Eat more melons:

The summer temperature is high, and the human body loses a lot of water, so it must be replenished in time. The water in vegetables is natural, clean, nutritious and bioactive water filtered by multi-layer biofilm. The water content of melons and vegetables is above 90%. The water content of wax gourd ranks first among all vegetables, reaching 96%, followed by cucumber, melon, loofah, bergamot, pumpkin, bitter gourd and watermelon. Eating 500 grams of melons and vegetables is equivalent to drinking 450 ml of high-quality water. All melons and vegetables have the function of lowering blood pressure and protecting blood vessels.

Eat more cool vegetables:

The most important factor affecting human body in summer is the poison of summer dampness. Eating some cool vegetables is conducive to promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, relieving summer heat, clearing away heat and purging fire, expelling toxin and relaxing bowels. Cucumber vegetables, except pumpkin and cucumber, are warm, and others, such as bitter gourd, loofah, cucumber, vegetable melon, watermelon and melon, are cool vegetables. Tomato, eggplant, celery, chrysanthemum brain, sunflower (purple leaf), lettuce, asparagus, watercress, cold potato, etc. It is also a cold vegetable.

Eat more "sterilized" vegetables;

Summer is a season of frequent human diseases, especially intestinal infectious diseases. Eating more "sterilized" vegetables can prevent diseases. This kind of vegetables include: garlic, onion, leek, green onion, leek, green garlic, garlic sprout and so on. These onion and garlic vegetables are rich in broad-spectrum fungicides, which can kill and inhibit various cocci, bacilli, fungi and viruses. Among them, the most prominent role is garlic, which is best eaten raw.

Raw food and health

There is a fashion of "eating raw" on the dining table. Vegetables are eaten raw first, followed by fish. Sashimi is expensive, but it still attracts many people. Eating raw can keep the nutrition of food, especially the vitamins of food from being destroyed.

Nutrition researchers believe that all vegetables that can be eaten raw are best eaten raw; Don't fry vegetables that can't be eaten raw, and try to reduce the loss of vitamins. For example, the skin of cucumber has a high content of vitamin A. It's a pity that some people throw away most of vitamin A in order to be clean and not eat skin. People who eat celery don't eat leaves, but leaves contain more calcium, iron, potassium, vitamin A and vitamin C, so everyone should eat them together. Persimmon peppers should be eaten raw, because they are rich in vitamin C. According to the test, every gram of persimmon peppers contains vitamin C 70 to 120 mg, and vitamin A reaches more than 40 international units. If you eat 50 grams of persimmon pepper raw every day, you can meet the daily demand for vitamin C.

Vegetables are not only nutritious, but also have medicinal and health care values. There are many nutrients such as asparagine and protein amino acids. It is a product for removing blood stasis and promoting fluid production.

Radish is suitable for both raw and cooked food. Raw food tastes pungent and cool, and cooked food tastes sweet and slightly cool. Because of its high nutritional value and medicinal value, it is known as "autumn and winter radish competing for ginseng" The clinical practice of traditional Chinese medicine shows that radish has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, invigorating stomach and promoting digestion. Carrots with roots are rich in carotene and volatile oil, which can strengthen the stomach and help digestion. Regular consumption can prevent and treat diseases caused by vitamin A deficiency. Eating carrots raw can also prevent night blindness and miliaria in children.

Chinese cabbage contains minerals such as protein, vitamins A, B, C, D, fat, calcium, phosphorus and iron. Cabbage also has many medicinal values, which can promote intestinal peristalsis, relieve constipation, relieve hangover and digestion, broaden the chest and relieve annoyance, and benefit the underwater qi. Wash Chinese cabbage and mix it with white sugar to treat peptic ulcer bleeding.

Drink juice for fitness in summer.

Comprehensive lotus root juice: cut lotus root, carrot and apple into small pieces and put them into a blender to make juice. You can add a little cold water and a little honey to taste. Lotus root contains a lot of phosphorus, potassium and vitamin C, which has the functions of detoxification and strength. Vitamin A contained in carrots and apples can relieve fatigue and make skin beautiful and shiny.

Honey lemon juice: first pour honey into a slender bottle, then slice a lemon and soak it in honey. When drinking, add two spoonfuls of honey lemon juice to half a cup of cold boiled water (warm boiled water can be used in winter), or add a little ice cubes and mix well.

Orange juice: orange sweat is best with skin. However, because the orange peel is too fragrant, it is appropriate to use a little. Remove the seeds of oranges, add sugar, and juice with cold water. You can also use orange juice instead of orange juice, and so on.

Grape juice: cleaning the grapes: pick the grapes one by one, put them in a blender, add ice water and sugar, stir for 2-3 minutes, and filter off the dregs to get delicious grape juice. Grapes contain tartaric acid, which can promote skin breathing faster. If mixed with carrot juice, the cosmetic effect will be better.

Ginger jujube juice: 500g of ginger, 250g of jujube, 50g of white salt, 90g of licorice, 0/5g of clove/kloc-,0/5g of agarwood/kloc-,2g of printing. Mashing the above medicines into coarse powder, and mixing evenly. Take 10- 15g every morning.

Vegetable juice: Drinking vegetable juice is the most ideal way to absorb plant nutrition, because vegetable juice is easily absorbed by gastrointestinal tract. Generally speaking, food stays in the stomach for about 2 hours and in the small intestine for about 3 hours before being absorbed by blood. After the vegetable juice enters the body, it will be absorbed by the blood in 20-30 minutes. So we can make drinks to drink every day according to the different functions of various vegetables.

Eat fruits and vegetables: rich colors protect health.

Fruits and vegetables are divided into seven categories according to color, and each category has different health care functions.

Red-includes tomatoes (better when cooked), pink grapefruit and watermelon. Can prevent prostate cancer and heart and lung diseases.

Purple-including red/blue grapes, blueberries, strawberries, beets, eggplant, red cabbage, red peppers, plums and red apples. Red wine also belongs to this category It can delay cell aging and prevent blood vessel obstruction.

Orange-including carrots, mangoes, sweet potatoes and melons. It can protect skin from radiation damage and promote the repair of damaged DNA.

Oranges-including oranges, peaches, papaya and Liu Ding. Can prevent heart disease.

Yellow-green-including spinach, corn, green peas, pears and cantaloupes. Can effectively prevent cataracts and skin degeneration.

Green-including broccoli, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, etc. Can prevent cancer.

White and green-including garlic, onions, celery, asparagus, pears, green grapes and leeks. It can fight tumors, and white wine also belongs to this category.

Nutrition experts say it is not difficult to eat fruits and vegetables for ten minutes every day. For example, a one-minute intake of fruits and vegetables includes a medium-sized apple, a banana, an orange, half a grapefruit, a quarter of a melon, a cup of leafy vegetable juice, half a cup of cooked or peeled fruits and vegetables, and six ounces of fruit and vegetable juice.

When eating out, in addition to eating fruit and vegetable salad as much as possible, the main course should also be accompanied by vegetables. Fruits and vegetables have many benefits, and nutrition experts hope that everyone will be a "lecherous".

Ten ways to treat diseases with tomatoes

Tomatoes are delicious on many people's tables because of their bright colors and attractive appearance. In fact, the nutrition in tomatoes, like its appearance, can be used to treat ailments.

1. Treatment of dermatosis: Fresh tomatoes are peeled, seeded and mashed and then applied to the affected area 2-3 times a day, which can cure fungal infectious dermatosis.

Second, beauty and anti-aging: mashing fresh cooked tomatoes and adding a little sugar to the juice can make the skin delicate and smooth, and the beauty and anti-aging effect is excellent.

Third, cancer prevention: tomatoes are not only nutritious, but also have a strong role in clearing away heat and toxic materials and inhibiting lesions. Eating 1-2 fresh tomatoes every day can play a role in cancer prevention and adjuvant treatment.

Fourth, the treatment of hypertension: choose 1-2 fresh and ripe tomatoes every morning and eat them with sugar on an empty stomach, which has obvious blood pressure lowering effect.

5. Treatment of anemia: Take 1 tomato, apple and 15g sesame once, and take 1-2 times a day for a long time, which can cure anemia.

6. Treatment of ulcer: For patients with mild peptic ulcer, the squeezed tomato and potato juice can be mixed and drunk once every morning and evening, and the ulcer can be cured by taking 10 times.

Seven, the treatment of hepatitis: take a spoonful of diced tomatoes, celery powder, carotene, lard, half a spoonful, mix into boiled glutinous rice porridge and cook, and add a proper amount to the association and monosodium glutamate to eat, which has an excellent effect on the treatment of hepatitis.

Eight, heatstroke prevention: Slice 1-2 tomatoes, add a little salt or sugar, and drink the soup while it is hot, which can prevent heatstroke.

Nine, fever: mixed with half a cup of tomato juice and watermelon juice, once an hour, can reduce the fever.

Ten, treatment of gingival bleeding: wash tomatoes as fruit to eat, even eat for half a month, you can treat gingival bleeding.

Medicinal effects of fruits

Eating fruit can not only increase various vitamins, but also have nutritional effects and cure diseases.

Apples: Take some half-cooked apples, decoct them in water and cook them in soup, which can cure dysentery and diarrhea. People with chronic diarrhea and neurocolitis can be cured by taking 15g dry apple powder with warm water on an empty stomach, 2-3 times a day.

Pear: Take a fresh pear, wash it, chop it with skin and stew it with sugar. Can be used for treating common cold, cough and acute tracheitis. Pear paste sugar is made from raw pears and honey, which has good curative effect on patients with lung heat, hepatitis and liver cirrhosis.

Watermelon: Eating watermelon can relieve fever and induce diuresis. For patients with hematemesis and intestinal fever, 30 grams of watermelon seed shell can be used, and the residue can be removed by decoction, and the amount of rock sugar is appropriate, twice a day, with excellent effect.

Bananas: If hemorrhoids bleed and constipation occurs, eating 1-2 bananas on an empty stomach every day can play a role in relaxing bowels. People with edema or beriberi can be decocted with banana stems and leaves, which has therapeutic effect. People with hypertension can use banana peel or fruit stalk (commonly known as banana wood) to decoct in water to lower blood pressure.