Information about long summer, long summer diet

1, Long Summer is the seventh solar term among the 24 solar terms, and it is also the first solar term in summer. Long summer indicates the change of seasons and the official start of midsummer season. When the sun reaches 45 degrees of the yellow meridian, it is a long summer, usually on May 5 or 6 of the Gregorian calendar every year. After the long summer, the temperature in southern China rose rapidly, and the rainfall and days of rainfall increased significantly.

2. "Summer" in long summer means "big", which means that plants sown in spring have grown upright. When the temperature rises obviously, the summer heat comes, thunderstorms increase and crops enter the peak season, people are used to taking long summer as an important solar term. There are three seasons in the long summer, one is the sound of insects, the other is the appearance of earthworms and the third is the birth of melons. The main customs are welcoming the summer ceremony, tasting new things, playing egg games, and "weighing people" in the long summer.

3. Entering the long summer, people's metabolism is accelerated, and the blood supply to the heart and brain is insufficient, which often makes people fidgety, tired and lazy. It is necessary to arrange work and rest time reasonably, supplement nutrition and adopt correct health care methods.

4. Long summer diet

After the long summer, the temperature may rise gradually, and people will inevitably be irritable and lose appetite. Therefore, the diet should be light, mainly digestible and vitamin-rich foods, and eat less big fish and meat and greasy and spicy foods.

After the long summer, the dietary principle is "nourishing yang in spring and summer", and nourishing yang focuses on nourishing the heart, which can not only supplement nutrition, but also strengthen the heart. Eating more vegetables, fruits and coarse grains at ordinary times can increase the supply of cellulose, vitamins B and C and prevent arteriosclerosis. In short, in the long summer season, it is necessary to nourish the heart and nature, make good preparations for summer heat, and make the functions of various organs of the body normal, so as to achieve the state of "sufficient healthy qi and no evil".