It is hot in summer, so we should eat mild and cool food, such as mung beans, pears and other fruits, and the intake varies from person to person.
It can be supplemented in the following ways:
1, eat ginger
2. Eat more poultry.
As the saying goes, "eat radish in winter and ginger in summer." Eating ginger helps to drive away the cold. You can try fried beef with ginger, fried fungus with ginger and other dishes. But the time to eat ginger is also particular, so it is best not to eat it at night.
Make up three or nine in winter and three days in summer. The nutritional components of poultry meat are mainly protein, followed by fat, microorganisms and minerals. Compared with livestock meat, poultry meat is a low-fat and high-protein food, and its protein is also a high-quality protein. Birds such as chickens, ducks and pigeons are the best choice for summer tonic.
Cao Xian, also known as Xiancao and Cao Xian, is a herb belonging to the genus Cao Xian in Labiatae. It is an important medicinal and edible plant resource. It is known as "Cao Xian" because of its magical effect of relieving summer heat. After the stems and leaves are dried in the sun, they can be made into fairy grass, which is called bean jelly in Guangdong and is a summer dessert. It can also be used as medicine. Folk proverb: if you eat fairy grass in the midsummer of June, you will live like a fairy and never get old.
Chiffodil is one of the famous snacks in Taiwan Province Province. You can eat it cold or hot. The appearance and taste of Xiancao is similar to another popular snack in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, and it also has the effect of clearing away heat and toxic materials. But this kind of food is taboo for pregnant women.
Although summer needs tonic, it is especially difficult to adjust in dog days. The weather is very hot, the appetite decreases, and the quality of sleep is not good. In addition, at this time, summer heat and dampness prevail, and the spleen and stomach are wet, which damages the healthy qi of the human body. As the saying goes, one summer is disease-free, and three points are empty. At this time, it is particularly important to supplement and master the principle.
Prevent heatstroke and remove fire. In hot summer, hot summer fumigation will also lead to an increase in internal heat, mainly manifested as dry mouth and bitter taste, emotional irritability and anxiety, insomnia and dreaminess, and some even have symptoms of heatstroke. Therefore, heatstroke prevention and fire reduction is a compulsory course for summer diet.
There are many foods that can remove fire every day, and eating some cool fruits and vegetables in summer is the best choice. Bitter gourd is the darling of people's summer life because it can clear away heat and detoxify. Eating bitter gourd often can cool the internal organs and help the elderly with diabetes spend the summer safely. In addition, watermelon, cucumber, wax gourd, lotus root, lotus seed and tomato are also good choices to cool off the heat.
Mung bean soup has the effects of relieving summer heat, benefiting qi, clearing away heat and toxic materials, inducing diuresis and reducing swelling, and can prevent heatstroke. You can always cook and drink. However, mung bean soup is cool, and the frail elderly should not drink more.