Can You Eat Ice During the Hot Summer Solstice?
Although it is not yet the beginning of summer, the hot weather has already made its presence felt. It is the season to be cool, and eating ice is common. Eating cold food is the most popular way to cool down, especially ice cream, cold drinks, and chilled watermelon, which are very popular. However, if you consume too many cold foods during summer, it can cause serious damage to the body's yang energy.As for the reason, doctors say that nature follows balance. The hotter the weather, the more the internal organs appear to be cold. Otherwise, if both the outside and inside of the body are hot, it would disrupt the balance of yin and yang in the body, causing discomfort. In such a situation, eating cold food would make it even colder. The spleen and stomach are the foundation of the body's transformation and transportation, and excessive cold food could spread the cold through the spleen and stomach throughout the body, damaging the body's yang energy and leading to yin heatstroke, which may cause symptoms like headache, fear of cold, feverish skin, chills, and loss of appetite.
The key to avoiding being too cool lies in "not overdoing it." Occasionally having an ice cream or some cold dishes is fine, and drinking water doesn't necessarily have to be hot—room temperature boiled water is sufficient. On the contrary, if everything is consumed hot, it will break the body's balance as mentioned earlier. Moreover, always eating hot food can lead to excessive sweating, which may cause physical exhaustion, which is harmful to health. Therefore, everything should be done in moderation, following natural laws. "Going with the flow is often the best way to maintain health."
How to Prevent Heatstroke During the Summer Solstice?
1. Eat smaller meals more frequently: The more food you eat in one meal, the more metabolic heat your body produces to digest it. Pay special attention to eating less high-protein food, as they produce particularly high levels of metabolic heat.2. Eat spicy food: Although it is hard to imagine eating such food on a hot day, spicy food can stimulate the heat receptors in the mouth, improve blood circulation, and cause excessive sweating, which helps lower body temperature.
3. Take warm showers: It is best to use slightly cooler than body temperature warm water for showering or bathing, especially before going to bed.
4. Drink more water: Doctors recommend drinking more water instead of alcohol, as alcohol can lead to dehydration. Mineral water or low-sugar carbonated drinks are better choices.
5. Avoid intense exercise: Intense activity activates the body's energy and increases internal temperature.
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