The weather warmed the lungs.

Spring and summer will change seasons, affected by the weather. At this time, the focus of health experts is to raise lungs. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the lung is easily afraid of cold and heat. In spring, the weather is cold and hot alternately, and the body cannot moisten dryness and dispel fire, and the yang is rising, which is extremely harmful to the health of the lung. Mild, dry mouth, poor immunity, affecting lung self-repair. In severe cases, it may also cause inflammation and pneumonia. Therefore, we should pay attention to nourishing the lungs, nourishing yin and clearing away heat, moistening dryness and promoting fluid production.

For allergic people who are susceptible to pollen and climate change; There are active smokers and passive smokers at home; It is easy to get thirsty, get angry and have asthma attacks when the season changes. Pay attention to lung health. Nutritionist's suggestion: don't miss several foods, especially suitable for middle-aged and elderly people.

The first is yam, which has been a root food all year round. Generally, people who like to eat yam will have a healthy stomach. Previous studies have found that yam contains more amylopectin, and steamed yam tastes soft and waxy, which can stimulate gastrointestinal tract to secrete more digestive enzymes and improve the physiological function of small intestine. In the list of nourishing stomach, yam is very beneficial to patients with gastritis and gastric ulcer.

In addition to the benefits of nourishing the stomach, according to medical records, yam also has the effects of nourishing the stomach and strengthening the spleen, tonifying deficiency and moistening the lungs, and relieving cough. Can be use for people with spleen and stomach weakness and lung yin deficiency. Middle-aged and elderly people have poor basal metabolic rate and high blood sugar. Polysaccharides and dehydroepiandrosterone extracted from yam are beneficial to promote metabolism.

Followed by oranges, oranges are rich in aroma and belong to rutaceae citrus fruits. Chinese medicine believes that oranges are cold, which has the effects of moistening the lungs and relieving cough, and facilitating urination and defecation. People with gastrointestinal discomfort may wish to cook oranges and eat them. At the same time, pay attention to drinking the water that boiled oranges together, and don't waste water-soluble vitamin C.

In addition, it is reported that Zhong Nanshan, an academician of China Academy of Engineering and a respiratory expert, eats an orange for breakfast every day. Rich in vitamin C, it can improve human immunity and remove harmful free radicals.

Finally, Sydney, a common fruit in fruits, may be considered as lung white, but modern research on Sydney does not have the effect of nourishing the lungs.

Because of its high moisture content, usually around 80%~90%, you might as well eat more when changing seasons. Sydney's glycemic index is very low. Eating half a pear and half an apple every day will not affect the glycemic index.

If middle-aged and elderly patients feel uncomfortable in the digestive tract after eating Sydney, they can mix Sydney with tremella and lotus seeds to make a bowl of soup, which is a good drink every day, especially suitable for people who often cough and dry throat.