Best Tips for Summer Health for Expecting Mothers
Best Meat - Duck Meat
Duck meat is high in protein and low in fat, making it beneficial for both expecting mothers and their babies. However, due to its cold nature, pregnant women who are usually weak and cold or experience decreased appetite, stomach pain, or diarrhea caused by cold should consume it in moderation.
Best Vegetables - Bitter Greens
Bitter melon, despite its bitter taste, has the ability to relieve heat, reduce fever, alleviate restlessness, invigorate the mind, and promote digestion. When cooking bitter vegetables, adding some chili and garlic can prevent excessive coldness. For expecting mothers, the bitter taste can stimulate taste buds, increase appetite, and promote gastrointestinal movement, aiding digestion.
Best Soup - Tomato Soup
Although tomato soup has a slightly sour taste, it can improve symptoms such as indigestion, loss of appetite, and dry mouth. The lycopene in tomatoes also has anti-aging and anticancer effects. Cooking and heating can break down the cell walls of tomatoes, making it easier for lycopene to be released and absorbed by the body. On hot days, drinking a bowl of tomato soup can quench thirst, stimulate appetite, and aid digestion, benefiting expecting mothers in the summer.
Best Seasoning - Vinegar
Some may say, "How can I swallow vinegar when it's so sour?" But in this hot weather, vinegar is a friend to expecting mothers because people often have a poor appetite. Using vinegar as seasoning is one of the simplest ways to regulate appetite. You can use vinegar to make salad dressings for vegetables or marinate cucumbers and beans as appetizers before meals. Vinegar is warm in nature and can prevent excessive coldness when mixing with cold vegetables like cucumbers and eggplants. In addition, summer is the peak season for intestinal infectious diseases, and vinegar has certain antibacterial abilities. Consuming vinegar while eating out can help prevent intestinal infectious diseases.
Best Beverage - Hot Tea
Tea is the best drink to relieve heat and quench thirst. Most people think of consuming cold drinks or chilled beverages, but cold drinks can be too cold and harm the spleen and stomach. In fact, when combating the heat, it is better to have a cup of hot tea. It not only has health benefits for expecting mothers, but also promotes sweat gland secretion, helping the body dissipate heat and lower body temperature. In ancient China, there was a saying, "Hot tea is the best remedy for heat."
