After entering August, although the temperature is still above 35 degrees, we can still feel the changes around us when we arrive in early autumn. At night, it gets dark earlier and earlier, the temperature difference between day and night gradually increases, and the humidity in the air slowly decreases.
These are the climatic characteristics of autumn. Now when summer and autumn are in transition, we should also pay attention to food collocation according to the changes of the external environment.
The Dietary Guide for China Residents suggests that it is necessary to eat coarse grains properly every day because modern people's food is too fine. There are many kinds of coarse grains, and potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn can all be classified as coarse grains. Oats, brown rice, millet and red beans can also be counted as coarse grains.
So the nutritionist who broke the nutrition class today will come to talk to you: What coarse grains will you eat in August? Mung beans supplement potassium, coix seed eliminates dampness, and walnuts and oats cook porridge together.
Mung bean soup is a common hydrating porridge in summer. Mung beans are sweet and cool, and can clear away heat, promote diuresis and detoxify. It is especially suitable for eating when you have poor appetite in hot summer.
Per100g mung bean contains 787 mg of potassium, which is the highest among coarse grains. The more potassium in the diet, the more obvious the blood pressure reduction. Therefore, drinking more mung bean porridge with high potassium and low sodium is helpful to lower blood pressure and protect blood vessels.
In the season-changing stage of summer and autumn, besides replenishing water and potassium, one more thing is to pay attention to eliminating dampness. If you feel groggy and listless all day, your tongue coating and dark circles are aggravated, which is a sign of excessive moisture in your body.
Compared with ordinary rice, coix seed is rich in dietary fiber and vitamin E, and low in calories and fat. Moreover, coix seed also has a good effect of eliminating dampness.
Finally, oats and walnuts are coarse grains with relatively high protein content, with 10. 1g plant protein per 100 grams of oats and 14.9g plant protein per 100 grams of walnuts.
Now the weather is still hot, and everyone has no appetite and doesn't want to eat meat, but the normal physiological metabolism of the body needs protein's participation. Then it's ok to eat some coarse grains with high protein content.
Unsaturated fatty acids in walnuts are very beneficial to the health of the brain, especially when women eat walnuts during pregnancy, which has a positive effect on the healthy development of the baby's brain.
Of course, no matter what kind of coarse grains, compared with white rice and white flour, they all contain a lot of B vitamins. B vitamins can increase immunity, promote insulin synthesis and reduce the risk of cardiovascular complications in diabetic patients.