Posted on March 3, 2009 in Diet-Trends, Diet-You
By the end of February you all must have started planning to spend your summer holidays near beach resorts. Summers mainly remind you of scorching heat, cool beaches, sweat, pool games, dehydration, etc. But to enjoy your summertime to its maximum you need to keep yourself fit and healthy. Here are some diet tips which will help you to enjoy healthy summer.
- With the high temperatures, your body tends to lose water and sodium in form of sweat. Hence it is important for you to drink plenty of water. Make sure that you keep a bottle of water with you always, be it your work-station, kitchen or car.
- During summers make sure that you eat lots of fresh vegetables and fruits. Besides providing you essential nutrients they will aid in weight loss.
- Include fruits and vegetables rich in water content like melons, oranges, lettuce, celery, tomatoes, cucumbers and onions in your summer diet. These veggies and fruits will hydrate your body as well as drop your body temperature.
- Avoid fast and junk foods as they are fat laden. The greasy and fried foods have heated thermal effect on your body and make you feel sluggish.
- It is advisable to avoid carbonated, caffeinated and alcoholic drinks and beverages. These beverages contain preservatives which add on to your water loss through urine.
- During summer’s people prefer to drink chilled liquids; it should be avoided as chilled liquids slightly constrict blood vessels. Constricted blood vessels reduces body heat loss via skin hence has negative impact on your health.
- Say good-bye to your winter vegetables and fruits like spinach, garlic, beetroot, radish, hot peppers, grapefruit, pineapple and ripe mangoes. These vegetables and fruits tend to produce heat. In case you are unable to resist mangoes then soak them overnight in water.
- In order to restore all the lost nutrients besides water drink lot of buttermilk, lemon juice, coconut water, etc.
- Cut down your intake of spicy, hot and salty food. During summers try to stick to natural and light food.
The above mentioned healthy diet tips will be helpful in keeping yourself healthy and fit during summers.
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