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Health food in early summer
strawberry
Strawberries are known as the "fruit queen". It tastes delicious, red, tender and juicy, sweet and sour, full of flavor and rich in nutrition. The nutrients of strawberries are easily digested and absorbed by the human body, and if you eat too much, you won't catch a cold or get angry. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that strawberry is cool, sour and non-toxic, and has the functions of moistening lung, promoting fluid production, clearing away heat and cooling blood, strengthening spleen and relieving hangover. I often eat strawberries in early summer. They are delicious and refreshing.
2.watermelon
One of the main fruits in summer. Watermelon is sweet and cold. Into the heart, stomach and bladder. Relieving summer heat, relieving vexation, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, promoting diuresis, and lowering blood pressure. Can be used for sweating due to summer heat, body fluid injury, vexation and thirst, and short and red urine. Watermelon is also rich in potassium salt, which can make up for the loss of potassium salt in the body.
3. Myrica rubra
Myrica rubra is rich in southern China and is known as "agate in fruit". Red-purple Myrica rubra is also a dark fruit, which is rich in phytochemicals anthocyanin, and has strong antioxidant, free radical scavenging, anti-aging and immunity improving effects. Myrica rubra is rich in organic acids, which can stimulate saliva and gastric juice secretion, improve digestion and promote mineral absorption.
4. Kiwifruit
Kiwifruit is a favorite wild fruit of macaques, so it is named Kiwifruit. Because its vitamin C content ranks among the best among fruits, a kiwi fruit can provide more than twice a person's daily vitamin C demand, and is known as the "king of vitamin C". Vitamin C and vitamin E contained in it can not only beautify the skin, but also have antioxidant effect, which can effectively whiten the skin, eliminate freckles and acne, and enhance the anti-aging ability of the skin. In addition, kiwifruit also contains a lot of soluble fiber, with an average of 2.6 grams of fiber per catty, which can promote carbohydrate metabolism, help digestion and prevent constipation. In this summer with strong ultraviolet rays, it is good to eat some kiwifruit.
tomato
Tomatoes are slightly cold, which can nourish yin and promote fluid production, strengthen the spleen and stomach, calm the liver and clear heat, and are suitable for anorexia, stomach heat and thirst caused by fever and yin injury. Lycopene contained in tomatoes is an antioxidant, which can inhibit some carcinogenic oxygen free radicals and prevent cancer. Studies have shown that eating tomatoes regularly can reduce the risk of sunburn. People with diabetes can eat tomatoes as both vegetables and fruits.
6.eggplant
Eggplant is rich in vitamin P, which is a flavonoid, which can soften blood vessels and lower blood pressure. Secondly, eggplant contains fenugreek and choline, which can combine with excessive cholesterol in the small intestine and be excreted to ensure normal blood circulation and lower cholesterol. In addition, eggplant can also absorb fat and play a role in losing weight. Eating eggplant in summer can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, especially suitable for people who are prone to prickly heat and sores in summer.
7.lotus seed core
It tastes bitter and can dispel the heart fire. Although it is cold, it will not damage the yang of the human body, so it has always been considered as the best food to resolve the heat toxicity of the heart. You can make tea with lotus seed core and add some bamboo leaves or raw licorice to enhance the detoxification effect of lotus seed core.
8.bitter gourd
What to eat for health in early summer? Eat more bitter gourd. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that bitter gourd is cold, enters the heart, spleen and stomach, and has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, relieving summer heat and improving eyesight. In addition, bitter gourd also contains a variety of amino acids, vitamins and minerals and other substances beneficial to the human body. It is worth mentioning that eating bitter gourd is also beneficial for diabetic patients to control blood sugar.
9. water bamboo
Zizania latifolia is regarded as a good vegetable because of its delicate texture and sweet taste. It tastes fresher when fried with meat. The organic nitrogen of tender Zizania latifolia exists in the form of amino acid, and can provide sulfur, which is delicious and has high nutritional value and is easily absorbed by human body. Especially suitable for spring and summer. Because Zizania latifolia contains more oxalic acid, its calcium is not easily absorbed by human body. Anyone suffering from kidney disease, urinary calculi or more oxalate crystals in urine should not eat more.