Dietary Management of Fatty Liver in Children and Middle-Aged Individuals: Healthy Recipes from Nutritious Egg Porridge to Duck and Kelp

Milk and Egg Drop Oatmeal Porridge Ingredients: Milk, eggs, and oatmeal (appropriate amounts). Instructions: 1. Bring the milk to a boil in a pot. Crack the eggs and beat them. 2. Add the oatmeal and stir until thickened. 3. Pour in the beaten eggs and bring to a boil again before serving. Expert Tip: Milk is rich in inorganic salts, especially calcium, potassium, and iron. The calcium content can reach 115mg, and the absorption rate is very high.

Tomato Sauce Mushroom Recipe: 10 button mushrooms, 15g tomato sauce, 3g sugar, 5ml light soy sauce, 4ml white vinegar, 5g scallions. Instructions: 1. Soak button mushrooms in salt water for 5 minutes, then rinse thoroughly under running water. Blanch the mushrooms in boiling water until cooked through, then remove. 2. In a separate pot, heat olive oil to medium-high heat, then add chopped scallions and sauté until fragrant. Add tomato sauce and stir well, then add 1.5 tablespoons of sugar and 1 tablespoon of light soy sauce. Add 1 teaspoon of white vinegar and stir well. 3. Add the blanched mushrooms and stir-fry evenly over high heat until the sauce thickens. Expert Tip: Button mushrooms, containing the trace element selenium, are an excellent source of selenium. Drinking mushroom soup for several hours can increase blood selenium levels and hemoglobin levels, and significantly enhance the activity of glutathione peroxidase in the blood. This can prevent peroxide damage to the body, reduce high blood pressure and increased blood viscosity caused by selenium deficiency, regulate thyroid function, and improve immunity.

Chicken and Tofu Soup Ingredients: 500g chicken breast, 100g bamboo shoots, 100g shiitake mushrooms, 100g fish, 100g shrimp, 15ml cooking wine, 4g salt, 2g MSG, 10ml cornstarch. Instructions: 1. Wash the chicken breast, remove any tough tendons, and mince into a very fine paste. Place the minced chicken in a bowl, add a little cold water, cooking wine, salt, MSG, and cornstarch, and stir well with chopsticks. Beat the egg whites in a bowl, stirring in one direction until a paste forms. Pour this paste into the chicken mixture and mix well. Slice the bamboo shoots, shiitake mushrooms, and fish. 2. Heat a wok over high heat, pour in chicken broth and bring to a boil. Add the sliced ​​bamboo shoots, shiitake mushrooms, shrimp, fish, cooking wine, salt, and MSG. Bring to a boil again and skim off any foam. 3. Turn the heat to medium in the same pot. Slowly drop the chicken paste into the broth. Once it thickens and floats to the surface, resembling tofu pudding, remove it with a slotted spoon. Pour the broth into a soup bowl, then add the chicken paste tofu pudding and sprinkle with chopped ham. Expert tip: Chicken is rich in protein, and its fat contains unsaturated fatty acids, making it a good protein source for the elderly and those with cardiovascular disease.

Fatty liver in middle-aged people is often caused by high stress, frequent social interactions, lack of exercise, and overnutrition. The physiological functions of middle-aged people begin to decline. It is essential to eat more soy products. Soybeans and their products contain isoflavones, which have significant effects in anti-tumor, antioxidant, anti-allergic, anti-inflammatory, cardiovascular protection, and prevention of osteoporosis.

Duck and Kelp Stew Ingredients: 500g duck, 200g kelp, 10g ginger, 2g Sichuan peppercorns, 4g salt. Preparation: 1. Wash the duck, cut into large pieces, and blanch. 2. Wash the kelp and cut into strips. 3. Place the blanched duck in a pot, add ginger, Sichuan peppercorns, salt, and water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to medium heat and simmer. Add the kelp strips and simmer until the duck and kelp are tender. Expert Tips: Duck is suitable for people with symptoms of cold intolerance and weakness, such as general weakness, poor appetite, diarrhea, edema, pale menstrual blood, thin vaginal discharge, insufficient lactation after childbirth, weakness after illness, fatigue, and impotence.

Fish Head Stew with Tofu Ingredients: 400g carp, 500g tofu, 10g cilantro, 5g scallions, 3g ginger, 3g salt, 2g cooking wine, and other seasonings as needed. Instructions: 1. Remove the scales and gills from the carp head, wash and cut into chunks; wash and cut the tofu into chunks; wash the cilantro; wash and cut the scallions into sections; wash and slice the ginger. 2. Place the fish head chunks in a clay pot, add enough water to cover, bring to a boil over high heat, skim off any foam, add the tofu, cilantro, scallions, and ginger slices, simmer over low heat until tender, discard the scallions and ginger, add salt and cooking wine to taste. Expert Tip: Fish is a good source of protein, containing approximately 15%–20%. Fish muscle fibers are short and have a high water content, making the meat tender and easier to digest than livestock or poultry meat.

Stir-fried Napa Cabbage Stalks with Shredded Pork: 1. Separate the cabbage leaves and stalks. Wash the cabbage stalks and tear them into evenly sized pieces by hand. Slice the lean pork thinly, dice the red bell pepper, and mince the garlic. Marinate the pork slices with dark soy sauce, cornstarch, cooking wine, salt, sugar, and pepper for 15 minutes. 2. Heat oil in a wok until it reaches 70% of its smoking point. Add the marinated pork slices and quickly stir-fry them in the oil (turn off the heat at this point). Let the residual heat of the oil cook the pork slices until they change color, then immediately remove them from the wok. 3. Turn the heat back on and sauté the minced garlic and diced red bell pepper until fragrant. Add the cabbage stalks and stir-fry briefly. Sprinkle with a few fermented black beans and stir-fry evenly. Season with sugar and salt. Before removing the cabbage stalks from the heat, add the pork slices and MSG, stir-fry evenly, and finally serve. Expert Tip: Napa cabbage is rich in minerals, vitamins, protein, dietary fiber, carotene, and glycoenzymes that break down the carcinogen nitrosamine.