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What is the healthiest thing to eat after summer?

1, jiaozi: The dog days are the hardest days of the year, and people's appetite will drop and they can't eat anything. In the traditional customs of China people, jiaozi is a kind of food to satisfy the appetite, so people eat jiaozi in dog days to spend the summer safely.

2. Sweet potato: Sweet potato is rich in protein, starch, pectin, cellulose, amino acids, vitamins and various minerals. Sweet potato has anti-cancer, heart protection, prevention of emphysema, diabetes, weight loss and other effects. It has the reputation of longevity food. Whether it is boiled or baked sweet potato, it not only tastes sweet, but also has the effects of expelling toxin and eliminating dampness, promoting gastrointestinal peristalsis and helping to eliminate stool. In addition, if sweet potato is cooked with millet or other grains, the dehumidification effect will be better.

3, wax gourd: wax gourd contains protein, carbohydrates, dietary fiber, trace elements, vitamins and other ingredients, which are very rich in nutritional value and can be an excellent supplement needed by the human body. Summer is the mature season of wax gourd, and it is also the most suitable time to eat wax gourd. At this time, the carbohydrates in wax gourd can not only replenish body moisture, but also effectively clear away heat and relieve summer heat, strengthen the body and reduce swelling.

4. Red beans: Red beans contain a lot of protein, fat, amino acids, trace elements and vitamins. In traditional Chinese medicine, red beans are flat, sweet and sour, non-toxic, and have the effects of nourishing and strengthening, dehumidifying and nourishing, and strengthening the body. After red beans are cooked into porridge, the nutrition of red beans is more easily absorbed by the human body, which is more effective for nourishing the human body.

5, lotus seeds: eating more lotus seeds after entering the volt can dispel fire, the heart is the most fragile in hot days, and the heat is B, which is easy to get upset and sad. Although the lotus seed core tastes bitter, it can clear away heart fire and lower blood pressure, and is suitable for people with weak constitution, palpitation, insomnia and dreaminess. But people with dry stools and bloating had better eat less.

6. Ginger: It's the best time to drink ginger tea in dog days. Brew 4 slices of ginger, 4 slices of jujube and a proper amount of brown sugar in a cup of boiling water, and a cup of ginger jujube tea that warms the stomach and dispels cold will be ready. Drinking ginger tea is a simple and easy health care method, and now it seems to be more and more popular. Ginger tea can be drunk all year round, but summer is the most suitable season for drinking ginger tea.

Extended data:

Summer is the season with frequent gastrointestinal diseases. If people with deficiency and cold constitution are added, they will be more vulnerable to the virus. Such people try not to eat more cold and raw food. Because ice cream, ice cream and other cold drinks contain cholesterol, sugar and starch, eating cold drinks affects normal appetite and aggravates diarrhea.

Dog days are the high incidence of colds, especially in air-conditioned rooms or when electric fans are blown for a long time, there will be cold symptoms such as coughing, sneezing and runny nose. It is recommended not to stay in low-temperature air conditioning for a long time, try to open the window for ventilation when sleeping at night, and dry the sweat before the elderly enter the air-conditioned room.

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