Autumn is the transitional season of hot summer and cold winter, and it is the time when people's resistance is relatively weak. Therefore, in autumn, we should eat more foods that can enhance the body's resistance and immunity.

At the same time, the autumn climate is relatively dry, and people's mouth, nose, skin and other parts often have different degrees of dryness, so we should eat more foods that promote fluid production, nourish yin and moisten dryness, and eat less spicy and fried foods.

Autumn dryness consumes yin and damages essence, and mutton and dog meat are warm and dry, which easily leads to symptoms such as excessive internal heat, oral ulcer, insomnia and constipation. Therefore, autumn tonic might as well eat more cold food.

Duck is the most suitable meat to eat in autumn, jujube, medlar, lily and sweet potato are the four treasures of autumn tonic, and taro, lotus root, sweet potato and cabbage are also the four treasures of autumn tonic vegetarian food. There are also some vegetables and fruits: eggplant, white radish, wax gourd, pumpkin, loofah, rape, spinach, amaranth, orange, apple, pear, chestnut, loquat, orange, water chestnut and mushrooms, which are also suitable for autumn consumption.

Generally speaking, autumn health foods include lotus root, peanut, yam, pear and lily porridge.

Lotus root can nourish yin, clear away heat, moisten dryness, quench thirst, clear heart and soothe the nerves; Peanut can awake spleen and strengthen stomach, moisten lung and eliminate phlegm, nourish and regulate qi, clear throat and relieve cough; Eating yam in autumn has the effects of invigorating spleen and stomach, nourishing kidney and essence, benefiting lung and relieving cough;

Persist in eating pears every day, which can relieve autumn dryness, promote fluid production and moisten the lungs; Lily is sweet and bitter in taste and flat in nature, which has a certain effect on inhibiting the proliferation of cancer cells.

On the basis of balancing the five flavors of diet in autumn, the intake of sweet, light, sour and wet foods should be appropriately increased according to individual specific conditions, but not too much.

Chew slowly when eating, which is not only conducive to the full digestion of food and the complete absorption of nutrients, but also can maintain the function and chewing of intestinal water through fiber food, thus promoting fluid production and moistening dryness, and achieving the purpose of preventing and treating adverse reactions such as dry throat, intestinal dryness and constipation in autumn.