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What to eat in summer can relieve summer heat, and it is best to do it?
Eat more water in melons and vegetables, which is natural, clean, nutritious and bioactive water filtered by multi-layer biofilm, which is incomparable to drinking water produced by any factory. Summer is the peak season for melons and vegetables, and its water content is above 90%. The water content of wax gourd ranks first among all vegetables, up to 96%, followed by cucumber, melon, towel gourd, pumpkin, bitter gourd and watermelon. Eating 500 grams of melons and vegetables is equivalent to drinking 450 ml of high-quality water. Eat more cold vegetables. Summer vegetables, except pumpkin and melon, are warm, and others, such as bitter gourd, towel gourd, cucumber, watermelon and wax gourd, are cool vegetables. Tomato, eggplant, celery, chrysanthemum brain, sunflower (purple leaf), lettuce, asparagus, watercress, cold potato, etc. It is also a cold vegetable. These vegetables are in full bloom, so you might as well eat them often. Bitter food is bitter because it contains bitter substances such as alkaloids and urea. Traditional Chinese medicine research has found that these bitter substances have the functions of relieving fever, removing summer heat and eliminating fatigue. The best bitter food is bitter gourd. Whether it is cold salad, stir-fry or soup, as long as it can be cooked well without losing its "blue color", it can achieve the purpose of "removing fire". Apart from bitter gourd, there are other bitter foods that also have good "removing fire" effects, such as almonds, bitter vegetables, kudingcha, celery and cabbage. It can also clear away heat and relieve summer heat. In summer, we should eat more bitter food, more fruits and vegetables, and more sweet and refreshing fresh fruits and vegetables. Experts point out that Chinese cabbage, cauliflower, watermelon, hawthorn, apple and grape are rich in minerals, especially calcium, magnesium and silicon, which have the magical effect of calming the nerves and reducing fire. Therefore, eat more in summer and eat these foods often. In addition, let's take a look at the "fire-removing" food recommended by experts: milk Many people think that drinking milk in summer will aggravate "getting angry" and cause irritability. In fact, drinking milk in summer will not only "get angry", but also play a role in clearing away heat and detoxifying. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that milk is slightly cold, which can nourish yin, clear away heat and detoxify, and play the role of "removing fire". Moreover, milk contains as much as 70% water, which can also supplement the water lost by the human body due to sweating in summer. It should be noted that milk cannot be frozen into ice, otherwise it will destroy many nutrients. Strawberry Strawberry is not only delicious, but also has medicinal value. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it has the effect of "removing fire", which can clear away heat and relieve summer heat and relieve boredom. Watermelon Watermelon is cool, which will not cause "getting angry" and upset when eaten, and it is rich in potassium salt, which can make up for the shortage of potassium salt in the body caused by many people. But be careful not to put the watermelon in the refrigerator for more than 3 hours. ⊙ Soybean can nourish yin and "remove fire", at the same time, it can supplement protein, and it consumes a lot of high temperature. Although tomatoes can be seen all year round, tomatoes in summer are the richest, sweetest and most nutritious. It can also clear away heat and toxic materials, calm the liver, keep fit and replenish water. It is easy to sweat in summer, and the water loses quickly. You should eat more juicy and water-rich foods, such as soup, porridge and fruit. Drink a proper amount of water before and after bathing in the morning, and drink salt water after a lot of physical exertion. Every meal has porridge or soup, and if you increase the intake of fruit appropriately, the effect of reducing fat and slimming, beauty and skin care will be immediate. Fish, duck, lotus seeds, loofah and tofu are the first choice for soup making in summer. "Summer medicine porridge" such as mung bean porridge, bean porridge, lotus leaf porridge and mint porridge is the protagonist of summer porridge, and it is better to match soup with porridge. Fruits such as strawberries, apricots, lychees, peaches, plums and watermelons can be eaten in moderation. Vegetables can stimulate appetite and help digestion. Some vegetables, such as tomatoes, eggplant, celery, asparagus, bamboo shoots, lotus roots and so on. It can be used in cold salads and salads instead of frying, which is more refreshing and convenient to eat. In addition, vinegar can be used for seasoning, and also has the benefits of appetizing and digestion. Freshly squeezed mixed juice is good. If you want to quench your thirst, you can squeeze some fresh fruit and vegetable juice to drink, which can not only cool your blood and detoxify, but also supplement vitamin C and whiten your skin. Kiwi, grapefruit, apples and grapes are all good sources of natural vitamin C. When squeezing juice, you can squeeze several fruits together, which will be more nutritious. Melon is cool and anti-inflammatory. Watermelon, wax gourd, bitter gourd, wax gourd, cucumber, loofah and fingered citron are some natural melon foods with calming, cooling and anti-inflammatory effects, which have the wonderful functions of promoting fluid production to quench thirst, clearing away heat and purging fire, detoxifying and relaxing bowels. So in hot summer, you can usually cook some winter melon tea, bitter melon soup, loofah noodles or cucumber porridge, and then have a cup of watermelon juice after dinner, which will definitely dispel the summer heat. But in moderation, eating too much may cause discomfort such as bloating and diarrhea. Light mushroom meat is beneficial to the loss of appetite of the spleen and stomach in summer, and the function of the spleen and stomach is relatively dull. Eating light products at this time will help stimulate appetite, strengthen the spleen and help transport. Watermelon, litchi, lotus seeds, silkworm excrement, buckwheat, jujube, pork tripe, beef, tripe, chicken, pigeon meat, quail meat, crucian carp, soft-shelled turtle, royal jelly, honey, duck meat, milk, goose meat, soybean milk, sugar cane, etc. should all be selected. Scented tea can quench thirst. Chrysanthemum tea, wolfberry tea, cassia seed tea and honey tea can be mixed with boiled herbal tea for drinking. Can relieve the symptoms of dry mouth, constipation and irritability. Sour plum soup, hawthorn, dark plum, licorice, Luoshen flower and so on have the effect of promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. Heat-clearing food has the functions of clearing heat, cooling blood and detoxifying, and is suitable for treating diseases. Banana: sweet in taste, cold in nature, capable of clearing away heat and toxic materials and moistening intestines. It is suitable for constipation due to intestinal dryness. Watermelon: sweet taste, cold nature, heart meridian, stomach meridian and bladder meridian. It can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, relieve vexation, quench thirst and induce diuresis. Celery: sweet, bitter, cool, liver and stomach meridians entered. It can calm the liver, clear away heat, dispel wind and promote diuresis. Cabbage: sweet, flat in nature, enters the gastrointestinal tract. It can clear away heat, relieve annoyance and dredge the stomach. Amaranth: Sweet and cool. It can clear away heat and toxic materials and promote defecation. Zizania latifolia: sweet taste, cold nature, lung and spleen meridians entered. It can clear away heat and toxic materials, relieve vexation and thirst, and promote diuresis and defecation. Bitter gourd: bitter taste, cold nature, heart, spleen and stomach meridians. It can clear away heat and promote diuresis, detoxify and improve eyesight. Cucumber: sweet, cool, spleen, stomach and large intestine meridians entered. It can clear away heat and toxic materials and induce diuresis. Loquat: sweet and sour, cool. It can moisten lung, relieve cough, promote fluid production, quench thirst, and stop vomiting. Pear: sweet and sour, cool in nature, entering the lungs and stomach. It can promote fluid production, moisten dryness, clear away heat and resolve phlegm. Millet: sweet and salty, cool in nature, entering the kidney, spleen and stomach. This product has the functions of clearing heat, harmonizing middle warmer, promoting diuresis and treating stranguria. Mung bean: sweet, cool, heart and stomach meridian. It can clear away heat and toxic materials, relieve summer heat and promote diuresis. Mung bean sprouts: just like mung beans. Tofu: sweet in taste, cold in nature, and belongs to spleen, stomach and large intestine meridian. It can clear away heat, harmonize middle energizer, promote fluid production and quench thirst. Soybean is sweet and flat. Function, should avoid the same as tofu. Wheat is sweet and cool, and enters the heart, spleen and kidney meridians. Function: Nourish the heart and soothe the nerves, clear away heat and quench thirst. Suitable for stomach heat, swelling and pain, damp-heat diarrhea. Pueraria lobata (pueraria lobata) is sweet, pungent and flat in nature, and enters the spleen and stomach meridians. Functions: clearing away heat and resolving muscle, strengthening yang and stopping diarrhea, dispersing rash, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. It is suitable for persistent diarrhea and is used for gastroptosis in modern times.