bitter gourd
Bitter gourd is a seasonal vegetable in summer, but many people are not used to eating bitter food, so they avoid eating it. However, although bitter, bitter gourd is rich in high nutritional value, and it also has good effects of relieving summer heat and reducing fire, clearing away heat and detoxifying. Eating bitter gourd in moderation at lunch is a rare choice for strengthening the spleen and appetizing.
Bitter gourd is rich in momordica charantia and picroside, which can effectively stimulate the secretion of gastric mucus after being ingested by human body, and achieve a good effect of invigorating spleen and appetizing.
In addition, bitter gourd is a cold food. For some people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, it is not advisable to eat too much, so as not to aggravate the symptoms of gastrointestinal discomfort.
wax gourd
Although winter melon is called "winter" melon, it is the most common in summer. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, wax gourd is sweet in taste and cool in nature. When it enters the lung, large intestine and bladder meridian, it has certain health-care functions of promoting fluid production to quench thirst, reducing swelling and detoxifying.
Wax gourd has almost no fat and few calories. Eating wax gourd often can effectively convert fat in the human body into heat energy and replenish energy for the human body. At the same time, wax gourd is also rich in propanol diacid, which can inhibit the transformation of sugar into fat in the body, thus effectively reducing the accumulation of fat in the human body and playing a good role in losing weight and shaping.
At the same time, the water content in wax gourd is very high, up to about 95%, and it is also rich in potassium. Wax gourd contains about100g of potassium120mg, and potassium can excrete excess sodium from human body, thus protecting the liver and playing a good role in invigorating spleen and appetizing.
In addition, wax gourd also contains a lot of crude fiber, which can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis and make the food accumulated in the stomach digest and decompose better and faster, which can not only promote digestion, but also reduce the digestive burden of the stomach.
lotus root
Lotus root is a common vegetable, which is rich in calcium, phosphorus, iron and other nutrients needed by human body. These ingredients are an important guarantee for the normal operation of the human body, so eating lotus root often is a favorable way for the human body to supplement nutrition. After the lotus root is processed, its taste changes from cool to warm. Although it loses some heat-clearing effect, eating more will have a certain tonic effect on the spleen and stomach, especially for people with weak spleen and stomach.
Lotus root will give off a faint fragrance, which is also rich in tannin, which has the functions of invigorating spleen, appetizing and promoting digestion. For the hot summer, eating more lotus roots can effectively relieve symptoms such as heatstroke and loss of appetite.
In addition, lotus root is rich in dietary fiber and mucin, and contains almost no calories. Dietary fiber can promote intestinal peristalsis and play an important role in regulating constipation.