Xiaoman is coming, and the hot weather in summer is coming. It is necessary to lay a good physical foundation for people who keep fit. Because of the high temperature, much rain and high humidity in summer, we should eat well and eat right.
Facing the summer heat, how to keep fit? Health experts suggest that eating some seasonal foods can enhance immunity, reduce diseases and adapt to the season. See the specific food together.
Keep healthy in summer, don't lose the old tradition, eat three melons, which are fruits and vegetables, rich in water and nutrition, and have many benefits to the human body.
The first melon: loofah
Luffa is a seasonal food in summer, which is rich in water and high in nutrition. It has the reputation of "melon and fruit medicine" and "beauty water". Luffa is cool and sweet, which belongs to cold food and is very suitable for eating in summer. Replenish water and potassium, stimulate appetite and relieve summer heat, clear heat and cool blood, and relieve dry mouth in summer. Help everyone spend the summer safely.
When everyone was frying loofah, many people were fried black. Here are some tips to ensure that the loofah will not turn black and fresh and green.
Coup one; After the towel gourd is cut, soak it in water for a while and add 2 spoonfuls of white vinegar to prevent oxidation and blackening.
Coup 2: You can also sprinkle a little salt on the cut loofah to prevent it from turning black.
Method 1: Cut the loofah and put it in water, and put 1-2 spoonfuls of white vinegar in the water to prevent the loofah from oxidation and blackening.
The best and healthiest way to eat loofah in summer is to fry it with edamame, which is delicious and hydrating, refreshing and appetizing.
Practice: 1 Peel the loofah, cut it into small pieces, soak it in clear water, and add a little white vinegar.
2 Wash edamame, spare, cut one red pepper, and cut onion, ginger and garlic into sections.
3 put oil in the pot, saute shallots, ginger and garlic, and add edamame to stir fry.
4 then add the drained loofah and add the red pepper to stir fry.
Add salt before cooking, and the taste is extremely fresh.
The second melon: wax gourd
Wax gourd is a seasonal vegetable in summer and a good food. Although there is fine hair outside, the meat inside is soft, delicious and nutritious. Wax gourd is sweet and cold. Eating some wax gourd in summer can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, and has a good auxiliary treatment effect on some heatstroke, headache, dizziness, chest tightness and shortness of breath in summer.
In addition, wax gourd has more water and less calories, which is very suitable for friends who come to lose weight in summer to inhibit the conversion of sugar into fat. For Sangao's friends, eating wax gourd in summer occasionally has the effect of diuresis and detumescence.
In diet, wax gourd is usually used to stew soup or stir-fry meat. In hot summer, it gives you a cool way to eat, without frying or stewing oil. Delicious and delicious, just cold melon.
Practice: Slice the wax gourd and cook it in a pot. Take out the cold water and pass it again. Chop onion, ginger and garlic, add wax gourd slices, add salt, vinegar, sesame oil and a little Chili oil, and mix well.
The third melon: bitter gourd
Eating bitter gourd in summer can clear lung heat, relieve summer heat and quench thirst, and enhance people's appetite. Bitter ingredients in bitter gourd have great benefits.
Today, I mainly talk about how to reduce the bitterness in bitter gourd and give you a few tips.
Coup 1: After cutting bitter gourd, soak it in salt water to reduce bitterness.
Coup 2; When cleaning bitter gourd, clean the white film and pulp inside bitter gourd. These films and pulp are places where bitterness is concentrated.
Keep healthy in summer, don't lose the old tradition, eat three fruits, which are rich in water and delicious. They are all seasonal fruits, and the price is not expensive.
The first fruit: cherry
The end of May is a good time for cherries to go on the market in large quantities. Big cherry, also known as cherry, has bright appearance, crystal beauty, sweet and sour taste and high nutritional value.
In daily life, eating some cherries properly can diminish inflammation, sterilize, supplement iron, nourish blood and replenish blood, beauty beauty and relieve aging. For children, it can also protect their eyesight and care for their eyes.
Before eating cherries, be sure to clean them in case there are eggs on them. You can soak in salt water for a while or put a little flour in the water. In this way, you can clean the dirty things on it and eat with confidence.
The second fruit; loquat
Loquat is a seasonal fruit in early summer. It absorbs the dew of the four seasons and the aura of heaven and earth. It tastes sweet and looks like apricots. Small loquat fruit, the pulp is soft and juicy, sweet and sour.
Eating some loquat fruits properly in life can stimulate appetite and help digestion and absorption. It can also play a therapeutic role in relieving summer heat, quenching thirst and relieving summer heat. In addition, it can moisten the lungs, relieve cough, eliminate phlegm and treat various coughs. The advantage is that it is very nutritious.
Loquat can be eaten raw directly or used for stewing soup. Stewed soup with Fritillaria cirrhosa is a good way to treat cough and cold.
The third kind of fruit: mango
Early summer is a good time for mango to go on the market in large quantities. Mango has two colors: cyan and yellow. Mango is rich in nutrition and is known as the "king of tropical fruits". Take a bite of mango, it has a lot of juice, delicate pulp, sweet taste and strong aroma.
Eating mango in early summer can enhance physical fitness, improve immunity, lower blood pressure and prevent cardiovascular diseases. You can also lose weight and beauty with your eyes wide open.
Remind mango that the sugar content is high, and diabetics should eat less or not.
The temperature is high in summer, and the human body loses a lot of water. Therefore, it is good for your health to add more water and drink some health tea. Summer health, three kinds of tea, you can drink more.
The first kind of tea: honeysuckle tea
In hot summer, a cup of honeysuckle tea can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, which is the best choice in summer.
In addition to this benefit, drinking honeysuckle tea in hot summer can also improve immunity and promote body metabolism. Clearing away heat and toxic materials, resisting virus, and preventing and treating sore throat.
When drinking, everyone should pay attention to honeysuckle tea should be hot or warm, not cold, so as not to cause diarrhea and other discomfort.
The second kind of tea: green tea.
Green tea is a general term and is common in life. Longjing, Tieguanyin and Biluochun are all green teas. The tea brewed from green tea is a bit bitter and cold, which is very suitable for drinking in summer.
Drinking green tea in summer can relieve summer heat, clear away heat, detoxify and promote fluid production. It can also increase the body's absorption of nutrients. . When everyone is tired, drinking a cup of green tea can stimulate our central nervous system and improve our spirit.
When you are making drinks, don't use too hot water to make drinks. It is best to use water with a temperature of about 70 degrees to make drinks, in case the water temperature is high and the nutrients inside are destroyed.
The third tea; Brown sugar ginger tea
In summer, people eat more cold food. Drinking ginger tea can remove moisture and warm the spleen and stomach. Drink it with brown sugar, and the health care effect is even stronger.
Brown sugar ginger tea can not only regulate the spleen and stomach, but also prevent colds, flu and keep fit. Eliminate stomach cold and warm the stomach.
Female friends can also warm the uterus and treat dysmenorrhea when drinking during the physiological period.
Reminder, this tea is recommended to drink a cup on an empty stomach in the morning, and the health care effect is even more powerful. Don't drink it at night, it's easy to get angry if you drink it at night.
This kind of tea can be brewed at home, or you can buy some drinks made directly. Do it yourself at home. The method is simple.
Methods; Peel ginger, wash it and cut it into thin slices for later use. Put water in a saucepan, add ginger slices, bring to a boil over high heat, turn to low heat, add brown sugar, and simmer until the ginger slices boil.