1, bitter gourd

Chinese medicine believes that heart fire is easy to get excited in summer, and bitter taste can relieve summer heat and dryness. Eating some bitter food in summer can restore the function of spleen and stomach and increase appetite. Eating some bitter gourd properly in hot weather can not only clear the heart, relieve annoyance and refresh the mind, but also stimulate the appetite, strengthen the spleen and benefit the stomach.

In addition, modern medicine has found that there is an active protein in bitter gourd, which can effectively urge immune cells in the body to kill cancer cells and has a certain anti-cancer effect.

Bitter gourd contains substances similar to insulin, which can significantly lower blood sugar, and is recommended by nutritionists and medical scientists as an ideal food for diabetic patients.

2. Mung beans

Mung beans are sweet and cold, enter the heart and stomach, and have the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, relieving summer heat and diuresis. However, it should be noted that mung beans should not be overcooked, so as not to destroy organic acids and vitamins and reduce the efficacy of clearing away heat and toxic materials. Because mung beans are cold, people with weak spleen and stomach should not eat more.

3. beer

Beer is rich in amino acids, protein, sugar, minerals and other ingredients beneficial to human health, and is known as "liquid bread".

Drinking some beer in moderation in summer can strengthen the stomach, improve eyesight, dissipate heat, quench thirst, relieve cough, diuresis, eliminate fatigue and restore physical strength. It is really an ideal drink in summer.

4.watermelon

In summer, you sweat a lot, and with the sweat discharged, you lose more nutrition. Eating some watermelons properly can not only make up for the lost water, but also increase nutrition. Studies also show that people who have a hobby of smoking and drinking and like salty food suffer from esophageal cancer, and eating watermelon often can reduce the risk of esophageal cancer.

The protease contained in watermelon juice can transform insoluble protein into soluble protein, thus increasing the nutrition of patients with nephritis, so watermelon is a good medicine for patients with nephropathy.

Watermelon peel is also a good cosmetic. Wiping facial skin with watermelon peel and washing with water can increase skin elasticity, reduce wrinkles and increase luster.