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Guide to healthy eating in summer
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Eat three melons in summer to clear away heat and relieve constipation.
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Watermelon can clear away heat and quench thirst.
Speaking of summer, why are there so few watermelons?
Watermelon is more than 90% water, about 6% sugar, and also contains potassium and lycopene, which can not only relieve summer heat and quench thirst, but also has high nutritional value!
China folk proverb says: Eat watermelon in summer, you don't need to catch medicine. It shows that watermelon is most suitable for eating in summer and summer, which can relieve heat and sweat, and can replenish water, and is known as the king of fruits and vegetables in summer.
Taboo 1. Diabetic patients should not eat.
People with diabetes eat too much watermelon in a short time, not only will their blood sugar rise, but their condition may be serious, leading to acidosis and even life-threatening.
Taboo 2. People with weak body and cold stomach should not eat more.
Watermelon is a cold product. Too many people with weak body and cold stomach will lead to abdominal distension and diarrhea, loss of appetite and accumulation of cold and dampness.
Taboo three. People with renal insufficiency cannot eat it.
In patients with renal insufficiency, the ability of kidney to regulate water is obviously reduced, and too much water entering the body cannot be regulated and excreted, resulting in a sharp increase in blood volume and easy death due to acute heart failure.
Taboo 4. You can't eat watermelon at the beginning of a cold.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that both wind-cold colds and wind-heat colds belong to exterior syndrome at the initial stage, so divergent treatment should be taken to solve the pathogenic factors from the exterior, and it is believed that attacking them before the exterior solution will aggravate the condition. Watermelon has the function of clearing fire. Eating watermelon at this time will aggravate the cold or prolong the course of disease.
Taboo five. Watermelons can't be eaten if they are in bloom for too long.
The temperature is high in summer, and bacteria are easy to multiply. Watermelon is easy to produce a large number of germs when it is opened for too long, which will cause gastrointestinal discomfort when eaten. Therefore, when eating watermelon, we should pay attention to choosing ripe fresh watermelon, and it is best to eat it at that time.
Taboo six, ice watermelon should be eaten less
Although eating iced watermelon on a hot day has a good effect of relieving summer heat, it is very irritating to the stomach and is easy to harm the spleen and stomach, so we should pay attention to grasping the delicious temperature and quantity.
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Bitter gourd can relieve summer heat and reduce fire.
Bitter gourd, bitter and cool, is beneficial to digestion, can clear away heat and diarrhea, and dispel summer heat, and can be regarded as the first melon in summer.
Not only that, bitter gourd is low in calories and helps to lose weight; Momordica charantia saponin contained in it is similar to insulin and has obvious hypoglycemic effect; Bitter gourd can also release the heat in the heart and expel toxins from the body; Enhance the vitality of cortex and make skin soft and fit.
It's hot in summer, just eat a little bitter in moderation. People who are not used to eating bitter gourd can blanch with boiling water to remove the bitterness.
There are three ways to remove bitter gourd.
The bitter taste of bitter gourd makes many people flinch. How to suffer? Recommend 3 coup:
Blanching with water: Slice or dice the bitter gourd and blanch it in boiling water for about 1 min. The bitter taste can be effectively removed.
Pickling: Sprinkle salt on sliced wax gourd, mix well, and drain the oozing water.
Soaking: Soak the melon slices in cold water for about 10 minute, and change the water once or twice.
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Luffa laxatives and moistens the intestines.
Luffa, sweet in nature and slightly cold in nature, has the effects of clearing heat and resolving phlegm, cooling blood and detoxifying, and relieving summer heat and annoyance.
How to choose fresh and tender loofah?
It is best to be green, melon-shaped and white with complete hair. Don't buy loofah with a big belly, because loofah with a big belly is generally older and has more seeds inside.
Luffa is fresh and tender, and it is a good choice to make soup and stir-fry meat.
Bitter gourd is poisonous, don't eat it!
Luffa cylindrica contains cucurbitacin, which can cause acute poisoning symptoms, such as vomiting and diarrhea, gastrointestinal bleeding, liver and kidney function damage, and even lead to death in severe cases.
Therefore, if you find a bitter taste when eating loofah, you should throw it away decisively and clean and disinfect the used kitchen knife and pot.
Eat three beans in summer to protect your eyes and increase your immunity.
1, soybean
Soybean, that is, fresh soybean with pods. Fresh edamame is bright green in color and tender and smooth in taste, but with the gradual reduction of water, the color changes from green to yellow and the shape becomes round. After completely drying, it is the familiar soybean.
Soybean is rich in vitamin C, about twice as much as soybean sprouts.
It is also rich in dietary fiber, and the potassium content is among the best in vegetables, which helps to relieve fatigue and loss of appetite; B vitamins are also rich, especially vitamin B 1. For people who take refined rice flour as their staple food, eating fresh beans such as tender edamame is a very good method of "food supplement".
In addition, because it has pods, it is a relatively safe "green food" with less phytotoxicity and pests.
Recommended practice: salted edamame
Cut off both ends of edamame with scissors, add appropriate amount of water into the pot, add star anise, cinnamon, licorice and salt, add edamame after the water is boiled, cook for 8~ 10 minutes, turn off the fire and soak for taste.
Soybeans must be cooked and eaten. If it is not cooked, symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain may occur after eating.
2. peas
Peas are seasonal vegetables.
It is rich in vitamin A and has the therapeutic effect of eye protection. In addition, its vitamin C content is relatively high, and it tastes delicious, which helps to improve immunity.
Office workers who face the computer all day can have a meal to protect their eyes-
Stir-fried peas, carrots and corn are not only delicious in color, but also rich in nutrition, which can effectively relieve dry eyes and discomfort.
Peas are nutritious and easy to digest, and can be eaten by children and the elderly.
3, lentils
Lentils can strengthen the spleen and balance the middle energizer, nourish the stomach and reduce qi, and have the effect of eliminating summer heat and dampness.
This is just a "symptom" of high temperature and high humidity climate.
Moreover, the dietary fiber content in the edible part of lentils is 4.4 grams per 100 grams, which is more than three times that of celery rich in dietary fiber. Usually eat more polished rice and white flour, and people who are prone to constipation and fire due to insufficient cellulose in their bodies can eat more lentils.
Drink 3 teas, replenish qi and blood, and drive away moisture.
1, ginger jujube tea tonifies blood and deficiency.
Summer is hot, the human body begins to understand, and the yang in the body is weak.
At this time, drinking a cup of ginger jujube tea can not only supplement the deficiency of yang in the body, but also help yang to dispel cold. Just in line with the purpose of "nourishing yang in spring and summer" in Huangdi Neijing.
The practice of ginger jujube tea
The practice of ginger jujube tea is very simple: ginger, red dates and medlar are boiled together into tea to drink.
Raw materials:
6 red dates, a handful of medlar, a dozen peppers, 4 slices of ginger (don't peel ginger, the amount of ginger should not be small, it tastes a little spicy when boiled water is drunk), and the red dates are pitted.
Exercise:
Add a proper amount of water and cook until it is light red. The body is afraid of cold, so it adds a few more peppers to make pepper ginger jujube tea, which has a stronger effect of eliminating cold and dampness.
The above amount is 2 cups, and the weight can be increased. Soak more ginger jujube tea, let it cool, put it in a clean bottle and put it in the refrigerator for refrigeration. When drinking water, scoop two spoonfuls and brew with boiling water.
2, dandelion purslane tea spleen dampness
Ingredients: dandelion root, adzuki bean, coix seed, lophatherum gracile, purslane, Sophora japonica, gordon euryales and green tea.
Exercise:
1, cleaning wild dandelion roots, cutting into sections, and baking to make tea for later use;
2, red beans, barley, fried, spare;
3. Wash the lophatherum gracile leaves and stir-fry them to make tea for later use;
4. Purslane, washed and dried for later use;
5. Stir-fry Sophora japonica and green tea, and make tea for later use;
6. Take 0.7 g of dandelion root, 0.7 g of adzuki bean 1.7 g of coix seed, 0.2 g of lophatherum gracile, 0./kloc-0 g of purslane, 0./kloc-0 g of Sophora japonica, 0.3 g of Euryale ferox and 0.2 g of green tea, all of which are crushed and made into teabags.
Dandelion is good at eliminating damp-heat, purging fire, diuresis and dehumidification, and improving nausea, yellow tongue coating, redness and acne caused by damp-heat.
Portulaca oleracea belongs to the spleen and large intestine meridian, which has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting diuresis and removing dampness.
Adzuki bean, invigorating spleen and promoting diuresis, detumescence and detoxification, Coix seed, stomach and intestines, edema, spleen and stomach. Euryale ferox, invigorating spleen and eliminating dampness, strengthening kidney and stopping diarrhea.
Lophatherum gracile is good at absorbing water and releasing heat. Sophora japonica cool blood to stop bleeding, clear liver and purge fire. Green tea does not ferment, but almost all the ingredients are retained, and the effect of eliminating dampness is the best!
Several kinds are combined together to remove damp heat in the body, and the effect is particularly good. Try it!
3. three tea nourishes the liver to relieve summer heat
Sanqihua promotes blood circulation, roses promote ventilation, and chrysanthemums promote pores, which are collectively called "three links". Drinking a dose every day in summer can relieve summer heat, calm the liver and relieve summer heat.
It should be noted that roses have a good astringent effect, but long-term excessive drinking will lead to poor stool. Therefore, constipation should not drink rose tea for a long time.
Practice: Prepare 2 grams of Panax notoginseng flowers, 3 grams of chrysanthemums, 3 grams of roses and 3 grams of licorice. First, put licorice into1500ml water and boil it. Add three kinds of flowers after low heat 10 minutes, continue to cook on low heat for 5 minutes, and then turn off the heat.