What can't beginning of autumn eat? What food should I eat less after beginning of autumn?

After beginning of autumn, the weather became colder and the air became drier. Chinese medicine health care experts pointed out that the food supplement health care at this time should focus on "dryness is moistening" and "nourishing is harvesting". Some foods that were safe to eat before should be avoided as much as possible in beginning of autumn season, so today, the Old Yellow Calendar will introduce you which foods can't be eaten in beginning of autumn and which foods should be eaten less after beginning of autumn.

Watermelon: Try not to eat too much.

There is a folk saying in China that "autumn melons hurt the stomach", and there is also a saying that "watermelons after beginning of autumn can't be eaten". Nutrition experts point out that watermelon is cold. After autumn, with the decrease of temperature, the adaptability of gastrointestinal tract to cold food will also decrease. Watermelon can be eaten, but you can't eat more. Eating too much will stimulate the human intestine and easily lead to diarrhea, especially for people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold. It is suggested to eat less or not after beginning of autumn.

However, nutrition experts also said that although folk proverbs have some truth, people should not generalize. Whether you can eat watermelon after beginning of autumn mainly depends on the temperature and everyone's physique. If the temperature continues to be high, eating watermelon is still a good choice for most people to prevent heatstroke and cool down.

Luffa: The taste may get worse after autumn.

There is a saying in the older generation that "you can't eat loofah after beginning of autumn". It is said that the loofah after beginning of autumn, the so-called "autumn loofah", cannot be eaten by people with sores. After eating it, the sore poison will recur, which means that the loofah in autumn is "toxic", but this statement is controversial.

According to the data, loofah is rich in nutrition. In melon vegetables, the contents of protein, starch, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamins A and C are relatively high. In addition, loofah also has good medicinal and heat-clearing effects. It is very good to eat loofah in summer. The so-called autumn loofah after beginning of autumn should not be eaten more because it is cold, not because it is "toxic".

In addition, some people think that the reason why beginning of autumn doesn't eat loofah is because the loofah after beginning of autumn begins to get old, and the loofah will become fibrotic when it gets old, which is called loofah. Luffa itself can be eaten, but the old luffa is hard and thick, chewy and has a bad taste, so no one eats it.

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Chinese medicine has the concept of "eating radish in winter and ginger in summer". Ginger is pungent and spicy, and enters the lung meridian, spleen meridian and stomach meridian. Eating ginger in summer can sweat and cool down, dispel cold and strengthen the spleen and stomach. But it's different when you arrive in early autumn. The most important thing in autumn health preservation is to protect lung yin. You shouldn't eat spicy food or seasonings, such as pepper, pepper, cinnamon, ginger, onion and wine.

Ginger, in particular, was warned in ancient medical books: "Autumn ginger should not be eaten within one year", and beginning of autumn ate less or stopped eating ginger before and after. Because the vitality of nature begins to converge in autumn, the yang of human body also gradually converges, and the nature of ginger is to encourage the outflow of qi and blood, which is just the opposite of the trend of nature. Eating ginger at this time is contrary to our purpose of health care.

After beginning of autumn, the diet should avoid "heavy taste"

After beginning of autumn, the weather is getting colder, so we should eat less cold food. Meanwhile, avoid eating dry food. Many chronic respiratory diseases often recur or worsen in autumn, while fried foods and other dry foods are easy to harm body fluids and consume gas, so they should be avoided as much as possible.

In addition, beginning of autumn should avoid eating spicy and cold food, and pay special attention not to eat too cold food, so as not to cause indigestion and various digestive tract diseases. After beginning of autumn, we should also eat less spicy food, especially middle-aged and elderly people, and try to eat less onions, ginger, garlic and leeks.