What to eat in April? Lettuce is the first choice. Lettuce has the effects of benefiting five internal organs, dredging meridians, clearing stomach heat, and clearing away heat and diuresis. It was often used to treat dysuria and dyspepsia in ancient times. Lettuce is high in potassium, which is beneficial to promoting urination and reducing atrial pressure, and is extremely beneficial to patients with hypertension and heart disease. Lettuce contains a small amount of iodine, which has a great influence on the basic metabolism, spirit and mood of the human body. Therefore, eating lettuce often helps to eliminate tension and help sleep.

Although eating lettuce in spring has many benefits to the human body, it is not suitable for everyone. Lettuce is cold and has the problem of spleen and stomach deficiency. Often people in loose stool should not eat more lettuce, otherwise it will aggravate indigestion and cause diarrhea. At the same time, people with eye diseases, especially night blindness, should not eat more. If such people have blurred vision after eating lettuce, they should stop eating it immediately. Generally, after stopping eating for a few days, vision can recover on its own.

Step 2: carrots

In the spring with changeable climate and frequent smog, carrot is a kind of food that conforms to the season and healthy fashion trend. The nutritional value of carrot is also high, and its β -carotene can prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, regulate blood lipid and blood pressure, and scavenge free radicals. Moreover, beta-carotene can also be converted into vitamin A in the body, which can maintain the function of retina and epithelial tissue, is good for eyes and is a very healthy food.

Carotene is a fat-soluble substance. When eating carrots, it is best to cook them in oil, or simmer them with pork, beef and mutton, or make them into jiaozi. Only about 10% of carotene in raw carrots is absorbed and the rest is excreted.

Step 3: bean sprouts

In spring, everything recovers, and you should eat more foods that have yang. Bean sprouts are the main source of hair growth, so eating bean sprouts often in spring is beneficial to body yang and hair growth. In spring, the wind is strong and dry, the metabolism is vigorous, and oral ulcers are prone to occur, which is related to vitamin B2 deficiency. Mung bean sprouts are rich in vitamin B2, which is a good food for preventing and treating oral ulcers in spring. There are many ways to eat mung bean sprouts, which can be cold or fried. If your limbs are cold at ordinary times, you can fry them. If it is a real hot constitution, it is easy to get angry and can be cold.

But the nutritional value of mung bean sprouts is the highest when they are 3-5 cm long. If the hair is too long, the nutritional value will be reduced. But now the mung bean sprouts made in the vegetable market use more chemical fertilizers, so it is best to make them yourself, which is nutritious and healthy.

4. Cucumber

Compendium of Materia Medica records that cucumber tastes sweet and cool, and has the effects of clearing away heat and quenching thirst, diuresis and detumescence. It is helpful for common symptoms such as irritability and sore throat in spring. Modern medicine believes that cucumber contains cellulose, which plays a certain role in promoting intestinal peristalsis and accelerating excretion. Cucumber contains cucumber acid, which can promote human metabolism and excrete toxins. The diuretic effect of cucumber can clean the urethra and help the kidneys excrete toxins from the urinary system.

However, people with cold cucumber, weak spleen and stomach and chronic illness should eat less. Cucumber is very suitable for cold salad, such as cucumber mixed with fungus and garlic. People with deficiency of spleen and stomach can fry cucumbers or jiaozi stuffed with cucumbers.

5. shepherd's purse

Mustard is a seasonal vegetable in spring. This vegetable is not only rich in protein and 10 amino acids, but also contains glucose, sucrose and lactose. It is nutritious and delicious. In traditional Chinese medicine, shepherd's purse also has the function of preventing and treating common diseases in spring. Therefore, drinking mustard porridge in the morning or evening in spring is really a taste enjoyment and a healthy choice.

Pay attention to the following points when eating shepherd's purse: First, choose shepherd's purse without flowers, which is fresh and delicious. The quality of the selected rolling wood in the market is poor. The root of shepherd's purse has the highest medicinal value, so it is not advisable to go to shepherd's purse when making dietotherapy prescriptions. Shepherd's purse should not be cooked for a long time. Too long will destroy its nutrients and turn yellow. Finally, it is suggested not to add garlic, ginger and cooking wine to taste, so as not to destroy the fragrance of shepherd's purse itself.

6.peas

Pea is a seasonal vegetable with round bright green granules, which is very beautiful. Peas don't just win by appearance. They are rich in vitamin A and have the therapeutic effect of protecting eyes. In addition, its vitamin C content is much higher than that of dried bean curd, which is delicious and helpful to improve immunity. Pea is rich in magnesium, zinc, protein and vitamin PP, which has a good effect on heart health care.

When buying peas, you should choose dark green and shiny fresh beans and pinch them, so that the tender ones will flow out and the old ones will be harder. The calcium and phosphorus content of peas is not high, so when we eat peas, we should pay attention to choosing side dishes with high calcium content, such as Chinese cabbage or some bean products, which not only increases the taste, but also improves the nutrition.