What food does summer cold eat?

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Cold is a common disease in summer. Many people in the cold, the first reaction is to see a doctor to take medicine. There is a saying that "medicine is divided into three poisons". Taking medicine often will not only increase the burden on the liver, but also make the body dependent on drugs, leading to low immunity. So let's introduce to you what kind of food to eat for a cold in summer.

What food does summer cold eat?

First: carrots: yellow and orange vegetables, such as carrots, contain β- Carotene. This chemical can be converted into vitamin A in the body, which can increase the number of T cells and enhance immunity. Carrots are also a good side dish. Try these recipes: Roasted carrots with ginger juice, or mashed carrots with turnip.

Second: pumpkin: pumpkin can be used as food as well as vegetables, because pumpkin can not only satisfy hunger, but also has certain therapeutic value. Pumpkin contains vitamins and pectin, pectin has good adsorption, can bond and eliminate the body of bacterial toxins and other toxic substances, can play a role in detoxification.

Third: sweet potato: can produce fluid to quench thirst, treat raw food or cooking《 Lu Chuan's materia medica records: "produce fluid to quench thirst, cure fever and thirst." Suitable for wind heat, cold, fever, dry mouth, headache and thirst.

matters needing attention

What can't a cold eat? 1. Sweets, whether high sugar fruits or desserts, should be fasted during a cold. Sweets will not only increase the viscosity of phlegm, increase the amount of phlegm, but also lead to abdominal distension and inhibit appetite. High sugar fruits include mango, grape, litchi, sugarcane, pineapple, red jujube, etc. What can't a cold eat? 2. Strong tea, strong coffee, strong tea and strong coffee can cause gastrointestinal discomfort and sometimes gastroesophageal reflux. What can't a cold eat? 3. Crude fiber food cold period, people's stomach power is weak, so this period of time also try to avoid eating celery, leek, chrysanthemum and other crude fiber food, otherwise increase the gastrointestinal burden. What can't a cold eat? 4. Barbecued and fried foods, such as fried potatoes, fried pork chops and barbecued meat, are delicious, but not easy to digest, which delays the recovery and is not conducive to the early recovery of the disease.