Summer cooling rice porridge and cold drinks taboos and autumn health preservation diet

23. What types of rice porridge can help cool you down and nourish your skin in summer?

Mung bean porridge: Wash 50 grams of mung beans and 250 grams of rice, put them in a pot, and add appropriate amount of water.

Measure water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat until it becomes porridge; separately stir in an appropriate amount of rock sugar syrup.

Mix it into the porridge and let it cool before eating.

This porridge can relieve summer heat, promote body fluid production, detoxify, reduce swelling, and relieve irritability.

It quenches thirst, prevents heatstroke, and improves complexion.

Fresh Sugarcane Juice and Mint Porridge: Take 500 ml of fresh sugarcane juice and mix it with 50 g of washed sorghum rice.

Add the ingredients to a pot, add water, and cook over medium heat until it becomes a thin porridge. When it is warm, add 20 ml of mint water.

Stir well and it's ready to eat.

This porridge replenishes the middle energizer and boosts qi, clears heat and generates fluids, relieves summer heat and refreshes the mind, strengthens the spleen and nourishes the complexion.

Lychee porridge: Peel 7 dried lychees, add 100 grams of rice (or glutinous rice) and appropriate amount of water.

Cook them together into porridge.

This porridge has the effects of promoting urination and relieving summer heat, stopping abdominal pain and diarrhea, and increasing skin luster.

Patchouli Porridge: Take 15 grams of patchouli, wash it, put it in a pot and simmer for 5 minutes, then take the patchouli juice and set it aside.

Rinse 100 grams of rice and put it in a pot with water. First bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat. When the porridge is almost cooked, add...

Add the herbs to the broth, bring to a boil, and serve cooled.

This porridge can relieve summer heat and irritability, stimulate appetite and stop vomiting, and remove...

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Lotus Leaf Porridge: Wash one fresh lotus leaf, cut it into 3 cm cubes, put it in a pot, add water, and bring to a boil.

After 15 minutes, filter the juice. Then, wash 100 grams of rice and put it in a pot, adding the lotus leaf juice.

Pour into a pot, add rock sugar and an appropriate amount of water, and cook into porridge. It can be eaten after it has cooled down relatively.

This porridge

It relieves summer heat and thirst, clears heat and lowers blood pressure, and promotes the production of body fluids and nourishes the body.

**24. What should you avoid when drinking cold drinks in summer?**

Cold drinks generally contain certain nutrients and are excellent for quenching thirst and cooling off in the summer.

Nowadays, there are many kinds of cold drinks, so be careful not to be fooled by unhygienic counterfeit products.

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Therefore, consumers should pay attention to discovering and judging the quality of cold drinks when purchasing them.

The quality and authenticity of those "three-essential waters" (saccharin, coloring, flavoring + tap water) are determined by the quality of the tap water.

Cold drinks made with water instead of mineral water, purified water, or distilled water, as well as cold drinks made in poor hygiene conditions.

Never patronize a food stall just because it's cheap.

Secondly, avoid consuming too many cold drinks and foods. Excessive cold drinks can cause discomfort in the throat and gastrointestinal tract.

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After swallowing a large amount of cold drinks, the submucosal tissue from the throat to the gastrointestinal tract is suddenly stimulated by the cold, causing inflammation.

Blood vessels will constrict sharply, causing functional disorders and easily leading to sore throat, hoarseness, and stomach upset.

Symptoms include pain or upper abdominal fullness and discomfort.

In addition, consuming too much cold drink can dilute stomach acid.

It irritates the gastric mucosa, causing indigestion and loss of appetite, especially in children and some women.

Drinking cold drinks can make you lose your appetite and hinder your intake of regular meals, thus affecting your health.

In large quantities

Among people who consume cold drinks, it has been found that some people experience a reflex reaction due to the irritation of the oral mucosa caused by cold drinks.

This causes vasoconstriction in the head, followed by passive dilation, resulting in what is known as vasomotor dysfunction.

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Some children eat cold drinks while playing, which makes them easily contaminated by unsanitary environments.

In addition, excessive consumption of cold drinks can easily lead to acute gastroenteritis and dysentery.

Thirdly, avoid replacing tea and plain water with cold drinks.

With improved living standards, many families

During the summer, Ting would bring cases of beverages home, believing that drinking them could both increase nutrition and prevent illness.

Cooling down in the summer is better than drinking tea, and it's a higher-class drink than plain water.

Little did they know that most beverages contain...

Synthetic pigments, which have adverse effects on the human digestive system.

These chemical synthesis

When pigments accumulate in the body, they can interfere with the activity of various digestive enzymes, thereby affecting sugar metabolism.

Metabolism of fats and proteins.

It is detrimental to children's growth and development, and also to women's beauty and skin care.

It is detrimental to the health and well-being of middle-aged and elderly people.

Many carbonated beverages mainly contain...

The main ingredient is baking soda, which can neutralize stomach acid and gastric juice, diluting the bactericidal and digestive abilities of stomach acid.

It affects the body's digestion and absorption of nutrients.

The benefits of drinking tea have already been described in a separate article; while plain water may be bland...

It is tasteless, but easily penetrates cell membranes, promoting human metabolism and helping to eliminate waste from the body.

The excretion of waste can also promote the body's immune function.

Therefore, various cooling drinks are not recommended.

Tea substitutes and plain water are both acceptable. For your health, I hope you learn to drink plain water. If possible, please do so at home.

Tingke often drinks cold water that has been filtered by a water purifier.

**25. What foods are suitable for autumn health maintenance?**

Autumn is dry, which depletes body fluids, causing people to experience dry throat, sores easily appearing in the mouth and nose, and dry skin.

It has an astringent taste and causes thirst, so you should pay attention to eating light and moisturizing foods to prevent dryness.

If appropriate

Drink plenty of plain water, and increase your intake of milk, soy milk, thin porridge, and mung bean soup with your three meals a day. Between meals...

Add fruit tea, lotus root starch, sesame paste, beverages, tea, or juicy fruits.

Fresh vegetables should be selected.

Juicy radishes, cucumbers, winter melons, tomatoes, etc.

Fruits should be consumed in a way that nourishes yin and promotes the production of body fluids, such as...

Grapes, watermelon, pears, bananas, tangerines, coconut juice.

Among them, the pear is the "king of fruits," and can be eaten raw.

It clears heat from the six internal organs, and when cooked, it nourishes the yin of the five internal organs. It is a light, moisturizing, and beautifying health food for autumn.

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Other fruits that are both medicinal and edible also have the effects of promoting saliva production, stimulating appetite, nourishing yin, and quenching thirst.

Other

Alternatively, soak white fungus until softened, boil until tender, add rock sugar, and consume; this is also a nourishing food for autumn. Lily bulbs, on the other hand...

It is both a delicious vegetable and a good medicine, capable of clearing heat and promoting the production of body fluids. A suitable amount of lily bulbs can be cooked into porridge with rice to combat autumn dryness.

It is quite effective for those with dry cough.

In recent years, some researchers have conducted in-depth studies on the health benefits of summer and autumn pumpkins, believing that: young pumpkins...

Fresh melon juice can replenish qi and strengthen the stomach, aid digestion and weight loss, moisturize the skin, and accelerate the dissolution of urinary tract stones.

It has similar effects; it is also beneficial for fatty liver and gallstones, kidney stones, and bladder stones in obese women, such as those with long-term effects.

Long-term use can reduce weight, fat, and dissolve stones.

Made from high-quality autumn pumpkins through freeze-sublimation drying

Pumpkin powder can promote insulin secretion and lower urinary sugar, making it an effective remedy for preventing and treating diabetes.

Its antibacterial and antiviral properties also have a certain auxiliary therapeutic effect on nephritis and various types of hepatitis.

Chinese Pumpkin

This powder has been hailed as a "rising star in health foods" in the international market.

Autumn is also the harvest season for various dried fruits and nuts.

Lotus seeds, for example, benefit the spleen and nourish the heart, and strengthen the essence and stop bleeding.

It has a laxative effect, stimulates appetite and calms the nerves; red dates nourish the spleen and stomach, soothe the middle burner and replenish qi, nourish blood and yin; lotus seed and red date porridge is...

A good product for strengthening the spleen and nourishing the liver, with a light and moisturizing effect.

Longan can treat anemia, neurasthenia, and has anti-wrinkle and anti-aging properties;

Black sesame seeds can nourish the lungs and spleen, moisten the intestines and promote bowel movements, and benefit the skin; walnuts nourish the kidneys and blood, moisten the lungs and strengthen the brain.

Moisturizes and protects the skin.

For middle-aged and elderly patients with liver and kidney yin deficiency, alternately consume black sesame paste, longan, and walnuts.

Peach porridge can prevent and treat dizziness, lower back and knee pain, neurasthenia, and habitual constipation caused by excessive liver fire.