In the face of air pollution, what to eat is good for your health?

The fog is coming! Haze enveloped the city! In recent days, "smog weather" has become a hot topic in various places, especially in East China. Take Hangzhou, where the author lives, as an example. It has been smoggy for several days and the air pollution is serious. In such an environment, on the one hand, we should pay attention to self-protection, wear masks to reduce going out, on the other hand, we can eat more foods that are conducive to eliminating the negative effects of air pollution when hiding at home, so as to ensure our health to the greatest extent! Let's see what air pollution eats.

Fruits and vegetables suitable for eating after air pollution

Pear-the first choice to fight air pollution. No matter Sydney or Yali pear, fragrant pear or crystal pear, they are all fruit varieties with delicious flesh and sweet and juicy fruit. Pears are not only delicious, but also have the effects of resolving phlegm and quenching thirst, moistening the lungs and cooling the heart. Pear has a good effect on improving people who are poisoned by air pollution in urban smog weather. Pears can be eaten raw, squeezed or steamed with Fritillaria cirrhosa, which are all good anti-air pollution foods.

Which ingredients in food can best fight air pollution? -the answer is: antioxidants. This may be too academic, but in fact, antioxidants include vitamin E, beta-carotene and some trace elements, which are all known nutrients. The principle is that after inhaling polluted air, many free radicals harmful to health will be produced in the human body, and antioxidants can remove free radicals. Foods rich in vitamin e, such as nuts, peanuts, walnuts and sesame seeds. β -carotene is abundant in carotene and green vegetables. In addition, zinc and selenium in trace elements are also good antioxidants.

To sum up, here are a list of foods suitable for eating in air pollution environment: pears (eaten alone or with Fritillaria cirrhosa), rich in antioxidant vitamin E (peanuts, walnuts, sesame seeds, eggs, etc. ), rich in antioxidant β -carotene (carrot, spinach, papaya, mango and so on. ), rich in antioxidants zinc and selenium (watermelon seeds, kelp, shrimp skin, laver, pig liver). You can eat more of these foods in your daily diet according to your eating habits.

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Medicinal diet soup suitable for air pollution

In the folk, food tonic and medicated diet are one of the long traditions. There is food in medicine and medicine in food. We can also fight air pollution through some medicated soup. The first thing to introduce is Houttuynia cordata tea. Its method is simple: the dried houttuynia cordata (available in pharmacies) and the cut jujube are cooked together. This kind of tea has a good diuretic and detoxifying effect, which can reduce the toxic effect of air pollution on the body.

The second kind is winter melon and lotus seed porridge: first, the lotus seeds and rice are cooked with water, then the peeled diced winter melon is added, and a little ginger and refined salt are added to taste, so it can be eaten as a staple food. It not only tastes delicious, but also can clear away heat and toxic materials, improve the function of spleen and stomach organs and combat the negative effects of air pollution.

Thirdly, a drink with detoxification function is introduced: peeling carrots and apples and cutting them into pieces, and then drinking them in a juicer together with wheat malt, which can adjust body functions, replenish vitality and promote toxin discharge. Wheat malt can germinate by itself in a humid environment. Generally, when the malt grows to about 1 cm, it can be used to make this detoxification drink. The United States imports Puweixin Tmall