In summer, there are poria cocos, Ophiopogon japonicus, jujube, lotus seeds, lilies, bamboo leaves and arborvitae seeds, all of which can nourish the heart and soothe the nerves. In terms of diet, we should eat more millet, corn, beans, fish, onions, potatoes, wax gourd, bitter gourd, celery, asparagus, pumpkin, bananas and apples. And eat less animal viscera, egg yolk, fat, roe, shrimp, etc. Eat less salty food, such as salted fish and pickles.
The summer temperature is high, and the human body loses a lot of water, so it must be replenished in time. The water in vegetables is natural, clean, nutritious and bioactive water filtered by multi-layer biofilm. The water content of melons and vegetables is above 90%. All melons and vegetables have the function of lowering blood pressure and protecting blood vessels.
Eating some cool vegetables is conducive to promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, relieving summer heat, clearing away heat and purging fire, expelling toxin and relaxing bowels. Cucumber vegetables, except pumpkin, are warm, and others, such as bitter gourd, loofah, cucumber, cabbage melon, watermelon and wax gourd, are cool summer healthy diet vegetables. Tomatoes, celery, lettuce, etc. They are all cool vegetables; Eat more "sterilized" vegetables: Summer is the season when human diseases, especially intestinal infectious diseases, occur frequently. Eating more "sterilized" vegetables can prevent diseases. This kind of vegetables include: garlic, onion, leek, green onion and so on. These onion and garlic vegetables are rich in broad-spectrum fungicides, which can kill and inhibit various cocci, bacilli, fungi and viruses. Among them, the most prominent role is garlic, which is best eaten raw.
Summer diet should be low in fat, salt, vitamins and light. People sweat a lot and have poor appetite. You can use various nutritious health porridge to stimulate appetite and regulate your body. For example, eating porridge for breakfast and dinner and soup for lunch can not only quench thirst, relieve summer heat, but also nourish the body. Add some lotus leaves (called lotus leaf porridge) when cooking porridge, which tastes fragrant and slightly bitter in porridge. It has the functions of invigorating spleen and appetizing, dispelling summer heat, nourishing stomach and clearing intestines, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. Add some mung beans when cooking porridge or soup with mung beans alone, which has the functions of relieving summer heat and quenching thirst, clearing away heat and detoxifying, promoting fluid production and diuresis. Dried lentils soaked in rice and cooked into porridge can clear away heat and summer heat, eliminate dampness, strengthen the spleen and stop diarrhea. In addition, red bean porridge, mint porridge, black fungus porridge, kudzu root porridge and bitter melon porridge are all good foods in summer.