Tips for keeping healthy in cool summer: What to eat in summer?

1, protein needs sufficient supply.

In summer, the temperature is high, the metabolism of human body is accelerated, and energy consumption is high. Therefore, the supply of protein must be appropriately increased, and the daily intake should be 100g- 120g. Plant protein can be obtained from bean products, and animal protein should be eaten in moderation besides dairy products, such as chicken, duck, lean meat, pigeons and other meat products with flat or cool nature. You can stew duck meat, or add lotus root, wax gourd and other vegetables to make soup. This can not only supplement nutrition with vegetarian food, but also strengthen the spleen, replenish qi and nourish yin.

2. Foods that nourish qi and yin are not indispensable.

It's very hot in summer and I often sweat. At this time, it is very easy to consume gas and hurt yin, and people often feel "three points are not sick". Therefore, when you come out at this time, you need to replenish water and eat more foods that can enhance your physique, benefit qi and nourish yin. Such as yam, honey, lotus root, jujube, fungus, chrysanthemum porridge, soybean milk, lily porridge, sea cucumber, eggs, milk and so on.

3. Eat as much bitter food as possible.

Bitter food can not only clear away heat, but also relieve summer heat and fatigue. Therefore, eating bitter foods such as bitter gourd, bitter vegetable and bitter buckwheat in summer can strengthen the spleen and stimulate appetite, not only keep the evil of damp heat away from you, but also prevent heatstroke, killing two birds with one stone.

4. Increase the food intake of clearing heat and relieving summer heat, strengthening spleen and promoting diuresis.

Mung bean soup is a traditional folk food for relieving summer heat in China, and it can be safely eaten by people with deficiency of spleen and stomach and physical weakness. In addition, lotus leaves, watermelons, lotus seeds and wax gourd also have good effects of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat. Lentils and coix seed have a good spleen-strengthening effect and are the best food for patients with spleen deficiency in summer.

5, Yiqi Jianpi, summer heat and body fluid

It's hot in summer. The weather is not only hot, but also there are a lot of lightning and heavy rain. At this time, people are prone to abdominal distension, loss of appetite, fatigue and other symptoms due to the influence of summer heat and dampness. At this time, the diet should be light and diverse, mainly to replenish qi and spleen, relieve summer heat and promote fluid production, and you can eat more mung beans, cucumbers, bitter melons, lotus roots, duck meat, mushrooms, laver, watermelon, coix seed, wax gourd, longan, peaches, wampee and reed roots.