1. Be mindful of preventing excess calories. In autumn eating habits, focus on moderation rather than indulging your appetite with overeating.First, reduce intake of strongly stimulating, spicy, and heating foods like chili peppers and black pepper. Increase consumption of vegetables and fruits such as winter melon, radish, zucchini, eggplant, leafy greens, apples, and bananas. Additionally, avoid accumulating damp-heat energy. Therefore, incorporate aromatic foods with dispersing properties, such as celery.
3. As summer transitions to autumn and temperatures drop, the body adapts physiologically. Consuming excessively raw or cold foods can lead to indigestion and digestive disorders. Thus, autumn diets should prioritize warmth—avoiding solely cold or cooling foods while incorporating more warming options.Nori seaweed, in particular, is rich in the soluble fiber alginic acid, which helps protect the body from radiation damage.
5. Autumn pears are an excellent seasonal fruit, offering significant benefits for relieving coughs and alleviating dryness.
6. Preventing autumn dryness syndrome is key. Start by drinking plenty of water, congee, and soy milk, and incorporate foods like radishes, lotus roots, water chestnuts, and pears—all of which nourish the lungs, generate fluids, replenish yin, and clear dryness.Pears, in particular, offer functions like generating fluids to quench thirst, relieving coughs and dissolving phlegm, clearing heat and reducing fire, and moistening the lungs to alleviate dryness. They are highly suitable for those with internal heat, experiencing lung-heat coughs, dry throats and sore throats, or constipation. 7. During autumn, minimize or avoid consuming pungent and heating foods like chili peppers, scallions, ginger, garlic, and pepper. Reduce intake of fried and greasy foods to prevent exacerbating autumn dryness symptoms.
8. Autumn diets should prioritize nourishing yin and moistening the lungs. As autumn dryness easily damages the lungs, incorporate moisturizing foods like sesame seeds, honey, lily bulbs, almonds, and dairy products to benefit the stomach, generate fluids, and promote health. Additionally, moderately increase intake of sour fruits and vegetables, as sour flavors help consolidate and anchor.
9. In early autumn, temperatures remain relatively high and the air is drier. Thus, nutritional supplementation should focus on light, nourishing options.