How to maintain vitality in winter

Vitality is something that each of us has, and good vitality is very important to everyone, as it is the guarantee of a person's good health. Therefore, it is very important for everyone to maintain their own vitality. There are many ways to nourish your vital energy, and the methods of nourishing your vital energy are often different in different seasons. So, how to maintain vitality in winter? This question is actually what many friends want to know.

The word "yuanqi" actually appeared a long time ago. It is generally a special term in traditional Chinese medicine. It does not usually appear in Western medicine. The so-called vital energy is the foundation of our being, as you can imagine. The importance of vitality to our human health. In response to this phenomenon, let’s talk about how to take balanced tonic food in winter. In cold weather, the body uses more calories than usual. The winter in the north is dry, so it is not only necessary to replenish water but also important to replenish energy. White-collar workers suffer from great work pressure and suffer great loss of Qi and blood, so they need to pay special attention to "replenishing Qi".

The temperature is low in winter, which is considered by Chinese medicine to be yin, so some necessary nutrients are needed to supplement and regulate the body. Nourishing the body in autumn and winter is a multi-faceted concept. Moreover, nourishing the body in autumn and winter does not mean blindly following the trend, but rather taking tonic food in a planned manner based on the different physical fitness of individuals. In the daily diet, some ordinary foods that look unremarkable are very effective in replenishing qi for white-collar workers, such as potatoes, yam, sweet potato, mushrooms, beef, loach, rabbit meat, glutinous rice, leeks, etc. These foods are all mild in nature and sweet in taste, so you can eat more of them in moderation.

Things to note are as follows:

1. Fast food

If you eat in a hurry, you won't be able to chew your food thoroughly. Thorough chewing helps digestion, while insufficient chewing will prolong digestion time and increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract.

2. Overeating

As we age, our body's basal metabolism decreases, and if we continue to eat and drink as recklessly as we did when we were young, we will gain weight. Kyoko Honda, a Japanese medical doctor and nutritionist, pointed out: "Overeating will cause blood to concentrate in the stomach to digest food, leading to ischemia in other organs. In severe cases, it can lead to metabolic syndrome. It is recommended to eat until you are 80% full and stop when you are full."

3. Eating the same food all the time

If you eat the same or similar food frequently, your nutrient intake will be unbalanced. For example: eating fried and stir-fried foods frequently can lead to excessive fat intake, and eating pickled fish frequently can lead to excessive salt intake.

4. Irregular meals

Irregular meals will lead to autonomic nervous system dysfunction over time. It is best to have a 12-hour interval between breakfast and dinner, with lunch arranged in between.

5. Eating too cold food

Coldness in the body will hinder blood circulation and accelerate the aging of the body. You should eat moderate amounts of spicy foods such as ginger, garlic, onions, etc. that can warm the body and promote blood circulation. It is best not to drink iced drinks, but drink them at room temperature.

In addition, with the accelerated pace of modern life, the above habits are also very common in our daily lives, especially in winter, a good season for health preservation and nourishment. We should pay more attention to the fact that only good living and eating habits can make the body healthier. It is very important to abandon these bad habits.

Therefore, through the detailed introduction in the above article, I believe everyone should have understood the methods to nourish vitality in winter. In fact, in winter, there are still many ways for us to nourish our vitality, and diet is generally the most effective way for our body. In winter, you can eat more yam, sweet potato and other foods to nourish your vitality. Of course, you still need to pay attention to some aspects while nourishing your vital energy, such as not eating too fast.