1. Wax gourd: Wax gourd is not as cold as bitter gourd and white radish, so even pregnant women don't have to be particularly jealous. Patients with gout, hypertension, heart disease, liver disease and beriberi edema may have ascites and dysuria. Winter melon can be cooked and eaten, which is helpful for diuresis and eliminating edema.
2. Tomato: Tomato is rich in lycopene, and its anti-acidification effect can effectively inhibit the activity of active oxygen, and its anti-cancer ability is very high! In addition, vitamin K can prevent osteoporosis to a certain extent, which can be said to be the savior of female bones! Moreover, vitamin E can maintain liver function and is a good helper to improve hangover.
3. Bitter gourd: It is hot every day in summer, and people easily get angry. Bitter gourd tastes bitter and cold. Eating bitter gourd can relieve summer heat, stimulate people's appetite, stimulate appetite, help digestion, clear heat and purge fire. Bitter gourd tastes bitter, but in fact, the more bitter it is, the more bitter it is. Because bitter bitter gourd, the more bitter gourd content, the higher the nutritional value.
4. Eggplant: Summer is also the season for eggplant to go on the market. Vitamins in eggplant can increase capillary elasticity and improve microcirculation, and have a certain preventive effect on patients with hypertension, arteriosclerosis and scurvy. The special substances contained in eggplant fiber have the function of lowering cholesterol.
5. Luffa: Luffa has high medicinal value and can be fully used as medicine. In summer and autumn, a large number of green loofahs are on the market. Luffa is sweet and cool, and enters the liver and stomach. Has that effect of clearing away heat and phlegm, relieve cough and asthma, cooling blood and removing toxic substances. Luffa is rich in nutrients, including protein, fat, sugar, calcium, iron, phosphorus, carotene, vitamins and other nutrients.
What vegetables are good to eat in dog days?
1. Cabbage: Cabbage is rich in vitamin C, vitamin E, carotene and so on. The total vitamin content is more than three times that of tomato, so it has strong antioxidant and anti-aging effects. Moreover, Chinese cabbage is rich in folic acid, which has a good preventive effect on megaloblastic anemia and fetal malformation. Therefore, pregnant women and children and adolescents during their growth and development should eat more. Radish sulfur in Chinese cabbage can stimulate human cells to produce enzymes beneficial to the body, and then form a protective film to resist the erosion of foreign carcinogens. Radish sulfur is the strongest anticancer component in vegetables found at present.
2. Green beans: Green beans are "frequent visitors" on the table. Although the calcium content of green beans is not too much, it contains a lot of vitamin K, which can increase the bone density of osteoporosis patients and reduce the risk of fracture.
3. Celery: Celery contains protein, fat, carbohydrates, cellulose, vitamins, minerals and other nutrients. Among them, the contents of vitamin B and P are more. The content of mineral elements such as calcium, phosphorus and iron is higher than that of ordinary vegetables. Celery is not only nutritious, but also has certain medicinal value. Celery is also a cool vegetable, which can be eaten properly according to dietary preferences in summer.
4. Cucumber: Cucumber has the effects of clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, detoxifying and reducing swelling, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. Can be used for adjuvant treatment of body heat, polydipsia, sore throat, wind-heat eye diseases, damp-heat jaundice, and dysuria. Propanoic acid contained in cucumber can inhibit the conversion of sugar into fat. In addition, the cellulose in cucumber plays a certain role in promoting the excretion of spoilage substances in human intestine and lowering cholesterol.
5. bergamot: also known as palm melon and August melon, it is a kind of rich nutrition in melons and vegetables. Regular consumption can enhance the body's resistance. Has the effects of expelling pathogenic wind, reducing fever, invigorating spleen, stimulating appetite, and inducing diuresis.
6. Asparagus: Asparagus is sweet, cold, and has the effect of clearing heat and diuresis. Therefore, eating asparagus is a good choice in hot summer. In addition, the tip of green asparagus is rich in vitamin A, which is also very good for eyesight.
Matters needing attention in eating iced drinks in dog days
1, dog days, avoid eating more iced drinks.
Eating iced drinks in dog days will dilute gastric juice, affect digestion, stimulate intestine, make peristalsis hyperactive, shorten the time of food staying in small intestine, and affect human digestion and absorption of food. Especially for patients with acute and chronic gastrointestinal diseases, it is recommended to eat less or even not.
2. Avoid eating iced drinks after dog days exercise.
After strenuous exercise, people's body temperature will rise and their pharynx will be congested. At this time, if the stomach and pharynx are stimulated by ice, it is easy to have symptoms such as sore throat, hoarseness, cough, abdominal pain and diarrhea.
Avoid eating unclean iced drinks in dog days.
Because Escherichia coli, typhoid Bacillus and Staphylococcus pyogenes can survive at the low temperature of-17℃, eating unclean cold drinks will be harmful to health.
4. Avoid eating cold drinks and hot drinks alternately in dog days.
If cold drinks and hot drinks are eaten alternately, it is not only easy to stimulate teeth and cause dental diseases, but also may cause digestive disorders. It is best to eat cold drinks and hot drinks separately, with an interval of about half an hour.
Avoid eating cold drinks before and after meals in dog days.
Eating cold drinks before meals is easy to dilute gastric juice, reduce digestive enzyme activity, affect digestion and absorption, and interfere with normal eating; After a meal, it may increase the digestive burden of the stomach, and drinking cold drinks while eating can easily lead to weakened digestive function. So try to avoid eating cold drinks before and after meals.
6. Eat less cold drinks containing alcohol, a lot of sugar and high fat on dog days.
Cold drinks containing alcohol, a lot of sugar and high fat may not only make people lose more body fluids, but also easily cause obesity. It is suggested that cold beer, carbonated drinks and ice cream containing alcohol, a lot of sugar and high fat should be chosen as little as possible in summer, and fruit and vegetable juice and mung bean soup rich in vitamins and minerals should be chosen more.
In addition, we should develop the habit of not relying on cold drinks in summer, and use warm water or cold boiled water instead of cold drinks, such as storing less chilled beer, ice cream and popsicles in the refrigerator, and preparing some cold boiled water at home in time.