On July 12, we entered the first volt of the annual dog days: the first volt. What did you eat for health at first? Come and have a look!
1, vegetables
People are most likely to lose their appetite when they enter the dog days, and vegetables are the best choice at this time. What vegetables should I eat when I sleep?
(1) Eat more fruits and vegetables.
The water in vegetables is natural, clean, nutritious and bioactive water filtered by multi-layer biofilm, which is incomparable and irreplaceable by drinking water produced by any factory. Summer is also the peak season for melons and vegetables, and its water content is above 90%. Wax gourd has the highest water content among all kinds of vegetables, up to 96%, followed by cucumber, golden melon, loofah, bergamot, pumpkin and bitter gourd.
(2) Eat more cool vegetables.
After entering the summer, the most important factor affecting the human body is the poison of summer heat and dampness, so eating some cool vegetables is conducive to promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, relieving summer heat, clearing away heat and purging fire, and expelling toxin and relaxing bowels. Which vegetables are cool in summer? Such as bitter gourd, towel gourd, cucumber, melon and so on. Also, tomatoes, eggplant, celery, lettuce, asparagus, watercress, cold potatoes and so on. It's also a cool vegetable, so you might as well eat it often.
(3) Eat more "sterilized" vegetables
Due to the high temperature in summer, pathogenic bacteria breed and spread rapidly, which is the frequent season for human diseases, especially intestinal infectious diseases. At this time, eating more "sterilized" vegetables can play a role in preventing diseases. This kind of vegetables include: garlic, onion, leek, green onion, leek, green garlic, garlic sprout and so on.
2. Bitter food
The high temperature and humidity in summer, especially when the dog days begin, often make people feel listless, tired and weak, and lose appetite. At this time, it is of great benefit to eat hard food. Bitter food is rich in alkaloids, amino acids, picroside, vitamins and minerals, and has the functions of relieving summer heat, relieving annoyance, refreshing and invigorating stomach.
Bitter foods such as bitter gourd, bitter chrysanthemum, lettuce, celery, dandelion, radish leaves, lotus seeds and lilies are all good choices.
3. Wheat pasta
Among the folk eating customs in dog days, there is a saying that jiaozi lies on his head and eggs are spread on both sides of pancakes, which are all made of wheat. As a staple food, wheat can provide energy and B vitamins, but it also has many dual-purpose functions as medicine and food, which can help us spend the summer safely. Wheat bran can relieve anxiety and thirst. In addition, it also has high nutritional value, rich in B vitamins, crude fiber and antioxidants such as vitamin E and selenium. Modern research shows that wheat bran has a certain effect on preventing colorectal cancer and colorectal cancer.
4. vinegar
Sweat a lot in cool summer and start to get hot after sleeping. Being jealous can increase the concentration of gastric acid, help digestion and absorption, and promote appetite. Vinegar also has a strong bacteriostatic ability, and has a preventive effect on intestinal infectious diseases such as typhoid fever and dysentery. In summer, people are prone to fatigue, drowsiness and discomfort. Being jealous will quickly relieve fatigue and maintain abundant energy.
5. Hot tea
Summer is inseparable from drinks, and the first choice of drinks should be very ordinary hot tea. Black tea is rich in potassium, which can quench thirst and eliminate fatigue.
6. foods containing vitamin e
People will encounter three dangers in summer, namely, strong sunlight, ozone and fatigue, and vitamin E can minimize these three dangers. Malt, bran bread, walnut sauce, dairy products and other foods are rich in vitamin E.
7. fruit
(1) watermelon
One of the main fruits in summer. Watermelon peel (also known as watermelon Cui Yi), watermelon pulp and watermelon frost (crystals formed by putting mirabilite into watermelon and oozing juice) are commonly used in Chinese medicine. Sweet and cold in nature. Into the heart, stomach and bladder. Relieving summer heat, relieving vexation, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, promoting diuresis, and lowering blood pressure. Can be used for sweating due to summer heat, body fluid injury, vexation and thirst, and short and red urine.
(2) Melon
Also known as Hami melon and pear melon, Chinese medicine often uses its son and fruit pedicle to treat diseases. Sweet and cold. Into the stomach, large intestine and bladder meridian. Has the effects of clearing away heat, relieving summer heat, quenching thirst, promoting diuresis, and dredging stool. Can be used for treating summer heat, vexation, thirst, dysuria and constipation.
(3) Grape
Grape fruits, roots, stems and leaves can all be used as medicine. It tastes sour, sweet and cold, and enters the lung, kidney and spleen meridians. Efficacy: promoting fluid production to quench thirst, stimulating appetite and promoting digestion, enriching blood and preventing miscarriage. Can be use for treating body fluid injury, thirst, vexation, hematuria, anorexia, blood deficiency, palpitation, etc.
(4) peaches
Peach is sweet, sour and warm in nature, and has the functions of promoting fluid production, moistening intestines, promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, strengthening muscles and beautifying skin. Can be used for strengthening body constitution, benefiting skin and pleasing color, and treating thin skin, dry skin, irregular menstruation, asthenic cold, asthma and cough. Peach: "nourishing blood and activating blood, promoting fluid production and clearing away heat make people fat and healthy, and look good." Studies have found that peaches with high sugar content can make people fat, improve skin elasticity and make skin rosy. For thin people, eating peaches often has the functions of strengthening the body, enriching muscles and beautifying the skin. For people with physical weakness, yang deficiency and kidney deficiency, a few fresh peaches can be used to cook porridge with rice. Regular use has the effect of increasing muscle color.
(5) Litchi
Litchi is rich in nutrients, including protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron and potassium. It has the effects of promoting fluid production, nourishing blood, warming the middle warmer, regulating qi, and lowering adverse reactions, and is very suitable for people with anemia, chronic diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, stomach cold due to qi deficiency, and physical weakness in the elderly. But eating litchi has many taboos. Eating too much will get angry, and it will also cause hypoglycemia, skin allergies, dizziness and nausea.
8, meat should eat duck and mutton.
Duck meat is not only rich in protein, but also has the functions of nourishing yin and stomach, invigorating spleen and tonifying deficiency, and inducing diuresis because it belongs to waterfowl. Also, mutton, a common winter tonic, is also a good choice in summer. Mutton has the effects of warming qi and blood, tonifying kidney, resisting aging, stimulating appetite and strengthening spleen, and is a good product for nourishing and strengthening yang. Especially in dog days, mutton is eaten to heat the body, sweat and detoxify, and drive away the poison and moisture in winter and spring. Therefore, some places have the experience of "eating sheep for health and strengthening yang in summer" and "eating a bowl of mutton soup without prescription".
Of course, eating mutton also scores physical fitness. Some people have a cold constitution, and eating more mutton in summer will not cause discomfort, while people with a hot constitution should not eat more. Mutton is a hot product, and it is not suitable for people who have symptoms such as fever, toothache, sore mouth and tongue, expectoration, hypertension, acute enteritis or other infectious diseases. Excessive consumption of mutton by hepatitis patients will increase the burden on the liver and lead to illness.
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