Summer is here, Welcoming this sunny season may become difficult. This season comes with the heat,sweat, tanning, thirst, lack of appetite and so on….
Health wise this sunny season brings a lot of gastrointestinal problems like vomiting, diarrhea, food poisoning, dehydration etc.
The summer heat raises body temperature that leads to excessive loss of water and electrolytes like sodium and potassium, so the Diet wise, maintaining an optimal hydration level as well as to maintain electrolyte balance is very much important to protect our body from all sunny problems.
What to Eat to Beat the Heat !!!!
Coconut water - coconut water is full of health benefits and it has cooling properties. Coconut water is full of electrolytes, simple sugars and minerals, which will definitely help us to be cool this season.
Watermelon and musk melon – those special summer fruits with almost 90% of water content will help us to maintain body temperature and the antioxidant in it will act as anti aging.
Cucumber- The cucumber is full of water that keeps hydrated, fights heat, flushes out body toxins.Cucumber is best for skin in summer as it provides magnesium, potassium and silicon.
Lemon water – It helps to maintain body temperature, lemon helps in digestion, which is extremely important in the sunny season, as lemon good source of vitamin-C it is good for skin and boosts immunity.
Green veggies- Though green vegetables are good to have round the year, it is good to have lots of them during the summer months because they have a high water content.
Finally , eat light, drink lot of water, maintain good hygiene to remain healthy this summer.