107 years old with no "three highs," all thanks to a bowl of it that costs two yuan, and it's even effective against diabetes

At 95 he reached the summit of Mount Tai, at 99 he swam across Sun Moon Lake in Taiwan, China in 2 hours, writing a legend in the swimming world... This legendary elderly man is

Liu Junqian, former director of the Otolaryngology Department at Guangzhou First People's Hospital and a centenarian doctor

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▲Centenarian doctor Liu Junqian.

The secret to a hundred years is hidden in a bowl of porridge

Who would have thought that at 50, Mr. Liu was declared to have what was then an "incurable disease" - tuberculosis. To exercise his lung function, Mr. Liu insisted on swimming every day, and after a few years, the tuberculosis seemed to heal itself without medicine. This year

Mr. Liu is already 107 years old, with no "three highs," no diabetes, and his hearing remains at the level of a normal person

▲Photo of Liu Junqian swimming across Sun Moon Lake.

Able both to cure a serious illness on his own and to stay far from age-related diseases, Mr. Liu has his own unique method for longevity, which he calls the "three follows and four gains" method, namely: a broad mindset, water-based exercise, a simple life, and being able to eat, sleep, defecate, and walk well. In terms of diet, eat more vegetables, fruit, beans, dried nuts, fish, and dairy, eat less red meat, drink a little red wine, eat until seven-tenths full, take less sugar and more vinegar, which can reduce the occurrence of diseases such as the "three highs" and fatty liver.

Specifically, this is inseparable from a bowl of porridge Mr. Liu eats for breakfast every day. The elderly gentleman says,

for his breakfast he eats "five-bean porridge" made from beans of five colors: black, yellow, red, green, and white.

Anyone can replicate this bowl of porridge, and the cost is especially low. Make it yourself, and the cost is only two yuan!

Five-bean porridge

Ingredients: 

Soybeans 25g, mung beans 25g, red beans 25g, black beans 25g, white hyacinth beans 25g, purple rice 50g, rice 100g 

Instructions:

1. Wash the various beans clean and soak them overnight in clear water;

2. Soak the purple rice and rice in warm water for about ten minutes in the morning, so the rice will have a softer, more tender and fragrant texture when eaten;

3. When cooking, put them into the pot in cold water, place all the ingredients together in the pot and cook for about half an hour to 1 hour; if you have a rice cooker at home, just press the porridge setting.

Benefits:

Regularly eating five-bean porridge can lower the "three highs," prevent cancer, nourish the liver and improve eyesight, strengthen the spleen and stomach, tonify the kidneys and benefit the lungs, reduce fat and relax the intestines, improve constipation, and build fitness and strength. It is very suitable for long-term consumption.

Explanation of the formula:

The nutritional value of five-bean porridge is the sum of adzuki beans, soybeans, mung beans, white hyacinth beans, and black beans,

and cooking the five beans together can gather the essence of plant proteins; through food complementation, the biological nutritional value is greatly increased.

Soybeans:

They have the effects of strengthening the spleen and soothing the middle, moistening dryness and reducing water retention, reducing inflammation and detoxifying, and removing dampness and promoting urination. They are an excellent food for patients with cardiovascular disease and have a certain therapeutic effect on diabetes. Practice has proven that people who often eat soybeans or soy products are less likely to suffer from diabetes.

Mung beans:

They have the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, relieving summer heat and promoting urination, quenching thirst and relieving restlessness, improving eyesight and lowering blood pressure, soothing the throat and moisturizing the skin, and reducing fat and protecting the liver. They are often used for the prevention and treatment of summer-heat thirst, nephritis edema, sores and swellings, gastroenteritis, pharyngitis, keratitis, and more.

Red beans:

They have the effects of promoting urination and removing dampness, harmonizing blood and discharging pus, clearing heat and detoxifying, relaxing the intestines and promoting qi, and regulating menstruation and promoting free flow. They are especially suitable for anemia and puffiness, weak stomach and kidneys, and the elderly and frail.

Black beans:

They have effects such as invigorating blood and detoxifying, dispelling wind and promoting urination, tonifying the kidneys and nourishing yin, releasing the exterior and clearing heat, and nourishing the liver and improving eyesight.

White hyacinth beans:

They have effects such as strengthening the stomach and harmonizing the middle, relieving summer heat and transforming dampness, benefiting the spleen and lowering qi, and tonifying deficiency and stopping diarrhea. They can lower blood pressure, prevent cancer, and treat cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

Fancy ways to eat the five beans

Of course, if you do not have time in the morning, you can also make the five beans into five-bean multigrain rice or a five-bean drink, which are equally healthy and nutritious. Mr. Li from Shanghai had diabetes for 5 years, and later he insisted on having a five-bean drink in the morning, and not only did his blood sugar and urine sugar return to normal, but he also ate well, slept soundly, had smooth bowel movements, black hair, plenty of strength, and good eyesight.

Five-bean rice

Ingredients:

Soybeans 10g, red beans 10g, black beans 10g, black-eyed peas 10g, mung beans 10g, oats 10g, buckwheat 10g, rice 50g, an appropriate amount of water.

Instructions:

1. Wash the five beans and multigrains clean in advance and soak them in clear water for about five hours;

2. Rinse the rice clean; mix the multigrains and rice together and add an appropriate amount of water;

3. Put them in a pressure cooker and cook for about 10 minutes; after releasing the pressure, loosen and soften them.

Reminder:

The beans must be soaked in advance before cooking, otherwise they will be hard and inedible!

Five-bean drink

Ingredients:

Soybeans 200 grams, mung beans 100 grams, black beans 150 grams, adzuki beans 100 grams, white hyacinth beans 100 grams.

Instructions:

1. First soak the beans overnight (or for 12 hours);

2. Use a soy milk maker to blend the five beans into soy milk (if you do not have a soy milk maker at home, then cook the five beans together just like making mung bean paste).

Even a serious illness can be reversed, and at 106 he still has no "three highs"; the secret is all in a bowl of porridge, which anyone can replicate, and the cost is especially low. Make it yourself, and the cost is only two yuan! Forward it to remind the people you care about, and be sure to start eating it~