Summer Health: Remember the Top 8 Tips to Stay Healthy and Ward Off Illness!

Summer is the season with the most abundant Yang energy, with a hot climate and vibrant vitality. The characteristic of summer is dryness and heat; "heat" is countered by "coolness," and "dryness" is driven out by "clarity." Therefore, clearing dryness and resolving heat is the key to summer health preservation. In the dry and hot month of June, remember these eight bests to ward off all illnesses...

One, the best condiment—Vinegar

In the scorching summer, when you sweat a lot, eating more vinegar can increase gastric acid concentration, aiding digestion and absorption, and stimulating appetite.

Vinegar also has a strong ability to inhibit bacteria, killing pyogenic staphylococci in a short time. It has a preventive effect on intestinal infectious diseases such as typhoid and dysentery.

In summer, people are prone to fatigue, drowsiness, and discomfort. Eating more vinegar can quickly relieve fatigue and maintain abundant energy.

Tomato Soup

Two, the best soup—Tomato Soup

Drinking more tomato soup in summer can provide nutrients and replenish water, killing two birds with one stone. Tomato soup (drink it after it has been cooked and cooled).

The lycopene it contains has certain anti-prostate cancer and heart-protecting effects, making it most suitable for men.

Three, the best meat—Duck

Duck is a water fowl with a cold nature. From the perspective of the Chinese medicine principle of "treating heat with cold," it is especially suitable for people with internal heat and "fire," such as low-grade fever, weakness, poor appetite, dry stools, and edema, which are common in summer.

Duck stewed with ham and sea cucumber produces duck broth that is good for nourishing the Yin of the five organs;

Duck congee cooked with glutinous rice has the effects of nourishing the stomach, replenishing blood, and promoting fluid production, which is greatly beneficial for post-illness weakness;

Duck stewed with kelp can soften blood vessels and lower blood pressure, preventing and treating arteriosclerosis, hypertension, and heart disease;

Duck stewed with bamboo shoots can treat hemorrhoidal bleeding.

Four, the best beverage—Hot Tea

Tea is rich in potassium (the average potassium content in 100g of tea is 10.7 mg for green tea and 24.1 mg for black tea), which quenches thirst and relieves fatigue.

According to experiments by British experts, the cooling power of hot tea far exceeds that of cold drinks, making it the champion among summer beverages.

Five, the best nutrient—Vitamin E

Vitamins can help you get through the summer safely, and the "best" crown goes to none other than Vitamin E.

Foods rich in Vitamin E include: eggs, pressed vegetable oils, kiwis, spinach, cabbage, sweet potatoes, Chinese yams, almonds, hazelnuts, and walnuts.

The most abundant sources are foods like wheat germ and black sesame. Most natural Vitamin E was initially extracted from wheat germ oil and is now commonly obtained from rapeseed oil and soybean oil.

Bitter Melon with Egg Yolk

Six, the best dehumidifying vegetable—Bitter Vegetables

Summer is hot and humid, which often makes people listless, fatigued, lethargic, with a stuffy chest, dizziness, poor appetite, and weight loss. At this time, eating some bitter vegetables is very beneficial.

Bitter melon, bitter greens, lettuce, celery, dandelion, lotus seeds, and lilies are all excellent choices.

Seven, the best exercise—Swimming

Swimming not only exercises the body's hands, feet, waist, and abdomen, but also benefits the internal organs such as the heart, brain, lungs, and liver. It is especially beneficial for blood vessels and is known as "vascular gymnastics."

In addition, because the calories burned in the water are significantly higher than on land, swimming can also reduce excess weight, achieving a fitness and beauty effect.

Lily and Snow Pear Soup

Eight, the best "cooling facility"—Fan

From a fitness perspective, the best "cooling facility" is a fan. Although the fan is an "antique," its fitness effect is incomparable to any other modern cooling device.

Fanning can exercise the limbs: using the left hand to fan can also have the unexpected effect of activating the right brain, developing its potential, and preventing stroke.