1, how to eat zongzi healthily
First of all, we should adhere to a principle when eating zongzi. Don't eat what you bought if you can wrap it yourself. I don't think everyone knows why. I'm afraid none of us laymen can figure out how many things have been added to the dumplings we bought. So don't be lazy, wrap it yourself, whether it's delicious or not, at least you know what you put!
Secondly, don't eat frozen food if you can eat fresh food. As we all know, frozen food requires high storage conditions. If there is something wrong with refrigerated transportation, the product quality cannot be guaranteed. Moreover, in order to prolong the shelf life, frozen zongzi will inevitably contain preservatives and other ingredients, which is always bad for the health. But the zongzi made now does not have these troubles. So don't buy frozen zongzi if you can eat it now!
Third, pay special attention to the taste when choosing zongzi. At present, there are many kinds of zongzi, some are sweet, some are salty, some are fleshy, and some are well made. When choosing zongzi, you must make a reasonable choice according to your spleen and stomach, blood sugar and blood lipid. People with poor spleen and stomach function must eat it while it is hot, and don't eat cold palm seed; For people with three highs, don't choose things that are too sweet or salty. It will be better to eat them with some fruits and vegetables.
Finally, when selecting zongzi, we should look at the label, pay attention to the production date, nutritional components and other product descriptions, and ensure that the zongzi eaten in the stomach is a product that meets the national standards produced by a manufacturer with a production license.
2. The health culture of Zongzi.
The origin of eating zongzi in folklore is to commemorate Qu Yuan. Zongzi, as one of the traditional foods with the deepest historical and cultural accumulation in China, is widely spread. Japan, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Myanmar and other places where Chinese people live together also have the custom of eating zongzi. Eating zongzi is not only a way of eating in China's food culture, but also a rich health-preserving legend.
As early as in Compendium of Materia Medica, Li Shizhen, a famous medical scientist in Ming Dynasty, elaborated in detail that Zongye has the functions of "clearing away heat and stopping bleeding, detoxifying and reducing swelling, and treating hematemesis, bleeding, dysuria and carbuncle swelling". Reed leaves are mostly used in the north, and bamboo leaves or lotus leaves are mostly used in the south. These leaves have good medicinal functions. Modern medical experts also found that glutinous rice, the main component of zongzi, is rich in B vitamins, which can warm the spleen and stomach, tonify the middle energizer and replenish qi. Can relieve spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, loss of appetite, abdominal distension and diarrhea. Glutinous rice has astringent effect, and also has a good therapeutic effect on frequent urination and spontaneous sweating. Many ingredients of zongzi have nourishing effects. Jujube, adzuki bean, mung bean, etc. Has the effects of enriching blood, tranquilizing mind, promoting diuresis, and removing toxic substances, and can also increase the content of protein. Peanut, lotus seed, yam and Euryale ferox are all summer tonic ingredients.
Modern people like to be unhappy without meat, and there are differences between jiaozi with minced meat and plain jiaozi. From the health point of view, jiaozi with meat stuffing and jiaozi with eggs can increase protein and fat, and increase iron content. Most of the plain brown miscellaneous grains zongzi have the effects of tonifying the middle energizer, nourishing blood, calming the nerves, invigorating qi, strengthening the spleen and benefiting the kidney. Fruit dumplings have the function of relaxing bowels, while egg yolk dumplings have the function of strengthening brain and improving intelligence.
3. How to reuse rice leaves?
Therefore, we can say that zongzi is full of treasures, and the leaves left after eating zongzi should not be thrown away and can be reused. For example, choose the leaves of zongzi with complete shape, and you can soak them in boiling water and cold water next time. Although the fragrance of zongzi leaves is less, it is safer!
It is good to eat the remaining leaves of zongzi as steamed cloth.
The treatment method is:
1. Be careful not to break the leaves when peeling zongzi, and pick out the whole leaves;
2. Put it into a basin and soak it in clear water for about 1 hour;
3. Take it out and put it in a cool place to dry the water;
4. Subtract the redundant parts at both ends of the leaves and process them into shapes similar to rounded corners at both ends;
5. Spare. When steaming steamed buns or steamed buns in this way, there is no need to use cage cloth, which is not easy to clean, and the leaves of zongzi belong to secondary use, so it doesn't hurt to throw them away! Moreover, some zongzi leaves, when used as steamed cloth, will give off a faint fragrance, and buns or buns will have this fragrance, similar to lotus leaf buns!