the sticky nature of glutinous rice, making the balls easy to put into the pot and not falling apart, glutinous rice also has the property of keeping out the cold.

　　Eating glutinous rice dumplings during the Lantern Festival warms the spleen and stomach, and the person's breath becomes quite smooth, causing the whole body to heat up, which plays a role in keeping out the cold. It is especially suitable for people with spleen and stomach deficiency. In addition, glutinous rice also contains rich nutrients such as protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, and niacin. It can be said that glutinous rice dumplings are just a warming and strengthening food.

　　Be particular about choosing fillings

　　The fillings include sesame, peanuts, various nuts, and bean paste. Nut raw materials have high nutritional value, and bean paste also contains a lot of protein and minerals. In comparison, chocolate filling has the lowest nutritional value. The fillings of glutinous rice balls are both sweet and salty. Regardless of sweet or salty fillings, the fat content is very high. In order to achieve delicious taste, lard is often used, which affects slow travel. disease Patient condition. In addition, sweet stuffing often causes diabetics to lose control of their blood sugar; peanuts, sesame seeds, bean paste, etc. are high in phosphorus, which can aggravate the condition of patients with kidney disease, so special attention should be paid. Therefore, people can choose Yuanxiao according to the fillings.

　　New ways to pair vegetables and fruits

　　Nutrition experts point out that the main ingredient of Yuanxiao or glutinous rice balls is glutinous rice flour, which contains high carbohydrates. The fillings are mainly pure sugar, fruit materials, etc., including sesame, walnuts, peanuts, bean paste, chocolate, etc., plus a large proportion of vegetable oil or animal oil, which is very nutritious and caloric. Therefore, even during the Lantern Festival, Yuanxiao or glutinous rice balls should not be eaten as staple food in large quantities. At the same time, they should be eaten with vegetables and fruits rich in vitamins and fiber to balance nutrition and aid digestion; eat less staple food, snacks and meat to reduce the amount of acidic food; for people with weak digestive function and easy to accumulate food, Yuanxiao can only be used as dessert, and they should be tasted only briefly.

　　Yuanxiao glutinous rice balls are best eaten as they are made. Every year during the Lantern Festival, Hospital Emergency rooms often treat patients with food poisoning caused by accidentally eating spoiled Yuanxiao glutinous rice balls. Since Yuanxiao and Tangyuan are made from glutinous rice flour, which contains a lot of water, it is easy to deteriorate if bought and kept for a long time. Even if it is kept fresh in the refrigerator before eating, it will destroy its original taste. When buying quick-frozen Yuanxiao Tangyuan, it is best to check the date of manufacture, and do not store it for too long after buying it.

　　Tangyuan is delicious but should not be eaten too much

　　Meat glutinous rice balls are the basic method of making Yuanxiao glutinous rice balls. Or use glutinous rice to make "Soft-Hearted Red Date Shreds", which can also be very delicious. The raw materials are an appropriate amount of glutinous rice flour, red dates (add as much as needed), and white sugar. Method: remove the hearts of the red dates (or go to the supermarket to buy heartless red dates directly); mix the glutinous rice flour with water to make a dough ball; take a small ball of the glutinous rice ball and stuff it into the heart of the dates. Stuff as many red dates as you want; add oil to the pot, and when the temperature is medium, deep-fry the soft-centered red dates; finally pull the strings, pour the white sugar into the hot oil to melt, put the fried soft-centered red dates into the pot, and coat them with sugar coating.

　　Experts remind that no matter how you eat Yuanxiao glutinous rice balls, you must be careful not to eat too much. Although glutinous rice is good, it is not easy to digest. Eating too much will cause stomach discomfort. It is best to reduce the amount of food in half when eating. For example, if you can usually eat four taels of rice, two taels of glutinous rice will be enough. Otherwise, the glutinous rice itself will be sticky and difficult to digest, causing fullness in the chest and abdomen, which is not worth the gain. Especially the elderly, children and other people with weak gastrointestinal function need special attention.

　　Experts suggest that it is better for special groups of people to eat less or not eat traditional Yuanxiao. Those suffering from Hyperlipidemia , People with diabetes must limit their intake. Many people who overeat during the Spring Festival are prone to acute gastroenteritis, and eating more Yuanxiao will increase the gastrointestinal burden.