Summer is here and many people are feeling a loss of appetite, what’s going on? Today let’s learn about the reasons for lack of appetite in summer and how to maintain a good appetite in summer. Why no appetite in summer The body transmits high-temperature stimuli to the thermoregulatory center through nerve conduction, which produces an inhibitory response to the feeding center through a complex regulatory mechanism, leading to a reduction in food intake. In summer, people also consume cold and chilled food to prevent heat, but excessive consumption of these foods can lead to damage to the gastric mucosa and affect appetite. Summer will also make the body sweat a lot, the loss of body fluids will make the body water, electrolyte imbalance, gastrointestinal peristalsis is weakened, making people only want to drink water, do not want to eat. There are also summer people like to eat late night snacks, not only affect the sleep, but also easy because of unclean diet caused by acute gastroenteritis, lack of sleep and gastroenteritis can affect the appetite. In addition to the summer people greedy cold drinking cold, easy to hurt the spleen and stomach of the Yang Qi, and easy to endogenous dampness. The spleen is the master of transportation and transformation, and the stomach is the master of intake. Therefore, it is natural for people to have a decreased appetite and poor appetite in summer. How to do without appetite in summer 1, do not overeat, eat less late night snacks, less alcohol, pay attention to dietary hygiene, try to eat less cold food. 2, the main tonic, eat less greasy food, especially to eat less red meat, in the cooking method as far as possible to stew, steam, boiled, less fried, stir-fried, fried. 3, according to the body type of appropriate choice of fruit. Summer fruit, such as watermelon is very good to prevent the heat of the fruit, but the cold body should not eat more, but also to avoid eating too much and affect the amount of meals. 4, drink more soups, porridge, fluid and light food, to avoid too spicy stimulation. 5, appropriate exercise to promote digestive function. 6, pay attention to the temperature of the air conditioning, 26 ℃ to 28 ℃ is appropriate, and do not blow directly on the body. 7, to ensure the quality of sleep. Lack of sleep can also affect a person’s appetite, especially in the hot summer more attention to sleep time and quality. Chinese medicine food therapy – let your appetite always open Chinese medicine has a long history and rich experience in the care of the spleen and stomach. Here we introduce several dietary treatments that are suitable for the spleen and stomach in summer, so that your appetite will always be open and you can spend the summer healthily. Sour plum soup Composition: Hawthorn, blackberry, licorice, rock sugar, osmanthus. Directions: Wash the umeboshi, hawthorn and licorice, add water and soak for 1 hour. Pour the soaked ingredients into a pot, bring to a boil on high heat, then turn down the heat and boil for 90 minutes to turn off the heat. Effects: Helps digestion and increases appetite. Sour plum soup can not only quench summer heat and thirst, but also quickly eliminate fatigue. Job’s tear and red bean soup Ingredients: Job’s tear, red bean, 1 tbsp sugar. How to do: Wash the coix seeds and red beans into a pot, add 2 bowls of water, cook slowly for 1 hour on low heat, add red dates and sugar, cook for 30 minutes more until the beans are rotten, and eat as a snack. Efficacy: suitable for all kinds of people in summer, can clear heat and strengthen the spleen, diuretic and dispel dampness. Three bean soup Ingredients: black beans, green beans, red beans in appropriate amounts. Directions: Take black beans, mung beans and red beans in equal amounts, wash them with water and put them in a pot, add three parts of water to one part of the “three beans” and boil them on low heat. Effect: Black beans have the function of tonifying the kidney and benefiting the essence, green beans have the function of clearing heat and detoxifying the summer heat, red beans can clear heat, diuretic and reduce swelling, three beans used together, is a good product to eliminate summer heat.