Tag: Dragon Boat Festival

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Dispute over Salty and Sweet Zongzi: Which Zongzi is suitable for you?

Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, all kinds of large and small zongzi have already occupied the major supermarkets. In addition to the traditional clear water white zongzi, jujube zongzi, meat zongzi and other classic tastes, merchants have also introduced various new varieties of coarse cereal zongzi, fruit zongzi, chocolate zongzi and so on. Zongzi smells fragrant after cooking, which often makes the index finger of people with loss of appetite move greatly in summer. Glutinous rice, the main ingredient of zongzi, has a higher content of B vitamins and minerals than ordinary refined white rice. Jujube or bean paste as stuffing is rich in potassium, iron and flavonoids. Bamboo leaves or reed leaves used for wrapping are rich in Read More …

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Mastering 4 words, diabetics can also eat zongzi at ease.

It is the Dragon Boat Festival of another year, and sharp, long, sweet and salty zongzi are on the market one after another. For sugar lovers, it is always a bit painful on festive days: Can I still eat zongzi with diabetes? The answer is that sugar lovers who meet the blood sugar control standards can eat zongzi. If your blood sugar level is up to standard and you can eat zongzi, you should first ask your doctor. Secondly, sugar lovers can refer to the following standards: Fasting blood glucose ≤ 7.0 mmol/L; Random blood glucose ≤ 10.0 mmol/L; Glycosylated hemoglobin ≤ 7.5%. When blood sugar is well controlled, there will be capital to eat zongzi. Sugar lovers need to Read More …

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Some of the most overlooked signs of cancer in men

Everyone now attaches great importance to their health, especially those who enter the middle-aged ranks. Most of the time, they attach importance to a balanced diet and insist on exercising. However, if you don’t check your body regularly or ignore some minor discomfort, you may miss some chances of early detection of cancer. We should know that at the current medical level, the best time to defeat cancer is still when cancer is just beginning to sprout, the sooner the better. Unfortunately, the vast majority of cancers do not have obvious symptoms in the early stage. Now let’s talk about the symptoms that may be related to common cancers in men. I hope that men with these problems can go Read More …

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What is a perfect salted egg like?

Why do you eat salted eggs on Dragon Boat Festival? It is widely spread among the people that the fifth day of May is the most poisonous day of the year. People eat five kinds of red vegetables in order to avoid the scourge of the five poisonous monsters (snakes, centipedes, spiders, geckos and scorpions). (Why is gecko also classified as a monster, clearly it is a beneficial insect…) One of them [red] is delicious red oil duck eggs. However, in some places in the south of the Yangtze River, five kinds of red dishes are not enough. Lunch at Dragon Boat Festival must be eaten [12 red], and salted duck eggs are also frequent visitors. Why only salted duck Read More …

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Dad, I love you, please give up smoking!

Ding Ma said: It’s another Father’s Day. This year, let’s give a healthy gift: a big gift bag to persuade people to quit smoking. For the sake of children, tobacco must be rejected. We all know that children should not smoke. However, most people do not realize that children should not smoke when they have children, and children should not be taken to places where people smoke. I’m afraid fewer people know this truth if children are not allowed to contact people who have smoked or people who have smoked. Moreover, even if you understand, you can’t hide. Why should special emphasis be placed on the harm of second-hand smoke to children? Because children are the most vulnerable to environmental Read More …