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What food do you eat in summer?
1. Eating duck in summer is sweet, salty and cool. Judging from the treatment principle of "heat is cold" in traditional Chinese medicine, it is especially suitable for people with low fever, physical weakness, eating less, dry stool and so on. In addition, stewed ham and sea cucumber with duck meat can nourish the yin of the five internal organs. Glutinous rice duck porridge can nourish the stomach, replenish blood and promote fluid production. Stewed duck with kelp can soften blood vessels, lower blood pressure and prevent arteriosclerosis, hypertension and heart disease.

2, eat tomatoes in summer, the research results of German and Dutch scientists show that eating more tomatoes can protect against the sun. If you eat 40 grams of tomato sauce every day, the risk of sunburn will be reduced by 40%. Scientists believe that this may be that lycopene is playing a major role.

3, eat watermelon for health in summer, watermelon tastes sweet and cold, which is also called "cold melon" by the people, and it is the first choice for relieving summer heat and quenching thirst among melons. Watermelon is rich in nutrition and contains many nutrients needed by human body. Because it contains 96.6% water, it can supplement a lot of water lost by the human body in summer. Therefore, there is a folk saying that "a day and a half of melon, summer heat can be nothing." When heatstroke, fever, upset, thirst or other acute fever occurs in summer, watermelon should be used as an auxiliary treatment. Watermelon skin can also be used for cold salad and stir-fry.

4, eat pitaya health in summer, pitaya is rich in anthocyanins that can resist free radicals and anti-aging, rich in plant albumin that can detoxify, and rich in potassium that can help control blood pressure. The small spots of pitaya are very nutritious and contain more anthocyanins. Obese and constipated people can eat more pitaya.