In summer, the appetite decreases and the function of spleen and stomach is relatively dull. At this time, eating light products will help stimulate appetite, increase food intake, strengthen the spleen and help transport. Eating too much fat will cause stomach qi stagnation, damage the spleen, affect the digestion and absorption of nutrients, and be harmful to the body. Therefore, we should pay attention to the selection of mung beans, white lentils, watermelons, lychees, lotus seeds, silkworm excrement, buckwheat, jujube, pork tripe, pork, beef, tripe, chicken, pigeon meat, quail meat, crucian carp, turtle, royal jelly, honey, duck meat, milk, goose meat, tofu pulp, sugar cane, pears and so on.
2. In summer, you should eat food that benefits water and soaks wet.
Because summer is hot, the temperature is high and the humidity is high, it also invades the human body. Because the weather is hot, people like cold drinks, drink plenty of water, and get wet outside, which makes the water wet and strengthen the spleen, the spleen and stomach rise and fall, and the transport function is blocked, so water will accumulate. Eating moist and dry food can strengthen the spleen, which can restore the function of ascending, descending and transporting, so it can remove dampness.
3. Eat more bitter food in summer.
Such as bitter gourd. Summer is very hot, hot and humid. Eating bitter food can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, dry dampness and strengthen spleen, and increase appetite. Sour food can be astringent, and sweating in summer is easy to hurt yin. Eating acid can stop sweating and diarrhea. For example, tomatoes have the functions of promoting fluid production, quenching thirst, invigorating stomach and promoting digestion, cooling blood and calming liver, clearing away heat and toxic materials, and lowering blood pressure.
4. Don't overeat in summer.
If you can overeat, you can't be full, especially when you eat. The proverb says, "Eat less and live to ninety-nine." Huangdi Neijing? Su Wen pointed out that "the diet should be moderate" and "not excessive". The digestion of old people and children is not strong, especially in summer. If they eat too much and can't digest it, it is easy to damage the spleen and stomach and lead to stomach problems. If you are 80% full, your appetite will continue to increase.
5, summer diet thickness collocation
Flour should be properly matched with rice and coarse grains, and eat more. Coarse grains should be eaten three times a week, and thin dry food should be properly arranged. Two thins should be eaten in summer, pasta and soybean milk in the morning, Chinese rice and porridge in the evening. In summer, vegetables such as vegetables, melons and beans are the main vegetables, supplemented by vegetarianism. Meat is preferably lean pork, beef, duck and fish and shrimp. The elderly are mainly fish, supplemented by lean pork, beef and duck.
6. Eat more sterilized vegetables in summer.
Summer is a season of frequent human diseases, especially intestinal infectious diseases. 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.