The hot summer is coming, and all kinds of fresh vegetables and fruits are also on the market, which has become a common delicacy on people's table. Eat more melons and vegetables in summer. First, due to the high temperature in summer, the human body loses more water than in other seasons, so it must be replenished in time. However, the water content of melon vegetables is very high, such as cucumber, wax gourd, pumpkin, bitter gourd, loofah and pumpkin. And the 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. In other words, eating 500 grams of melons and vegetables is equivalent to drinking 450 ml of high-quality water. Moreover, the water inside is natural, clean, nutritious and bioactive water filtered by multi-layer biofilm, which is incomparable to drinking water produced by any factory and is the best in vegetables. In addition, all melon vegetables have the characteristics of high potassium and low sodium, which can lower blood pressure and protect blood vessels. Second, eating more cool vegetables in summer is conducive to promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, relieving summer heat, clearing away heat and purging fire, and detoxifying and relaxing bowels. Many melons belong to cool vegetables, except pumpkin and golden melon, others such as bitter gourd, loofah, cucumber, wax gourd, watermelon and wax gourd belong to cool vegetables. These vegetables are in the prosperous period, so you may wish to eat them regularly, which will help relieve summer heat and reduce fire. Here are some common melons and vegetables in summer. I hope you can make better use of these melons and vegetables for summer health while enjoying fresh and delicious food. "Gentleman in Vegetables" and "Plant Insulin"-Momordica charantia is rich in nutrition, and its protein, fat, carbohydrates and so on are higher in melon vegetables, especially vitamin C, which is as high as 84 mg per100g, about 5 times that of melon, 4 times that of cucumber, 2 1 times that of pumpkin. Bitter gourd also contains crude fiber, carotene, momordicoside, various minerals and amino acids. Bitter gourd has the effects of clearing away summer heat, relieving annoyance, detoxifying and improving eyesight, benefiting qi and strengthening yang. Bitter taste of bitter gourd comes from its antimalarial component-quinine (cinchona cream), which can affect the body temperature center, so bitter gourd has antipyretic effect. Bitter gourd also contains more lipoprotein, which can improve human immunity and enhance people's physique if eaten regularly. In recent years, pharmacological analysis shows that momordicin contained in momordica charantia has the function of rapidly lowering blood sugar, and can prevent and improve the complications of diabetes, so it is known as "plant insulin". Therefore, nutritionists and doctors recommend bitter gourd as a food for adjuvant treatment of diabetes. Bitter gourd can be eaten in a variety of ways, such as shredding, slicing, dicing, cold salad, soup making, stir-frying, meat frying and fish roasting. It is fresh and refreshing and has a unique flavor. The best thing is that the bitter taste of bitter gourd will not affect the taste of other ingredients. Therefore, bitter gourd has the reputation of "a gentleman in a dish". Need to remind everyone that bitter gourd is delicious only when eaten raw. Generally, it is half-cooked, the color is green, and the nutritional loss will be less. For example, vitamin C is easily destroyed by high temperature. If the stew is too crisp, it will not only feel crisp, but also taste a little bitter. For friends who can't adapt to the bitter taste of bitter gourd, it is recommended to choose bitter gourd with large fruit shape, fullness and uprightness when buying, so that bitter gourd is generally not too bitter. You can also slice bitter gourd and ice it with your favorite seasoning. Weight loss and beauty-cucumber cucumber was originally called "cucumber" because it was introduced from the western regions during the Western Han Dynasty. Li Shizhen said: "Zhang Qian planted seeds in the western regions, hence the name Hulu." Cucumber has always been one of people's favorite vegetables. Eating cucumbers often has many benefits. The water content of cucumber is 96% ~ 98%, which is not only crisp, tender and fragrant, but also delicious and nutritious. It contains sugar, minerals, vitamins and a variety of free amino acids, fine cellulose, chlorogenic acid and other components. In particular, cucumber contains an ingredient called cucurbitacin C, which has a certain anti-cancer effect. Cucumber also contains an ingredient called malonic acid, which can inhibit the conversion of excess sugar into fat and has a weight loss effect on fat people. Cucumber also has a certain hypoglycemic effect. For diabetics, cucumber is the best food, which is both a vegetable and a fruit. Cucumber juice also has the function of stretching wrinkles and protecting skin, and is a natural raw material commonly used by women who love beauty in beauty. Eating cucumber has so many benefits, I suggest you eat more at ordinary times. Diuretic and heat-clearing, fat-free-wax gourd wax gourd is mainly produced in summer because it looks like a pillow, also called pillow melon. But why is the melon produced in summer called wax gourd? This is because the melon is ripe and has a layer of white powder on its surface, like frost and snow in winter, hence the name. Compared with bitter gourd and cucumber, wax gourd tastes relatively tasteless, but it is actually a vegetable with high nutritional value. Nutritionists have found that wax gourd is rich in carotene, vitamins and minerals. Every100g of wax gourd contains 0.4g of protein, 0.9mg of calcium12mg of phosphorus12mg, 0.2mg of iron and various vitamins, especially vitamin C. Every100g contains18mg.. Wax gourd contains less fat and propanol diacid, which can prevent fat from accumulating in the body, while wax gourd skin and meat contain more vitamin B 1, which can promote the metabolism of sugar and fat. At the same time, because wax gourd contains more vitamin C, higher potassium salt and lower sodium salt, it is more suitable for patients with hypertension, nephropathy and edema who need low sodium food. Therefore, eating wax gourd often can not only reduce weight and build up body, but also reduce swelling in patients with nephritis and edema, and is also an ideal vegetable for patients with diabetes and hypertension. Wax gourd has been called a wonderful product to lose weight since ancient times. "Dietotherapy Materia Medica" said: "Those who want to be decent, thin and light, can eat it often; Don't eat if you want to be fat. " Winter melon is a home-cooked dish in Xian Yi, suitable for all ages. There are many cooking methods, among which burning, stewing, steaming and making soup are the best. Wax gourd is usually cooked with fresh and fragrant raw materials such as meat, ham, chicken and duck, scallop, scallop, etc. For example, "scallop wax gourd ball", "scallop wax gourd soup", "old duck pot with wax gourd" and "stewed quail with wax gourd" are all home-cooked dishes that people can never tire of eating. In hot summer, winter melon and fresh lotus leaves are cooked together, and can also be made into a cool and thirst-quenching diet drink. All over the body are treasures-loofah is green and tender, crispy, and it is delicious for clearing away heat and purging fire, cooling blood and detoxifying in summer. Luffa is not only nutritious, but also has medicinal value, and it is a treasure. Luffa is rich in protein, starch, fat, plant mucus, sugar, minerals, vitamins and other substances, with comprehensive nutrition. In addition, loofah is green, refreshing and appetizing. In hot summer, eating loofah can not only cool off the heat, but also supplement nutrition, which is very beneficial to the body. Luffa also has high medicinal value. Meat, pulp, vines, flowers and leaves all have medicinal value. The whole body can be used as medicine and can treat many diseases. It is helpful to treat urinary tract infection by decocting towel gourd with water and adding honey for oral administration. Luffa flower has the effect of clearing away heat and toxic materials, and can be used to treat cough, sore throat, rhinitis, hemorrhoids and other diseases caused by lung heat. Luffa leaves can diminish inflammation and stop bleeding, and it has a certain effect on stubborn tinea. Luffa rattan has the function of killing insects and detoxifying, and mashing and external application can help treat sores; Cooking with tender towel gourd can clear away heat and dispel wind, cool blood and detoxify, resolve phlegm and relieve cough, and can treat phlegm fire, constipation and red urine. Luffa is also a rare natural beauty agent with freckle removing, whitening and wrinkle removing. Women with irregular menstruation and physical fatigue are especially suitable for eating more loofah. Luffa is blue, fragrant, tender and sweet, and the melon is tender. It can be used to make soup and stir fry. Papaya, a beauty product in summer, is warm and sour, and enters the liver and spleen meridians; Has the effects of promoting digestion, expelling parasites, clearing away heat and expelling wind; Indications: Stomach pain, dyspepsia, lung heat, dry cough, galactorrhea, eczema, parasitic diseases, hand and foot spasm pain. The content of vitamin C in papaya is 48 times that of apple, and it is also rich in carotene. Carotene is a natural antioxidant, which can effectively resist the oxidation of whole body cells and destroy oxygen free radicals that accelerate human aging. Therefore, eating papaya often can beautify and protect skin and delay aging. The function of papaya: 1, invigorating spleen and promoting digestion: papain in papaya can decompose fat into fatty acids; Modern medicine has found that papaya contains an enzyme, which can digest protein and is beneficial to the digestion and absorption of food, so it has the function of invigorating the spleen and promoting digestion. 2. Anti-epidemic and anti-insect: Carica papaya L. and papain have anti-tuberculosis effects and anti-tapeworm, roundworm, trichuris, amoeba and other parasites, so they can be used for insecticidal and anti-tuberculosis. 3. Breast enhancement and anti-cancer: chymosin in papaya has breast enhancement effect, and papaya has anti-lymphocytic leukemia effect, so it can be used for breast enhancement and treatment of lymphocytic leukemia (hematologic cancer). 4, supplement nutrition, improve disease resistance: papaya contains a lot of water, carbohydrates, protein, fat, vitamins and a variety of essential amino acids, which can effectively supplement human nutrition and enhance human disease resistance. 5. Anti-spasm: Papaya contained in papaya pulp has spasmolytic and analgesic effects, and has obvious therapeutic effect on gastrocnemius spasm. As we all know, papaya is a beauty product, which can not only enhance breast, but also slim down and protect skin. For girls who love beauty, it is an excellent natural skin care product. Papaya Papaya may not be familiar to many people. Also known as Hezhanggua. It originated in Mexico and Indonesia, and was introduced to the Yangtze River basin in11990s. Now it is mainly produced in Fujian, Shandong, Yunnan and Taiwan Province provinces. The shape of bergamot is like the palm of your hand folded together, which means the blessing of Buddhism, so it is called "bergamot" and "longevity" and is deeply loved by people. Papaya is a kind of melon with rich nutrition. Its meat is white and tender, and it tastes sweet. When eaten in summer, it has the effects of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. It is also suitable for dyspepsia, chest tightness and flatulence, liver and stomach gas pain, and cough with excessive phlegm. Papaya can be eaten in soup, fried or cold, and the ingredients are suitable, such as papaya fried shrimp, papaya fried gluten or papaya stewed ribs. Fingered citron is crisp, tender and juicy, delicious and of high nutritional value. It can be used for cooking and eating fruit raw. Melons and vegetables are full of nutrients, and regular consumption can enhance the body's disease resistance. Among them, the contents of protein and calcium are more than those of cucumber, and the contents of vitamins and minerals are also significantly higher than those of other melons, so the calories are very low. It is also a low-sodium food and a healthy vegetable for patients with heart disease and hypertension. So many summer melons and vegetables, choose one or two you like, which will not only add color to the table, but also make you eat healthily.