Replenish moisture and cleanse your body on hot days with fruits.

1. Watermelon:

According to Master's degree holder Truong Thuy Vinh, Head of the Outpatient Department at the National Children's Hospital, watermelon is 90% water, providing hydration, detoxifying the body, and improving skin. Watermelon also contains antioxidants, vitamins, lycopene (an anti-cancer compound), and many other substances that help boost the immune system.

2. Mangosteen:

Mangosteen is a nutrient-rich summer fruit packed with minerals, vitamins, and especially xanthones, which help boost the immune system and protect the body from health problems caused by a weakened immune system.

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, mangosteen is considered to have a cooling effect, helping to cleanse the body, reduce heat, and relieve stress.

3. Oranges, tangerines, grapefruit:

Citrus fruits like oranges, tangerines, and grapefruits are rich in vitamin C, boosting the body's immunity and preventing dehydration on hot days.

4. Strawberries:

Strawberries contain 90% water along with fiber and vitamin C, which help increase blood flow to the skin, reduce photosensitivity, and improve skin structure and texture. Strawberries can be eaten fresh or juiced for a refreshing drink.

5. Pineapple:

According to traditional medicine practitioner Bui Dac Sang, pineapple has a sweet and sour taste, is neutral in nature, and has the effects of clearing heat, promoting urination, benefiting the spleen and stomach, treating sunstroke, relieving hangovers, aiding digestion, preventing colon cancer, and lowering blood pressure.

Pineapple can be eaten whole, juiced, or used in soups. Pineapple juice helps treat coughs and sore throats caused by heat. If you experience an itchy tongue after eating it, you should stop.

Eating pineapple after meals aids digestion and reduces fat absorption into the bloodstream. Pineapple also has diuretic effects, helping to treat high blood pressure and reduce swelling. Therefore, pineapple is a very good food for people with cardiovascular disease.

6. Dragon fruit:

Dragon fruit contains many nutrients and trace elements that help increase metabolism in the body, enhance detoxification, and improve skin health, making it smoother.

This fruit is high in fiber and low in sugar, which helps treat diabetes and obesity.

7. Guava:

The benefits of eating guava include its antioxidant content. One guava provides about 6% of the daily value (DV) of vitamin A, which is crucial for eye health, immune support, and healthy skin.

Guava also contains plenty of vitamin C, which is essential for the subcutaneous tissue. Vitamins A and C act as powerful antioxidants in the body, helping to protect cells from damage caused by various chronic diseases.

8. Apples:

According to traditional medicine practitioner Bui Dac Sang, apples have a sweet, slightly sour taste and a neutral nature. They have the effect of clearing heat, relieving irritability, generating bodily fluids, nourishing the heart and replenishing vital energy, calming the nerves, moistening the lungs, and strengthening the spleen and stomach. Apples can treat gastritis, hypertension, insomnia, anxiety, and other ailments.