Due to the hot summer and excessive sweating, the body loses a lot of water, and the digestive function of the spleen and stomach is relatively poor. Therefore, consuming more liquid food is an important method for summer dietary health. For example, eating congee for breakfast and dinner, and drinking soup for lunch can not only promote fluid production to quench thirst, cool down, and relieve summer heat, but also nourish the body. When cooking congee, adding some lotus leaves makes it lotus leaf congee. It has a fragrant taste with a slight bitterness, which can stimulate the appetite, relieve summer heat, nourish the stomach, clear the intestines, and promote fluid production to quench thirst. When cooking congee, adding some mung beans or simply using mung beans to make soup has the effects of relieving summer heat and thirst, clearing heat and detoxifying, promoting fluid production, and inducing urination. The nutritional consumption is greater in summer, and the hot weather affects people's appetite. In addition to paying attention to dietary cleanliness and lightness, it is also necessary to supplement some nutrients.
1. Supplement sufficient vitamins, such as eating more fresh fruits and vegetables like tomatoes, green peppers, winter melon, watermelon, bayberry, melon, peach, and plum;
2. Supplement water and inorganic salts, especially pay attention to potassium supplementation. Beans or bean products, mushrooms, fruits, and vegetables are all good sources of potassium. Eat more foods that clear heat and promote diuresis, such as watermelon, bitter melon, peach, dark plum, strawberry, tomato, cucumber, mung beans, etc., all of which have a good effect of relieving summer heat;
3. Supplement protein in moderation. Fish, lean meat, eggs, milk, and beans are all excellent sources of high-quality protein. Don't eat food taken from the refrigerator right away
In summer, people love to eat fruits, drinks, and other foods just taken out of the refrigerator. Some people, especially children with weaker gastrointestinal function, are most prone to severe abdominal pain about half an hour after eating. In severe cases, symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, dizziness, diarrhea, and chills may occur. After a hospital examination, doctors mostly conclude with acute intestinal colic. This kind of colicky pain is caused by eating food stored in the refrigerator. The temperature of the human gastrointestinal tract is generally around 36°C, while food taken directly from the refrigerator is only 2°C to 8°C. After the gastrointestinal tract is strongly stimulated by the low temperature, the blood vessels suddenly constrict and narrow, blood flow decreases, and gastrointestinal digestive fluids stop secreting, leading to physiological dysfunction. The simple way to prevent this disease is not to eat food taken from the refrigerator in a hurry. Let it sit at room temperature for a while before eating, and do not eat too much at once. Especially for the elderly, children, and people with chronic gastritis or indigestion, they should eat less or not at all.