Eating, Drinking And Celebrating The New Year! A Nutritionist Teaches 4 Festive Beverages That Are Delicious, Nutritious, And Aid Digestion

Eating good dishes during the Chinese New Year requires a drink, but whether it's cola, soda, or juice, there are concerns that the calories are too high. The nutritionist will teach you how to drink it well, which is pleasing, and does not increase the burden on your body. Drinks can also help digestion.

Lin Minhua, director of the Nutrition Department of Yunlin Christian Hospital, said that during the Spring Festival, whether it's a New Year's Eve dinner or a dinner party with friends, it would be strange to eat without a drink, but if the food is eaten indiscriminately, the drink is too high. Junk drinks that are burdened with sugar and calories, he suggested using the fruits that will definitely be bought during the New Year to make drinks that are auspicious and delicious.

Bao "Ping (Ping)" An Tea

Ingredients: 1 organic apple, 20 grams of black tea, 2 tablespoons of brown sugar, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon powder per serving, 1200CC of water

How to:

1. Rinse the apples with warm water and cut them into thin slices together with the skin.

2. Boil the water, add the tea leaves and cook for 4 minutes, then put the apples into the tea water and cook for another 3 to 5 minutes, then add the cinnamon powder.

3. Roll up the apple slices into a rose shape, and fix them on the cup with toothpicks.

Lin Minhua said that during the Chinese New Year, people often eat too much fish and meat. Apples contain soluble fiber and pectin, which can help lower cholesterol. According to research, cinnamon has the effect of lowering blood sugar after meals. Eating 1 to 1.5 grams per person per day has the effect of balancing blood sugar, and it is not easy to cause excessive heat and dryness. Cinnamon also has the effect of relieving abdominal pain, diarrhea and pain. During the Chinese New Year, if the stomach is a little uncomfortable, drinking cinnamon-containing beverages can relieve diarrhea and pain.

The quercetin in apple peel is an anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer star, so remember to eat apples with the skin on. The tannins of black tea are the highest in tea, and recent domestic studies have found that tannins have the effect of protecting against infection with the new coronary pneumonia virus. Bao Ping An tea can lower blood lipids, lower blood sugar, and also have anti-epidemic functions.

Dajidali Pingan Drink

Ingredients: 4 organic apples, 1 organic orange, 1 cinnamon stick, 3 cloves, 1/8 nutmeg, 1000CC, a little sugar

How to:

1. Take 3 apples, peel them and cut them into 4 equal parts. The other 1 is cut into small cubes.

2. Take the orange from the pulp, remove the white skin to prevent bitterness, keep the orange peel and cut into small pieces, and leave a part to scrape into pieces.

3. Bring the apple and orange pulp and spices to a boil over low heat, then turn to low heat and cook for 4 to 50 minutes.

4. After cooking, take out the pulp and press it into a puree. Use a sieve to remove large particles and keep some puree.

5. If you are afraid of acid, you can add sugar substitute. Finally, add diced apples and orange zest, eat pulp and drink juice. It tastes sweeter and tastes better.

Lin Minhua said that during the Chinese New Year, there are large crowds in Taiwan, and people are mixed from south to north. It is often the best season for various infectious diseases such as colds. Cinnamon can improve colds and bronchial inflammation, and apples help metabolize cholesterol, which is most suitable for eating after eating big fish and meat.

Fuyuan Red Date Tea

Materials: 5 red dates, 10 grams of longan, 1 small handful of wolfberry, 60 of water0CC

How to:

1. After the red dates are soaked, pat them for a while, remember to remove the jujube pits and put them in water to boil.

2. Rinse the longan slightly, add the jujube water to a boil, then add it to a low heat and cook for 5 to 10 minutes.

3. Put the wolfberry in 1 minute before turning off the heat, turn off the heat and drink it after it is sultry and warm.

In the Spring Festival, everyone can't avoid watching dramas and chatting with friends on mobile phones. Eyesight is very tight. Lin Minhua said that the wolfberry in this tea can protect eyes and supplement lutein. Red dates and longan have their own sweetness and fragrance, and they are delicious without adding extra sugar, and these two are well-known "soothing" food supplements.

Stomach-warming ginger juice and milk

Materials: 2 slices of old ginger, 1 packet of black tea bag, 1 cup (250CC) fresh milk, appropriate amount of honey, 300CC of water

How to:

1. Put two pieces of ginger into the water and boil until half a cup is left.

2. Add fresh milk and continue to heat and bring to a boil, then turn off the heat and add the tea bags.

3. Add honey to taste and drink.

Lin Minhua said that during the Spring Festival, the cold air mass often causes stomach cramps and discomfort. Ginger has the effect of relieving nausea and greasy, pain relief, antiemetic, warming and stomach pain relief. A small cup of ginger juice is very good for milk. It's easy to cook, it can also add calcium, and it's delicious.

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