At the beginning of summer, delicious and fresh fruits are in power, and you can eat and drink in summer to avoid getting sick and be healthy!
Summer is coming. Summer is the season with the most fruits, and it is also a good season to eat fruits. Fruits are rich in vitamins and minerals, which are very beneficial to human health. They can enhance cell vitality and promote gastrointestinal function. However, from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine and nutrition, fruits are divided into cold and hot. If your body is not suitable for eating cold or hot fruits, eating them improperly or eating too much will have a negative impact on the body. How to distinguish between cold and heat, let's discuss.
In summer, fruits are mostly cold and cool, such as cantaloupe, watermelon, pear, banana, kiwi, persimmon, grapefruit, etc. Generally speaking, people with a hot constitution have a strong metabolism, produce a lot of heat, and are prone to dry mouth, especially in summer. Eat cold things, so you can eat more cold fruits if you are really hot
However, some people cannot eat more cold fruits, otherwise they will be harmful to the body. One is qi deficiency, which refers to weak body, pale complexion, shortness of breath, low voice, etc. These people have poor resistance. The second is spleen deficiency. The spleen has the functions of transporting and transforming nutrients in food, transporting water and fluid, and controlling blood. Spleen-yang deficiency is mostly caused by eating disorders, excessive eating, or excessive cold food, which damages the spleen and stomach. Therefore, the more you eat cold fruits, the more you will damage the spleen and stomach. This type of person is more suitable for lychee, longan, longan and other warm fruits, but ordinary people usually eat too much and get angry, so they should not eat too much.
Fruits between cold and heat are peaceful. Such fruits are like grapes, pineapples, olives, ginkgo, plums, etc. People of different constitutions can eat them. However, you should pay attention to eating fruits. In summer, many people like to put fruits in the refrigerator. It is comfortable when you go in, but too cold fruit will stimulate gastrointestinal motility and slow down, which will cause indigestion, especially for those with cold stomach or mild gastritis.
Summer is hot, and appetite is greatly affected. At this time, it is even more important to eat on time. Many people are hungry and full because of lack of appetite, which will cause the physiological function of the spleen and stomach to be disturbed and induce spleen and stomach diseases. Because of the hot weather, many people lose their appetite and use fruits instead of three meals, thinking that they can still lose weight. In fact, this practice is not desirable. Because the use of fruit instead of three meals, in principle, will not have the effect of losing weight, but will cause the imbalance of nutrients, resulting in malnutrition.
The diet in summer should be low-fat, low-salt, multi-vitamin and light. People sweat a lot and have a bad appetite. They can use a variety of nutritious and health-care porridges to appetize and regulate their bodies. For example, eat porridge with meals in the morning and evening, and drink soup with lunch, which can not only promote body fluid and quench thirst, cool down and relieve summer heat, but also nourish the body. When cooking porridge, add some mung beans or use mung beans alone to make soup, which can relieve summer heat, quench thirst, and clear heat. Detoxification, fluid production and diuresis. Dried lentils soaked and cooked with rice to make porridge, can clear the summer heat and remove dampness, strengthen the spleen and stop diarrhea. In addition, red bean porridge, mint porridge, white fungus porridge, kudzu porridge, bitter gourd porridge are all good foods in summer.