Pay attention to "beginning of autumn's three meals" in rural areas? What are you talking about? Does it make sense?

Although food is the most important thing for people, we need to pay more attention to a healthy diet when the solar terms change. So what can't beginning of autumn eat in solar terms? What are the taboos of beginning of autumn diet? Bian Xiao will come to talk to you today.

First of all, loofah

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", can't be eaten by people with sores. After eating, the sore poison will recur, indicating that the autumn loofah is "toxic", but this statement is controversial.

Data show that loofah is rich in nutrition. Protein, starch, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamins A and C are relatively high in melon vegetables. In addition, loofah also has good medicinal and heat-clearing effects. It is good to eat loofah in summer. The so-called autumn loofah after beginning of autumn is not because it is "toxic", but because it is cold, so it is not appropriate to eat more.

Second, watermelon.

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 beginning of autumn, with the decrease of temperature, the adaptability of gastrointestinal tract to cold food will 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. Beginning of autumn suggested eating less or not.

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 depends mainly 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.

Third, ginger.

Chinese traditional medicine has the concept of "eating radish in winter and ginger in summer". Ginger is pungent and spicy, and enters the lung, spleen and stomach meridians. Eating ginger in summer can sweat and cool down, dispel cold and strengthen the spleen and stomach. But when you arrive in early autumn, the situation is different. The most important thing in autumn health preservation is to protect lung yin. It is not advisable to eat spicy food or spices such as pepper, pepper, cinnamon, ginger, onion and wine.

Ginger, in particular, has been 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 runs counter to our purpose of health preservation.

Bian Xiao has something to say:

1. After beginning of autumn, the weather turned cold, so eat less cold food. Meanwhile, avoid eating dry food. Many chronic respiratory diseases often recur or worsen in autumn, while dry food such as fried food is easy to hurt body fluid and consume gas, which should be avoided as far as possible.

2. After beginning of autumn, the weather is still sultry. The so-called "autumn tiger" refers to this period of time. At this time, the diet should begin to transition slowly, laying a good foundation for colds in autumn and winter.