Women eat Laba porridge with more ingredients

　　The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month was called "Laba" in ancient times. When the Laba Festival comes, every household will cook Laba porridge. This has become a custom that has been passed down to this day.

　　Eating porridge during the Laba Festival became popular in the Song Dynasty. It was called "five-flavor porridge" at that time. It was mainly made of rice, millet and fruit beans. Later, the ingredients were continuously improved. In the Yuan Dynasty, walnuts, pine nuts, persimmons and chestnuts were used as ingredients. In the Ming Dynasty, Laba porridge was called Qibao porridge, with a total of seven ingredients. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the preparation of Laba porridge was more elaborate. It was cooked with yellow rice, white rice, glutinous rice, millet, water chestnuts, red beans, peeled jujube paste, etc., and was garnished with red-dyed peach kernels, almonds, melon seeds, peanuts, hazelnuts, pine nuts, brown sugar, and white sugar. Every festival, the palace not only cooks Laba porridge, but also distributes it to the people.

　　Today's Laba porridge is made in different types according to local customs. The raw materials are mainly composed of a variety of rice, beans, dried fruits and nuts. From the perspective of modern nutrition, beans contain the only high-quality plant protein that is comparable to animal protein. Dried fruits "concentrate" many nutrients in fresh fruits. They are not only rich in protein, but also rich in vitamin E and various trace elements. These are beneficial to improving human immunity and delaying aging. According to the traditional view of health preservation, Laba porridge has the effect of strengthening the spleen and kidneys and nourishing the weak. The spleen and kidneys are the basis of "acquired" and "innate" human beings respectively. The spleen and kidneys are strong and strong, and the body is strong. "Good energy is stored in the body, and evil cannot be affected."

　　Women who love beauty should eat more black food

　　female Everyone hopes to adjust their appearance and figure through diet, so you might as well add more black food to Laba porridge. In addition, don’t add too much sugar and salt to Laba porridge. High sugar and high salt are not conducive to beauty and weight loss.

　　Among black foods, black rice contains a variety of vitamins and trace elements such as zinc, iron, and selenium. It can nourish yin and kidneys, improve eyesight and activate blood circulation, accelerate metabolism, and give women a good complexion.； Black beans have high protein content and good quality. They are also rich in unsaturated fatty acids. In addition, they are also rich in calcium, carotene and B vitamins, which play an important role in women’s health and beauty. ； Black sesame seeds are rich in vitamin E, which can promote the body's utilization of vitamin A and can work synergistically with vitamin C to promote skin blood circulation, thereby maintaining the softness and luster of the skin.

　　In addition, walnut kernels and pine nuts are rich in vitamin E, which is also very beneficial to women’s beauty.

　　Add some "stuff" to Laba porridge during special periods”

　　Postpartum Women and menstruating women should pay attention to replenishing qi and blood when drinking Laba porridge. Postpartum and postmenstrual women have excessive blood loss, so replenishing blood is very important. The "three red soup" boiled with red dates, red beans and red peanuts is the most replenishing qi and blood. You may also choose these three red foods to cook Laba porridge. In addition, sesame and black rice are also good choices for replenishing qi and nourishing blood.

　　If you are pregnant, you can choose Laba porridge, which is fragrant, glutinous and soft. It is suitable for expectant mothers who have a poor appetite and need a lot of nutrition. Pregnant women have a greater need for calcium and iron. When making Laba porridge, you can consider using brown rice that can supplement calcium. In addition, peanuts, soybeans, black beans, green beans, and dates are rich in calcium, and soybeans and nuts are also rich in iron.

　　Menopausal women can add more soybeans. Soybeans are rich in bioactive substances soy isoflavones and soy saponins, which can inhibit lipid peroxidation in the body and prevent osteoporosis.； The phytoestrogens also help improve menopausal symptoms. In addition, middle-aged and elderly women should not eat too much whole grains, so it is best to add a little of each kind of whole grains to meet multiple needs at one time.

　　99 nutritionists warmly remind you that eating porridge in winter is the best way to maintain health. It is best to cook cereals and beans together. Beans can make up for the lack of nutrients in cereals, making the nutrition more comprehensive.