5 taboos for taking supplements in winter

One taboo: Any deficiency must be replenished.

"To replenish what is deficient" is the basic principle of medicinal dietary supplements, but there are differences between deficiency of yin, yang, qi deficiency, and blood deficiency. Those who are partial to cold are afraid of cold and like heat, have lukewarm hands and feet, have excessive salivation, loose stools, clear and long urine, weak tongue and weak pulse; those who are partial to heat will have hot palms and soles, dry mouth, bitter mouth, bad breath, dry stool, short red urine, and red tongue. If you do not differentiate between cold and heat and use medicinal foods indiscriminately, it will easily lead to "adding fuel to the fire".

Furthermore, according to the priority treatment principle of traditional Chinese medicine, if there are external evils in people who take medicated diets, they should first eliminate the evils and relieve the external factors, and it is not advisable to blindly take supplements. Among them, those who have acute venereal diseases and chronic diseases should stop taking supplements, such as Patients with >colds, upper respiratory tract infections, chronic bronchitis, pneumonia, asthma attacks, as well as acute gastroenteritis, pancreatitis, acute hepatitis, urinary tract infection, renal colic, myocardial infarction, etc., should be treated by "dispelling evil" and "purging excess". In addition, it is generally not advisable to take supplements during the attack period of digestive tract diseases. Direct supplementation will be counterproductive.

Two taboos: Any supplement must be meat.

Animal food is undoubtedly a good supplement among supplements. It is not only highly nutritious, but also delicious. However, meat is not easy to be digested and absorbed. If taken for a long time and in large quantities, the elderly with reduced gastrointestinal function are often overwhelmed. Some "by-products" in the digestion process of meat, such as excessive lipids, sugars and other substances, are often the cause of common and frequently-occurring diseases in the elderly such as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and cancer. Therefore, the diet of the elderly should be mainly light, and vegetables should not be ignored.

Three taboos: emphasize "in" and neglect "out".

With the improvement of people's living standards, many families have meaty and greasy meals every day. The acidic and toxic substances produced by the metabolism of these foods need to be excreted in time. The accelerated pace of life has caused many people to have irregular bowel movements and even constipation. Deficiency constipation is more common in the elderly due to qi deficiency and insufficient body fluids. Therefore, while taking supplements, everyone should also pay attention to the timely and smooth defecation.

The four taboos should always be replenished.

Some people like to take a certain kind of supplement according to their own taste, and then develop a "partial eclipse" or "eating addiction" from the same for many years, which is detrimental to health. Because medicines and foods have both health-care functions and certain side effects, taking them for a long time and frequently will affect the nutritional balance in the body.

Especially the elderly, not only do the functions of various organs decline to varying degrees, which require comprehensive and systematic conditioning, but they also have different needs for health care drugs and food in different seasons. Therefore, it is very necessary to make adjustments according to different situations, and we cannot always make up for it until the end.

The more expensive the five taboos, the more tonic they are.

Some noble traditional foods, such as bird's nests and shark's fins, actually have no special therapeutic effects, while very common foods such as sweet potatoes and onions have therapeutic value worthy of attention. Medicinal diet should be determined according to needs, and should not be judged based on high or low. Especially for the elderly, practicality should be the principle of nourishment.