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Colorful foods can increase appetite during hot summer months: nutritionist

Colorful foods can increase appetite during hot summer months: nutritionist

2022-07-28

Does the summer heat make you lose your appetite? It’s actually quite common. But nutritionists say it’s important to keep eating, as sweating can cause the body to lose a lot of vitamin B. Nutritionists say a good way to increase one’s appetite is to prepare colorful foods with sour and spicy notes. Let’s hear from an expert.

Hsia Tzu-wen
Nutritionist
During this period, you may want to eat more foods with vitamin B, such as whole grains or even dairy products and offal. All these have vitamin B. Spicy foods and strong favors are a good way to stimulate our taste buds. Choosing vegetables with bright colors like yellow, orange or red can also open up our appetite via our eyes. Environmental factors can also increase our appetite.

Some good options to get your mouth watering include Thai-style lemongrass chicken salad, or beef with lettuce and a sour and spicy sauce. Fresh flavors and varied colors can also get your body craving for a bite. That’s red vegetables like tomatoes and chilies, orange ingredients like salmon and tangerines, or a pop of yellow with corn and mango. It doesn’t have to be anything fancy, a simple homemade meal can suffice.

炎炎夏日胃口差... 營養師籲吃"酸辣"刺激味蕾

2022-07-28

夏天天氣真的好熱,很多人胃口變差,其實是大量流汗會導致維生素B流失影響。營養師建議,口感上可以選擇酸辣口味刺激味蕾;多選擇紅、黃色鮮豔的食材,從視覺上去增加食慾。

[[營養師 夏子雯]]
“你在這個時候,你可能要多補充一些維生素B群的食物,像是可能全榖雜糧類,甚至乳製品、內臟類,其實它都有一些B群在裡面。辛香料味道比較重的是比較好的,那你也可以刺激我們的味蕾,或選一個像是橘黃紅色的這些蔬果,容易刺激我們食慾顏色的一個盤子,或者是環境空間的話,其實都會增加我們食慾。”

像是泰式香茅雞胸沙拉,酸甜口感刺激味蕾,或是將牛肉炒香伴著生菜和酸辣醬,夏天吃涼拌菜色,清爽又開胃。也可以選擇鮮豔外觀的菜色,紅色像番茄、辣椒、橘色如柑橘或鮭魚以及黃色玉米或芒果,在家簡單動手,就能輕鬆享受。

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