Eat melons wisely to cool down! Bitter melon, cucumber, and watermelon can lower body temperature and help with bowel movements

The sun is high in the sky in summer, the weather is scorching, and eating melons will cool you down! Nutritionists pointed out that during the hot season, people are prone to fever, irritability, and high blood pressure. They suggest eating more bitter melon, cucumber, watermelon, etc. to cool down, or making homemade drinks to help lower body temperature and solve problems such as excessive sweating, less urination, and constipation.

Nutritionist Cai Yixuan pointed out that eating melon foods can lower body temperature. Melon foods, including winter melon, bitter melon, watermelon, etc., have high water content, about 90% of which is water. They can maintain a constant body temperature and are not affected by high outdoor temperatures. In addition, the human body can evaporate excess energy from the skin and nearby tissues through sweating, helping to cool the body.

Eating melons can help you lose weight and relieve the heat

In addition, most fruits and vegetables in summer are cool in nature. For example, watermelon is known as the "natural white tiger soup". It not only replenishes water but also acts as a diuretic, lowers body temperature, relieves sweating, and relieves discomfort caused by heatstroke. However, people with weak constitutions or diabetes should not eat less of them. At the same time, high-fiber vegetables can aid digestion, such as cucumbers, bitter melon, winter melon, etc., which are also very good fruits and vegetables for cooling down in summer.

In particular, bitter melon is commonly known as the "fat killer". It helps to lose weight and lower blood lipids, making eating bitter food like eating tonic. Secondly, winter melon contains two chemical components, tartronic acid and fenugreek, which can promote metabolism and burn fat. It is recommended to steam the winter melon or slice it and cook it into soup, which are both good weight loss diets.

Spices to taste

In addition to melons, nutritionist Cai Yixuan also emphasized that you can eat some spicy foods to reduce body temperature. For example, gingerol and gingerol in old ginger, cinnamon oil in cinnamon, or capsaicin in chili peppers can all stimulate perspiration and regulate body temperature, but too much is as bad as too little. You should avoid raising your blood pressure or irritating your gastrointestinal mucosa. Just use a moderate amount.

In addition, for patients with chronic diseases such as the three highs, there are basically no dietary taboos on melons such as loofah, winter melon, and bitter melon. However, from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, melons are mostly cold or cool in nature. Therefore, it is not recommended for women with weak constitution, fear of cold, poor blood circulation, or suffering from uterine fibroids to eat too much.

Melons are healthier to eat, steaming or boiling is better

As for cooking and preparing melons, what is the healthiest way to eat them? Nutritionist Cai Yixuan reminds us that melons have a soft and tender texture and are rich in water-soluble vitamins. Therefore, it is not recommended to cook them for a long time to avoid the loss of nutrients. Instead, it is recommended to steam, blanch for a short time, stir-fry with vegetable oil, or cook them into soup.

Recipe/Cucumber stuffed with meat (1 to 2 servings).

Ingredients: 1 large cucumber, 100g chopped pork tenderloin, 4 mushrooms, some chopped green onions, a little wolfberry, 1 spoon of soy sauce, 1 spoon of rice wine, a little sugar, 1 teaspoon of sesame oil.

Production:

1. Peel and cut the cucumber into pieces and remove the seeds.

2. Soak the mushrooms in water until they swell, then chop them into small pieces and mix them with the pork belly, chopped green onions and marinade.

3. Fill the cucumber with stuffing and garnish with some wolfberries.

4.Put it in a steamer and steam for 30 minutes.

[Summer cooling nutritionist tips]:

In the hot summer, you should drink more water to prevent heatstroke. In addition, you should increase your intake of fruits and vegetables, use blanching or steaming instead of frying or grilling, and make good use of natural ingredients to enhance flavor. In addition to drinking water, you can also consume more foods rich in water-soluble fiber to avoid constipation, such as seaweed and fruits.