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What are the anti-aging dishes?

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Asked on:Mar 31, 2026 03:04 PM

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  • Amelie Amelie

    Mar 31, 2026

      Nowadays, delicacies from mountains and seas are no longer what people pursue for eating, but they pay more attention to how to eat them. healthy and pure natural. In fact, a long time ago, our ancestors were already studying the secret recipe of longevity, and they did not hesitate to go to the wilderness and deep mountains to find good medicine. Huangtian paid off, and they finally discovered the food that can prolong life, and it has been passed down to this day. It is called "longevity food" among the people.”……
      
      One of the longevity dishes: Queen of Amino Acid——Shiitake Mushroom

      How to eat: During the Qianlong period, the "Man-Han Banquet" included dishes such as "Fragrant Tan Duck" and "Fried Mushrooms". The preparation method is to cook it with meat and vegetarian foods such as winter bamboo shoots or chicken and duck.

      Historical legend: "Burned Mushrooms", also known as "Longevity Dish", was originally a famous court dish in the Ming Dynasty and later spread among the people. Shiitake mushrooms are top-grade edible fungi and are known as the "Queen of Mushrooms". It contains more than 30 enzymes and 18 kinds of amino acids. Of the 8 kinds of amino acids needed by the human body, shiitake mushrooms contain 7 kinds. Each 100 grams of dried shiitake mushrooms contains 13 grams of protein and various other nutrients.

      It is said that when Jinling (now Nanjing) was established as the capital in the Ming Dynasty, there was a severe drought in the world. Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, prayed to gods for rain and took the lead in following a vegetarian diet for several months because he had poor appetite. At this time, military advisor Liu Bowen happened to return to Nanjing from Longquan County, Zhejiang. He specially brought the famous specialty mushrooms from his hometown, soaked them and added seasonings to make a delicious dish of "burnt mushrooms" for Zhu Yuanzhang to taste. Zhu Yuanzhang smelled a burst of fragrance before he took off his chopsticks. After eating, he felt that the dish was rich in fragrance, soft and palatable, and tasted extremely delicious. He repeatedly praised it as a rare and delicious dish.

      Later, Liu Bowen told him the characteristics of Longquan shiitake mushrooms and the story of a fragrant girl who was rescued after eating shiitake mushrooms while fleeing from a refugee in Qingyuan, Zhejiang Province in ancient times. Legend has it that a girl fled to a barren mountain to avoid persecution by a wealthy man. She fainted from hunger. When she woke up, she ate the mushrooms growing here. Not only did she recover her health, but she later lived to be over a hundred years old. From then on, Zhu Yuanzhang often ate this dish in the palace, and also called it "longevity dish".

      Longevity dish No. 2: Iodine-containing champion---kelp

      How to eat: Soak the kelp or seaweed, put it into a casserole, add a little mussels and cook until cooked, then add an appropriate amount of minced garlic, olive oil and salt, and cook it into kelp soup before eating.

      Detailed introduction: Kelp is the entire body of the macrophylla plant Erythora macrophylla, also known as seaweed, kelp, etc. It lives in seawater and is flexible and long like a belt, hence its name. Kelp has high nutritional and health value and is known as "sea vegetable", "longevity vegetable" and "iodine-containing champion".

      Medical research has found that the calcium in kelp can prevent blood acidification, which is one of the factors leading to cancer. The organic iodine in kelp has a hormone-like effect, which can improve the function of biologically active substances in the human body, promote the secretion of insulin and adrenergic hormones, increase lipoprotein esterase activity, and promote Grape Sugar and fatty acids are metabolized and utilized in the liver, fat, and muscle tissue, thereby exerting their effects on lowering blood sugar and blood lipids. Kelp is rich in potassium, which can balance excessive sodium intake and dilate peripheral blood vessels, so it can prevent and treat high blood pressure.

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