1, eat more bitter appetizers.
As soon as they enter the dog days, many people will be troubled by the "bitter summer", and their mouths will be dull and their appetite will be lost. Therefore, "appetizing" is the focus of summer health. Experts suggest that you can eat more bitter food in summer. Bitter gourd, bitter vegetable and bitter buckwheat can relieve fever, strengthen spleen and stimulate appetite. However, bitter gourd is cold, and people with poor constitution and deficiency of spleen and stomach should not eat more. The weather is very hot, sweating a lot, and it is easy to consume gas and hurt yin. Therefore, it is also essential to replenish qi and nourish yin. Yam, jujube, honey, lotus root and fungus are all good choices.
2, the diet is light and cold.
Diet and health care in dog days should be based on the principle of lightness, mainly soft and digestible food. A light diet can clear away heat, prevent heatstroke, stop sweating, replenish water and stimulate appetite. Adding vinegar to dishes can increase the concentration of gastric acid, stimulate appetite and promote the secretion of digestive juice. Eat more fresh fruits and vegetables at ordinary times, which can not only meet the required nutrition, but also prevent heatstroke. In dog days, some people like to eat cold food. This kind of external heat and internal cold can easily make the gastrointestinal tract cold, causing abdominal pain, diarrhea and other discomfort. Therefore, eating cold drinks should be moderate, and you should not be partial to cold products.