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Why should summer eat acid food?

In summer, it is easy to sweat, and the human body consumes a lot of body fluids and various nutrients. People are not only prone to intestinal diseases, but also have fatigue and loss of appetite. Du Jinxing, a professor at Beijing University of traditional Chinese medicine, said that in summer, we should eat more 'sour' food, which can stop sweating, stop diarrhea and dispel dampness, prevent excessive sweating and consume Qi and Yin, generate fluid and quench thirst, strengthen the stomach and eliminate food.

There are many acidic foods, most of which are fruits, such as tomatoes, lemons, strawberries, plum, grapes, hawthorn, pineapple, mango, kiwi, etc. the fruit juice of these fruits is relatively sour. Eating more can prevent excessive sweating, consume gas and hurt Yin, and generate fluid and quench thirst. In addition, many people have no appetite in the summer. Eating some sour fruit will help to invigorate the stomach.

In addition to fruit, summer can eat more vinegar. Summer is the season of high incidence of gastrointestinal diseases, acetic acid can be sterilized, so adding some vinegar can also prevent gastrointestinal diseases.

According to Tang Yu, a senior national chef, there are many ways to eat vinegar. You can either dip it in or put some vinegar in your usual cooking. In stewing meat, bone, skin food, you can also add a little vinegar, so that the food quickly cooked.

It should be noted that although drinking vinegar is beneficial to the human body, it should not be excessive. If there is gastric ulcer and excessive gastric acid, it should not be drunk. Otherwise, it will not only burn the digestive tract, damage the esophagus and gastric mucosa, but also affect the acid-base balance in the human body. Rinse your mouth immediately after eating vinegar to protect your teeth.