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What should you know to fight against the hot summer? What are the taboos of hot summer diet?
1, eat more dark vegetables, and the nutritional value of dark vegetables is generally higher than that of light vegetables. Carotene, chlorophyll, lutein, lycopene and anthocyanin contained in dark vegetables. Spinach, celery leaves, water spinach, broccoli, watercress, chrysanthemum, tomato, carrot, pumpkin, red amaranth and purple cabbage can all be eaten.

2, should be bitter, if the appetite is not good, you can eat more "bitter", especially in summer. Alkaloids contained in bitter food are natural health products for relieving summer heat because of their pharmacological effects such as relieving summer heat, promoting blood circulation and relaxing blood vessels. So, which foods contain "bitterness"? Mostly vegetables and wild vegetables, such as lettuce, lettuce, celery, fennel, coriander, bitter gourd, radish leaves, moss and so on; Bitter drinks such as beer, coffee, tea, cocoa and mint leaves also belong to the category of "bitterness". Experts believe that eating bitter food in summer can not only clear people's inner troubles, refresh their minds, but also stimulate appetite, strengthen the spleen and benefit the stomach. However, it is best to eat it in moderation, otherwise it will hurt the stomach.

3, should eat sour food, summer people sweat more, easy to lose body fluid, tomatoes, lemons, strawberries, ebony, grapes, hawthorn, pineapple, mango, kiwi fruit and other sour fruits can stop sweating, diarrhea, dampness, but also can produce saliva to quench thirst, strengthen the stomach and promote digestion to increase appetite.

4. Increase food for clearing away heat, relieving summer heat and eliminating dampness. Mung bean soup is a traditional summer food in China, and people with weak spleen and stomach can safely eat it. In addition, lotus leaves, watermelons, lotus seeds and wax gourd also have good effects of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat. Lentils and coix seed have a good spleen-strengthening effect and are the best food for patients with spleen deficiency in summer.

5. There should be no less food to replenish qi and nourish yin. Summer is very hot, sweating a lot, and it is easy to consume gas and hurt yin. People at this time are often "disease-free." Therefore, in addition to timely hydration, we should always eat some light foods that can replenish qi and nourish yin to enhance our physical fitness. Such as yam, jujube, sea cucumber, eggs, milk, honey, lotus root, fungus, soybean milk, lily porridge, chrysanthemum porridge and so on.

6, avoid drinking a lot of water, drinking water should be a small number of times, each time with no more than 300 ml is appropriate. Never drink too much. Because drinking plenty of water will not only dilute gastric juice, affect digestive function, but also cause hyperreflexia and sweating. In this way, a lot of water and salt in the body will be lost, which can promote thermal spasm in severe cases.

7, avoid unclean diet, summer and solar terms bacteria multiply very fast, easy to cause food poisoning. Symptoms mainly include fever, chills, abdominal pain, diarrhea, purulent bloody stool, urgency of urination, weight and so on. See a doctor as soon as possible. In addition, pay attention to food hygiene, pay attention to killing flies, and don't eat unclean meals. It is best to eat the food on the same day, and the food should be boiled and heated overnight.

8, avoid eating a lot of cold fruits and vegetables, eat a lot of cold fruits and vegetables, will damage the yang of the spleen and stomach, make the spleen and stomach weak, cold and dampness stagnate. In severe cases, there will be symptoms such as diarrhea and abdominal pain. Don't drink too much cold, and don't eat too much iced food, frozen drinks, ice cream, etc.

9, avoid spicy food, a small amount of spicy food, avoid eating sour and spicy, hot and humid products and fried smoked things, such as raw onions, raw garlic, ginger, mustard, pepper, fennel, cinnamon, leeks and so on. If you don't feel hot, you can also eat some spicy food in moderation to make the function of the spleen and stomach active. Drink more soup to relieve summer heat and dampness, such as using wax gourd, kudzu root, lotus leaf, steak, winter melon seeds, red beans and lentils to make soup; You can also make sour plum soup. After sunbathing, mustard soup can effectively dispel the summer heat.

10, avoid eating a lot of greasy food. In summer, you are in a good mood. Of course, you should avoid hot food to avoid adding fuel to the fire; At the same time, it is not advisable to eat more fatty foods to avoid indigestion. If you eat a lot of greasy food, it will increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract, so that a large amount of blood will stay in the gastrointestinal tract, and the blood delivered to the brain will be relatively reduced, and the human body will feel tired and more likely to cause indigestion. Avoid eating raw seafood or dead animal food.