Good food for winter tonic: miso detoxifies and helps lose weight

The weather is getting so cold. What kind of nourishing food should I eat to warm my body and lose weight?

"To nourish, you must first cleanse. To nourish the internal organs, you must first detoxify."

The temperature has dropped significantly, and the evil cold can easily damage the body's yang energy and cause poor blood circulation. People with a weak constitution are particularly prone to catching a cold and having cold hands and feet.

When the weather is cold, people will naturally want to eat various hotpots and soups. Although proper nourishment during the cold winter can achieve the effect of nourishing the internal organs, blindly taking supplements will affect the detoxification of the internal organs. Especially people with hot constitution often suffer from over-replenishment such as mouth sores, irritability, constipation, etc., which leads to the accumulation of heat and toxins in the body and cause weight gain.

"Soybean saponin, intestinal oil absorption"

It is recommended to consume a moderate amount of "sweet and cool" ingredients such as miso during the tonic period. The main ingredient of miso is soybean, which is rich in flavonoids and soy saponins. Flavonoids are powerful antioxidants that can remove bad cells and toxins from the body. In addition, soybean saponins can block the small intestine from absorbing too much fat and sugar, allowing people to feel energetic and not easily gain weight during the tonic period.

"Restrict salt intake and drink in moderation"

However, since miso soup has a high salt content, a bowl of miso soup contains about 1 to 2 grams of salt. People with high blood pressure or kidney problems should not eat too much. The average person's daily salt intake is also best limited to less than 10 grams, so the recommended serving per meal is no more than 1 bowl of miso soup.

Today's healthy recipes

"Salmon White Miso Soup", a warm soup with fish cooked with miso, tofu and other high-quality proteins, is a good meal for losing weight in winter without losing balanced nutrition.

『Salmon head white miso soup』

• Ingredients: a fish head with the gills removed and cut in half, a box of tofu cut into cubes, an appropriate amount of chrysanthemum or spring chrysanthemum, an appropriate amount of white miso, a spoonful of mirin, a few dried bonito flakes, and a few green onions.

• Preparation: Wash the fish head and put it into the pot together with the tofu. Pour cold water into the pot to cover all the ingredients. Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer for 15 minutes. Add seasonings such as chrysanthemum, miso, and bonito flakes before removing from the pot. Boil for 5 minutes and add green onions.

This article is from: Chinese medicine practitioner Peng Yanting's blog

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