Top summer health foods for light nourishment.

Introduction: In many people's minds, winter is the best season for nourishment. In fact, from a health perspective, nourishment is suitable for all four seasons, but the methods vary. For example, during the current hot summer, the method of "light nourishment" (qing bu) is appropriate. Below are four "top" foods recommended for summer health preservation.

Bitter Melon

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) believes that in summer, the "heart fire" is prone to flare up, and bitter flavors can help release summer heat and drain summer dampness. Appropriately eating some bitter foods in summer can restore the spleen and stomach's function of receiving and transporting food, thereby increasing appetite. Eating some bitter melon on hot days can not only clear the mind, relieve irritability, and refresh the mind, but also increase appetite and strengthen the spleen and benefit the stomach. Furthermore, modern medicine has discovered that bitter melon contains an active protein that can effectively stimulate the body's immune cells to kill cancer cells, giving it certain anti-cancer properties. Bitter melon also contains a substance similar to insulin, which has a significant effect in lowering blood sugar, and is therefore recommended by nutritionists and medical experts as an ideal food for diabetic patients.

Bitter Melon and Bell Pepper

Beer

Beer is rich in amino acids, protein, sugars, minerals, and other components beneficial to human health, earning it the reputation of "liquid bread." Drinking a moderate amount of beer in the summer can have effects such as stimulating the appetite, brightening the eyes, dissipating heat, quenching thirst, relieving coughs, promoting urination, eliminating fatigue, and restoring strength, making it an ideal beverage for summer.

Mung Bean

Mung beans are sweet and cold in nature, and they enter the heart and stomach meridians. They have the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, as well as relieving summer heat and promoting urination. However, it should be noted that mung beans should not be cooked until they are too mushy, as this can destroy their organic acids and vitamins, reducing their heat-clearing and detoxifying effects. Also, because mung beans are cooling in nature, people with weak spleen and stomach should not eat too many of them.

Mung Bean, Lotus Seed, and Coix Seed Soup

Watermelon

In the summer, you sweat a lot, and with the loss of sweat, you also lose nutrients. Eating some watermelon can not only replenish the lost fluids but also increase nutrition. Research also shows that people who smoke, drink alcohol, or prefer salty foods have a higher incidence of esophageal cancer. Regularly eating watermelon can reduce the risk of developing esophageal cancer. The protease found in watermelon juice can convert insoluble protein into soluble protein, thereby increasing the nutritional intake for patients with nephritis. Thus, watermelon is a good remedy for kidney patients. Watermelon rind is also an excellent beauty product. Rubbing it on facial skin and then washing it with清水 can increase skin elasticity, reduce wrinkles, and add a healthy glow.

Watermelon Slush