Summer has come, so you should pay special attention to some bad eating habits. Or else they will really affect your health! The following are some advices, and you'd better keep the four "less" in your mind.

Firstly, eat "less" warm fruits.
The so-called warm fruits refer to the ones which contain high energy and sugar. Eat too much this kind of fruits will easily cause too much "fire" in you body. Warm fruits include jujube, chestnut, peach, apricot, longan, litchi, cherry, pomegranate, pineapple, durian and so on. People who are physically hot and dry should eat less of such fruits.

Secondly, eat "less" meat.
Mutton and beef can easily bring too much "fire" to your body. When the temperature exceeds 35 degrees, people will sweat more, which will increase the viscosity of the blood. As a result, people will become irritable. If they eat meat at this time, their temper will become even worse. Secondly, meat does not contain much calcium, so eating too much meat will low the calcium content in the body, and will increase the tendency of anger and irritability of people. What's more, excessive intake of meat will cause angiosclerosis, thereby increasing blood pressure.

Thirdly, eat "less" peanuts.
Nuts such as walnuts, cashew nuts, pine nuts, melon seeds, almonds and pistachios contain high calories. The calories of 50 grams shelled melon seeds are equivalent to that of a large bowl of rice. For most ordinary people, eating 30 grams of nuts every day is an appropriate amount. Nuts have the function of producing in human body, so it is better to eat in the winter rather than in the summer.

Fourthly, eat "less" heat spices.
Heat spices include star anise, fennel, cumin, cinnamon, pepper, white pepper and so on. Heat spices will not only make people irritable and intolerant, but also will cause a number of digestive and urinary tract diseases. Eating too much heat spices can cause constipation, hemorrhoids, flatulence, oliguria, dysuria, kidney pain, as well as some systemic diseases, such as angular stomatitis, pharyngitis, conjunctivitis, prickly heat, heat stroke and so on. If the people who suffer from chronic diseases eat too much heat seasoning, it will cause exacerbations. Therefore, it is inappropriate to use to much heat seasoning in the summer diets.

Hope every one can keep the four "less" in mind when prepare the diets in summer. Only by this way will the diets be helpful to people's health.