What to eat hot in summer? Seasonal food is recommended in hot summer.

In hot summer, people are prone to fatigue, lack of motivation and no appetite in diet. Eating seasonal food at this time can change this situation. Then let the old calendar introduce you to what to eat in summer and recommend seasonal food in summer.

Bitter vegetables

As the saying goes, hot food is "bitter" and better than tonic. Bitter food contains amino acids, bittersweet, alkaloids and so on. It has antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, summer-heat dispelling, refreshing, anti-fatigue and other functions.

watermelon

Watermelon is sweet and cold, which is also called "cold melon" by the people. It is the first choice for relieving summer heat and quenching thirst among melons. There is a folk saying that "it's half a melon, and it's nothing if it's hot." When heatstroke, fever, upset, thirst or other acute fever occurs in summer, watermelon should be used as an auxiliary treatment.

Mung Bean Congee

Eating more porridge in summer is a traditional health care method in China, which is of great benefit to the body. It is best to drink mung bean porridge, which is cool and has the effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat. The porridge used for heatstroke prevention also includes lotus leaf porridge, fresh lotus root porridge and raw reed root porridge.

tomato

The research results of German and Dutch scientists show that eating more tomatoes can protect against the sun. If you eat 40 grams of tomato sauce every day, the risk of sunburn will be reduced by 40%. Scientists believe that this may be that lycopene is playing a major role.

duck

Duck is sweet, salty and cold. According to the treatment principle of "heat is cold" in traditional Chinese medicine, it is especially suitable for people with low fever, physical weakness, eating less, dry stool and so on.