Summer diet conditioning is mainly based on clearing heart, heatstroke prevention, nourishing yin and promoting fluid production. In addition, appetite decreases in summer, and the function of spleen and stomach is relatively slow. Eating too much fat will damage the stomach and spleen, affect the digestion and absorption of nutrients, and be harmful to the body. Therefore, mung beans, coix seed, vegetables, melons and fruits, lilies and Polygonatum odoratum are all the best foods in summer.
Eat more vegetables in dog days. Eating some cool vegetables can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, and can also detoxify and relieve constipation, such as bitter gourd, loofah, cucumber, wax gourd, watermelon, wax gourd and so on.
In addition, melon vegetables are the best choice, and their water content is above 90%. The water content of wax gourd ranks first among all vegetables, reaching 96%, followed by cucumber, melon, loofah, bergamot, pumpkin, bitter gourd and watermelon.