What vegetables should I eat in summer?
1, lotus root
Fresh lotus root is rich in trace elements such as copper, iron, potassium, zinc, magnesium and manganese. In tuber food, the iron content of lotus root is high, so people with iron deficiency anemia are most suitable to eat lotus root. A variety of trace elements in lotus root are beneficial to the production of red blood cells and maintain the normal work of muscles and nerves. In addition, these nutrients also help to secrete digestive enzymes and improve digestion.
Step 2 water chestnut
Water chestnut in August is crisp and healthy. Eleocharis tuberosa is nutritious, rich in starch, protein, glucose, unsaturated fatty acids and vitamins, easy to digest and absorb, and has the effects of invigorating spleen, nourishing stomach, tonifying kidney and nourishing blood. The ancients believed that eating more water chestnuts can tonify the five internal organs, eliminate all diseases and make people keep fit. The so-called Homo sapiens has the function of losing weight and keeping fit.
3. Sweet potato
According to Compendium of Materia Medica, sweet potato has the effects of "tonifying deficiency and benefiting qi, strengthening spleen and stomach, and strengthening kidney yin", which makes people "live longer and have fewer diseases", and can also tonify the middle energizer, warm the stomach and strengthen the five internal organs, so it is often used to tonify deficiency. Regular consumption of sweet potatoes can also maintain the elasticity of blood vessels, prevent atherosclerosis, and have a certain protective effect on the cardiovascular system.
4. Spinach
Spinach can clear the heat poison in human stomach, prevent constipation and make people radiant. Known as the "clearing technology" of gastrointestinal heat toxicity. Spinach leaves contain an insulin-like substance that can keep blood sugar stable; Spinach is rich in vitamins, which can prevent and treat angular stomatitis and night blindness.
5. Corn
In early autumn, when corn comes on the market, I suggest you eat more fresh and tender corn. Because its nutrient content is much higher than that of old corn. Corn is rich in dietary fiber, which can promote intestinal peristalsis and reduce the body's absorption of toxins. The content of magnesium, calcium, carotene and other nutrients is also higher than that of ordinary grains, which has the functions of preventing and treating hypertension and scavenging free radicals and is very beneficial to delaying aging.
6. Green beans; Beans; green soya bean
Green beans are rich in protein, and protein is rich in lysine and tryptophan, which can beautify the skin, promote growth and improve attention. It is rich in iron and has the effects of hematopoiesis and blood supplement. Pods are rich in dietary fiber, and people with constipation often eat them, which can promote smooth defecation.
7. Chinese yam
In traditional Chinese medicine, yam has the functions of "hearing and improving eyesight" and "not starving and prolonging life", which is very beneficial to human health. There is also a saying among the people that yam has a remarkable effect on conditioning physiological ability, physical weakness after illness and postpartum nursing of women and children, so it is called "taking medicine".
8.carrots
After a summer of toxic sun exposure, many beautiful women's skin gradually turned black. Carrots are sweet and flat, and have the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, tonifying the middle energizer and calming the nerves. They are very suitable for people with dry and rough skin or with blackheads and keratoeczema. Carrots are rich in vitamins, have a slight and continuous sweating effect, can stimulate the metabolism of the skin, promote blood circulation, and thus make the skin rosy.