May 21, 2019
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【初夏飲食】身體外熱內熱偏不想吃熱食？
夏日飲食重點
雖然未食「五月糉」，但也彷彿呼吸到炎夏的暑氣。天氣悶熱令人胃口變差，外出只想吃喝各式甜品、特飲，回家時又按捺不住從冰箱取出冰凍汽水大口大口地喝，這都是因為夏天出汗較多、易耗氣傷津，會出現口渴、口乾等症狀，為了解暑就容易一時吃太多生冷。中醫理論指出「汗為心之液」，所以初夏時節需要注意養心，也要避免滋膩食物。另外夏天亦容易引發皮膚病，可適量食用清熱利濕的食材，忌食發物。天氣再熱，都要每天按時進食三餐保護脾胃運作呢！
夏日宜適量進食：
夏季當造瓜果－冬瓜、西瓜、青瓜、菠蘿、節瓜、絲瓜
苦味食材－苦瓜、芹菜、萵筍、枸杞葉
酸味食材－菠蘿、奇異果、山楂、檸檬、百香果、芒果
養心食材－紅豆、草莓、紅葡萄、紅棗
寒性蔬菜－ 芽菜、馬蹄、番茄、白菜、白蘿蔔、菠菜
夏日健脾胃養心餐單
早：烚番薯 / 瑤柱小米粥 / 番茄湯米粉
午：銀魚仔蒸肉餅 / 咕嚕魚塊 / 絲瓜豆腐泡飯
下午茶：一碗份量兩款水果，例如車厘茄、櫻桃、草莓、紅葡萄等等
晚：涼拌苦瓜 / 蒜蓉炒紅莧菜 / 粉葛紅蘿蔔綠豆湯
建議每天飲用米水，全日任何時候皆可飲用。有助消化、轉化並吸收營養、排出多餘水分！
Summer Diet Pointers
It may not quite be time to eat rice dumplings yet, but you can definitely feel the heat in the air. Hot weather may decrease your appetite. You might crave for desserts and specialty drinks while you are out, and head straight to the fridge for a cold soda when you are home. You are thirsty and have dry mouth because you sweat too much in summer, resulting in loss of qi and fluid. You might try to cool down by eating many cold/raw food. Chinese medicine believes that ‘sweat is the heart’s fluid’. So it is important to calm your mind and avoid nourishing food in early summer.
Otherwise, skin allergies are prone to act up in summer. Appropriately consume ingredients that can clear heat and promote diuresis as well as avoid stimulating foods. No matter how hot it is, remember to eat three meals on time to protect spleen and stomach.
Foods to eat appropriately in the summer:
Seasonal melons and fruits- winter melon, watermelon, cucumber, pineapple, hairy gourd, luffa
Bitter- bitter melon, celery, lettuce, wolfberry leaves
Sour- pineapple, kiwi, hawthorn, lemon, passion fruit, mango
Heart nourishing ingredients- red beans, strawberries, red grapes, red date
Cold in nature- sprouts, water chestnuts, tomato, bak choy, white radish, spinach
Summer menu to strengthen the spleen and stomach and calm the mind
Breakfast: steamed sweet potato / dried scallops millet porridge / tomato soup rice noodles
Lunch: steamed meatloaf with ice fish / sweet and sour fish / tofu soup rice with luffa
Afternoon Tea: two types of fruits in a bowl, such as cherry tomatoes, cherries, strawberries, red grapes, etc.
Dinner: cold bitter melon / fried red amaranth with garlic / mung beans soup with carrot and kudzu
It is recommended to drink rice water at any time in the day to improve digestion and relieve water retention.
