What do you eat during the dog days?

The advent of dog days means that the climax of summer will come. The temperature is getting higher and higher, making people feel hot and unbearable. How can we use the food to survive the difficult days and meet the beautiful autumn in the best condition?

The following Xiao Bian talked about the best of the summer.

1. The best condiments: The summer sultry of vinegar makes people lose their appetites. Eating cool, sour foods can stimulate appetite. With vinegar, minced garlic and other cold seafood, or vinegar pickled cucumbers, lotus root, bitter gourd, as a summer appetizer before the meal.

2. The best vegetables: bitter gourd best vegetable bitter gourd with evil heat, eyesight, heat detoxification effect. Studies have shown that bitter gourd contains substances that lower blood sugar, can prevent and improve the complications of diabetes, and can increase appetite. Other bitter vegetables such as celery, lotus seeds, etc. are rich in alkaloids, amino acids, bittersin, vitamins and minerals. They have the functions of relieving summer heat, removing heat, removing irritability, refreshing and strengthening the stomach. And bitter gourd is a low-energy vegetable, which is a good choice for crushers who want to lose weight.

3. The best meat: Duck Because duck meat is cool, with the advantages of high protein and low fat, containing more B vitamins and vitamin E, more meat, and potassium, iron, copper, zinc and other elements are more abundant Therefore, folks have the saying that “great heat and old duck wont medicine”. In addition to high-quality protein, duck meat contains very high selenium (12.25 μg%). Selenium is an antioxidant element and plays an important role in the body's antioxidant defense system. Frequent eating of selenium-enriched foods is beneficial for preventing cancer and delaying aging. So Xiaobian has been eating duck meat for several days.

4. The best fruit: watermelon Summer watermelon is the most common fruit, watermelon pods, watermelon water can supplement the body's skin, muscles, hair in hot summer nutrients need. Vitamins, enzymes, amino acids and other nutrients contained in watermelon can nourish the skin and increase appetite. For those who are emaciated, have dry skin and have a dull face, watermelon is a rare oral cosmetic agent.

Although these are the best products for the summer, they should not be eaten too much. Balanced nutrition is the most important thing.