What are the traditional foods during the Great Cold solar term? What can’t you eat during the Great Cold in 2020?

What are the traditional foods during the Great Cold solar term? What can’t you eat during the Great Cold in 2020?
Different solar terms and festivals have their own special features. So what are the traditional foods for the Great Cold solar term? What can’t you eat during the Great Cold in 2020? The twelfth month of the lunar calendar in 2019 is the end of the year and it is the coldest time of winter. As the proverb says: It is cold to speak so harshly. Follow Mr. Shui Mo's website and we will accompany you through the cold winter.

What are the traditional foods during the Great Cold solar term?

Eat Xiaohan Cake during the Great Cold:
The custom of eating "Xiao Han Gao" has a long history in Beijing. "Xiaohan Gao" is a kind of rice cake. Not only because its glutinous rice has a higher sugar content than rice, it makes the whole body feel warm after eating it. It has the effects of warming up the wind and cold, moistening the lungs and strengthening the spleen and stomach. In addition, people choose to eat rice cake on the day of "Dahan", which also means "older year", bringing good luck, peace every year, and promotion step by step.
Eat glutinous rice during the Great Cold:
There is an old saying: "It is cold even in the Lesser Cold and the Greater Cold without wind." It is a traditional custom to eat glutinous rice in the morning of Lesser Cold and Greater Cold to ward off the cold. People believe that glutinous rice has a higher sugar content than rice. Eating it will make the whole body feel warm and help drive away the cold. According to traditional Chinese medicine theory, glutinous rice has the effect of nourishing the middle and replenishing qi, and it is most suitable to eat glutinous rice in cold seasons.
Eat eight-treasure rice on the Great Cold:
Steam the glutinous rice, mix it with sugar, lard and osmanthus, pour it into a container filled with red dates, coix seeds, lotus seeds, longan meat and other fruit ingredients, steam it and pour the sugar marinade on it. It has a sweet taste and is a great dish for festivals and entertaining guests.

What can’t you eat during the Great Cold in 2020?

① Do not eat too much raw and cold food:
Do not overeat duck eggs, duck blood, snails, crabs, bananas, persimmons, grapefruit, watermelon, pears, bitter melon, winter melon, water chestnuts, mung beans, kelp, green tea, etc.
② Do not eat too much raw and cold seafood:
Seafood is cold in nature, and the protein in raw seafood is difficult to digest. Eating too much can easily lead to a decrease in the gastrointestinal digestive ability. When eating seafood, you should dip it in ginger juice and other condiments to neutralize the coldness of the seafood, and pay attention to keeping the stomach and intestines warm.
③ Do not eat too much high-sugar and high-fat food:
Some people start consuming large amounts of high-sugar, high-fat, and high-protein foods as soon as the weather gets cold. However, eating too much meat can lead to anorexia, diarrhea, and gastrointestinal dysfunction. Eating too much sweets will affect the body's immunity. Sweet foods such as chocolate and ice cream are high in calories, which will increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract and increase the risk of tooth decay and obesity.
④ Do not eat too much spicy food:
The weather is relatively dry in autumn, and people’s stomachs are full of fire. It is especially not suitable to eat spicy and irritating foods, otherwise it will be like "adding fuel to the fire" for the fragile stomach and intestines.
⑤ Do not eat too much fried or grilled food:
Fried and grilled foods are generally high in salt and oil, which are difficult to digest and absorb by the stomach and intestines, increasing the burden on the stomach and intestines. Studies have shown that the frying and baking process of food will produce carcinogens such as benzopyrene and nitrosamines. In addition, the weather is dry and the body is relatively dehydrated, so these carcinogens can easily accumulate in the gastrointestinal tract and affect intestinal health.
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