Winter food supplement, please check this safety tip

With the adjustment of epidemic prevention and control policies, warm and touching fireworks have reappeared on the streets of many places, and dinner activities between relatives and friends have begun to become frequent
.

January 5 is a small cold
in the 24 solar terms.
The folk proverb says: Small cold and big cold, frozen into a ball
.
When the small cold comes, the cold air accumulates for a long time, and most of the northern part of our country begins to enter the coldest days
of the year.
During the cold season, people are accustomed to adjusting their diet to replenish their bodies and resist the invasion of the cold climate
.

Winter diet, how to eat happily and safely? To this end, the reporter of "China Consumer News" interviewed Professor Cheng Jingmin, a national health science popularization expert, a registered dietitian of the Chinese Nutrition Society, and a doctoral supervisor of Shanxi Medical University, and specially created this winter diet safety strategy
for everyone.

Beef and mutton, how to buy more securely

Beef and mutton are warm in nature, and winter consumption can not only nourish the body, but also help protect against wind and cold, and is a meat ingredient
with a large amount of consumption in winter.
How to choose and eat nutritious and healthy beef and mutton food, Professor Cheng Jingmin reminded consumers to pay attention to the following points:

First, when purchasing, please choose shopping malls, supermarkets or farmers' markets with complete qualifications, standardized management, formal purchase channels, and relatively guaranteed after-sales service, and cautiously purchase beef and mutton products that are significantly lower than the market price forwarded by unlicensed mobile vendors or "circle of friends"; When purchasing, pay attention to check whether there is a meat inspection and quarantine certificate, and do not buy "own beef and mutton"
without any quarantine mark.

Second, when purchasing pre-packaged beef and mutton products, carefully check the product information, such as product name, ingredient list, production date, etc.
, and pay special attention to distinguish whether it belongs to pure beef and mutton, conditioned beef and mutton or mixed meat products
.
When purchasing, you can choose the appropriate product by looking at the type of meat in the ingredient list of the product
label and the order of arrangement (in order of content).

Third, some fresh lamb will have a lamb smell, which may be mixed with some bloody smell, the color is bright red or pink, and the color of the whole lamb is not much
different.
If there is a pungent odor, dark red flesh or gray and white, there may be a risk of deterioration; Generally speaking, fresh lamb has more fat, even lean meat, it will be mixed with a trace of fat; Normal mutton grain is thinner, more evenly distributed, and the grain arrangement is more regular; When buying lamb rolls, pay attention to check the texture, compactness and color of lamb, and choose products with delicate and obvious texture, close connection of fat and lean meat, and natural color
.

Fourth, when buying beef products, it can be judged from the following aspects: fresh beef is dark red and has a faint beef smell; The texture is coarse, tearing along the muscles, and the fibers can be seen; Whether it is beef or lamb, you can wear disposable gloves to gently press
when purchasing under the premise of ensuring hygiene.
If the hand feels elastic, the surface of the meat is relatively moist and the quality of the meat is better; If water comes out of the pressure, it may be water injection or other substances
added.

Fifth, refrigeration and freezing must be timely, and ready-to-eat is the best
.
Encourage on-demand, ready-to-eat
.
Fresh beef and lamb should be cooked and eaten
as soon as possible.
If it needs to be stored, it should be packed in a plastic bag or plastic wrap and then frozen or refrigerated in the refrigerator according to the length of time, avoiding nakedness and mixing with other foods; If meat products are thawed repeatedly, it will cause changes in quality, taste and nutritional value, so try to cut them into small pieces when storing them so that they can be easily taken each time
.

At the same time, consumers need to be reminded that beef and mutton are warm in nature, should not be eaten at one time, stomach fire toothache, mouth and tongue sores, coughing up yellow phlegm and other people with fire disease should not eat too much; Patients with liver disease, high blood pressure, acute enteritis or other infectious diseases, or patients with fever, should choose to consume
under the guidance of a doctor or clinical dietitian.

Eating hot pot, these points should be paid attention to

"In October, the cold opens the small pavilion, and the lantern group sits on the side stove" "Around the stove to gather and cheer, the flavor melts in the small kettle"
.
In the cold winter, invite three or five friends to sit around the pot and put all kinds of ingredients into the steaming hot pot to eat, which can be described as stomach and heartwarming
.
However, delicious hot pot sometimes hides safety risks
.
How to ensure the safety of food when eating hot pot, Professor Cheng Jingmin reminded consumers to pay attention to the following issues:

The selection of materials should be meticulous
.
When going out to eat hot pot, you should choose a restaurant with complete licenses, clean and hygienic environment, and pay attention to check whether the restaurant has publicized the homemade hot pot base, homemade drinks and food additives used in homemade seasonings, and whether the public information is complete; To cook hot pot at home, you should buy ingredients
from merchants with high reputation and good reputation.

The ingredients are reliable and safe
.
Ingredients should pay attention to freshness and hygiene, and do not eat wild mushrooms of unknown origin to prevent food poisoning; When "selecting materials", do not be confused by ingredients that are too "outstanding" in appearance, such as the color of ordinary kelp should be brownish green or dark brown-green, those emerald green and bright kelp is best not to choose; White and large, pinching the hairy belly that is easy to break with your hands, do not buy
it.

Cook thoroughly to ensure hygiene
.
Many people one-sidedly pursue the tenderness of the taste, such as hairy belly, goose intestines, waist slices and other animal ingredients, just put the ingredients in a pot to blanch, and then fish them out, and look cooked from the outside, but they are not actually cooked thoroughly
.
The daily so-called "seven up and eight down" and "9 seconds" sometimes cannot completely kill bacteria and parasites, which is easy to cause gastrointestinal infections
.
In addition, do not mix raw food and cooked food in the same container, and use special tools to take raw food to avoid germs or parasitic eggs in meat directly entering the digestive tract; Try to divide meals or use chopsticks and spoons
.

Good habits have many
benefits.
First of all, too hot food will damage the mouth, esophagus and gastric mucosa, do not pursue the hot taste stimulation of food when eating hot pot, take out the shabu food from the pot, it is best to put it in a small dish to cool, wait for warm before eating, so as not to damage the mouth or esophagus; Secondly, if you want to drink soup, it should be within half an hour after the start of shabu-shabu, and it should not be drunk
at the end of shabu-shabu.
Because meat, fish and shrimp and other ingredients will release a large amount of purine substances during the cooking process, and there is a certain amount of nitrite in the long-boiled soup; Finally, eat hot pot, it is not recommended to drink a lot of cold beer, cold drinks, cold drinks, etc.
, to reduce the irritation
to the stomach.

When eating hot pot, if the fuel used is natural gas or charcoal, you should pay attention to keeping the room ventilated
.
When cooking hot pot with natural gas, check whether the hose is loose, falling off, cracked and aging; If heated with solid alcohol, turn off the heat when adding alcohol, and then add it after the furnace core cools, and do not add too much at one time; Although heating with an induction cooker is relatively safe, attention should also be paid to preventing leakage
.

Medicinal food and medicinal wine, nourishing and nourishing without disorderly food

In the cold winter, many families in some parts of China are accustomed to self-medicated meals and wines or go to special restaurants to consume, which can not only warm the body, but also regulate health
.
Professor Cheng Jingmin reminded consumers that a small pot of sand pot and a pot of warm hot soup seem ordinary and ordinary, but they are deeply hidden in medical pharmacology
.
Therefore, it is recommended that consumers make and drink (drink) under the guidance of Chinese medicine practitioners and Chinese medicine practitioners, and do not process highly toxic Chinese medicinal materials
such as edible herbs and attached tablets without authorization.

The so-called medicinal diet is a kind of dietary therapy made by using traditional Chinese medicine and food as raw materials, through traditional Chinese medicine formulas, and then cooking and processing, because it has the effect of preventing and treating diseases, so it is also called dietary therapy
.

First of all, in addition to the deliciousness, medicated food emphasizes the nourishing effect, and each flavor of Chinese medicine has a fixed amount, otherwise it may affect the health of the body
.
For example, the highest dosage of astragalus is 30 grams, and if it exceeds this amount, it is harmful
to the body.
Therefore, it is recommended that consumers go to regular catering enterprises to eat medicated meals
.

Secondly, some traditional medicinal materials used in the preparation of medicinal meals contain certain toxicity, if the processing and consumption method is improper, it is easy to cause food poisoning, such as grass wuweed (also known as duck head, medicinal goat artemisia, chicken head grass, used for wind cold and wet paralysis, joint pain, abdominal cold pain, etc.
), appendages (buttercup plant aconitum plant hypertrophic roots, the main effect is to disperse cold and relieve pain) and other highly toxic Chinese medicinal materials, have been listed in the "Measures for the Administration of Toxic Drugs for Medical Use" for management, any or individual should be used correctly under the guidance of a doctor, and shall not be processed and eaten without authorization
。

Third, be wary of poisoning
caused by self-medicated food and drink.
Remind consumers not to drink medicinal wines of unknown origin, such as unlabeled, unclear, etc.
, when eating out; In daily home life, do not blindly believe in secret recipes and home remedies, and avoid blindly drinking wine according to the so-called secret recipes and home remedies without understanding the medicinal properties
.
In particular, do not use medicinal materials with certain toxicity, such as chuanwu, caowu, strychnine, He Shouwu, Banxia, aconite, and cang'er to make medicinal wine or eat; If there is a real need for health care, it should be carried out under the guidance of a Chinese medicine practitioner and a Chinese medicine practitioner, and purchase drugs from a regular pharmacy; Medicinal wine is not suitable for anyone to drink, let alone excessive and indefinite drinking, must be under the guidance of Chinese medicine practitioners and Chinese medicine practitioners, according to their age and physique to choose; If after drinking self-medicated wine, nausea, dizziness, chest tightness, limb numbness, malaiseness and other poisoning symptoms occur, you should immediately take measures such as inducing vomiting and seek medical attention
as soon as possible.