(1) Eat more melons: The temperature is high in summer, and the human body loses a lot of water, so it must be replenished in time. The water in vegetables is natural, clean, nutritious and bioactive water filtered by multi-layer biofilm. The water content of melons and vegetables is above 90%. All melons and vegetables have the function of lowering blood pressure and protecting blood vessels.
(2) Eat more cool vegetables: Eating some cool vegetables is conducive to promoting fluid production to quench thirst, relieving summer heat, clearing away heat and purging fire, and detoxifying and relaxing bowels. Cucumber vegetables, except pumpkin, are warm, and others, such as bitter gourd, loofah, cucumber, cabbage melon, watermelon and wax gourd, belong to cool summer health recipes.
Vegetables tomatoes, celery and lettuce are all cold vegetables.
(3) Eat more "sterilized" vegetables: Summer is a season of frequent human diseases, especially intestinal infectious diseases. Eating more "sterilized" vegetables can prevent diseases. This kind of vegetables include: garlic, onion, leek, green onion and so on. These onion and garlic vegetables are rich in broad-spectrum fungicides, which can kill and inhibit various cocci, bacilli, fungi and viruses. Among them, the most prominent role is garlic, which is best eaten raw. Summer diet should be low in fat, salt, vitamins and light. People sweat a lot and have poor appetite. You can use various nutritious health porridge to stimulate appetite and regulate your body. For example, eating porridge for breakfast and dinner and soup for lunch can not only quench thirst, relieve summer heat, but also nourish the body. Add some lotus leaves (called lotus leaf porridge) when cooking porridge, which tastes fragrant and slightly bitter in porridge. It has the functions of invigorating spleen and appetizing, dispelling summer heat, nourishing stomach and clearing intestines, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. Add some mung beans when cooking porridge or soup with mung beans alone, which has the functions of relieving summer heat and quenching thirst, clearing away heat and detoxifying, promoting fluid production and diuresis. Dried lentils soaked in rice and cooked into porridge can clear away heat and summer heat, eliminate dampness, strengthen the spleen and stop diarrhea. In addition, red bean porridge, mint porridge, black fungus porridge, kudzu root porridge and bitter melon porridge are all good foods in summer.
At the same time, we should pay attention to supplement some nutrients.
(1) Supplement sufficient vitamins, such as eating more fresh fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes, green peppers, wax gourd, watermelons, bayberry, wax gourd, peaches and pears;
(2) supplement water and inorganic salts, especially pay attention to the supplement of potassium. Beans or bean products, fruits and vegetables are all good sources of potassium. Eat more foods that clear away heat and promote diuresis, such as watermelon, bitter gourd, peach, ebony, strawberry, tomato and cucumber.
(3) Appropriate supplementation of protein, such as fish, lean meat, eggs, milk and beans, is the best quality protein.