Summer should be light diet and eat more melons.
In summer, people's gastric acid secretion decreases, and drinking more water dilutes gastric acid, which leads to weak digestive function.
Too much spicy food should be avoided in summer, because the sun be the spirit is sufficient in summer, and too much spicy food will help the sun be the spirit to get angry. In addition, greasy and fried foods should be eaten as little as possible. You should eat more light food, fruits and vegetables are essential, and it is best to eat more melon foods, including watermelon, cantaloupe, watermelon, cucumber and wax gourd.
Take a nap for about half an hour in summer.
In summer, the days are long and the nights are short, the temperature is high, the human body has a strong metabolism, consumes a lot, and is prone to fatigue and drowsiness. So it is very important to ensure adequate sleep.
In summer, the weather is hot, and many people can't sleep well at night. Therefore, taking a nap is good for their health and can keep enough energy. It is suggested that people take a nap for about half an hour every day. Of course, when taking a nap, we should avoid strong external stimuli, because after falling asleep, muscles relax, capillaries dilate, sweat pores are wide, and it is easy to catch a cold or other diseases. You should also pay attention to avoid catching a cold.
Summer is not suitable for "rapid cooling"
It is very hot in summer. People often like to take a cold bath after going out or exercising to "cool down quickly" so as to sweat and dissipate heat as soon as possible. However, because people absorb a lot of heat in the sun, such as "rapid cooling", the pores of the whole body will close quickly, and the heat cannot be emitted, staying in the body and causing high fever. At the same time, it will also cause insufficient blood supply due to the rapid contraction of cerebral capillaries, which will make people dizzy and even cause shock. So the best way is to let it sweat first, take away a lot of heat, and then take cooling measures.
Many people feel sweaty after exercise, so they quickly drink a lot of cold drinks or eat popsicles, which is "cool" and can effectively alleviate the summer heat. In fact, it is very harmful to the body, not only prone to acute diarrhea, but also harmful to the lungs and liver of the body.
Keep your body and mind happy in summer.
In summer, most people will feel irritable, uneasy, and have a bad sleep. So they are vulnerable to mental injury. In the theory of TCM health preservation, there has long been a saying that "it is appropriate to nourish the heart in summer"!
In hot weather, people sweat easily. In the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, there is a saying that sweat is the heart fluid. In summer, people's pores are open and sweat more than in other seasons. Excessive sweating leads to decreased body fluid, which hurts body fluid and causes symptoms such as dry lips, dry stool, yellow urine and upset.
Therefore, it is necessary to know some common sense of summer health preservation to help you spend the hot summer healthily and safely.