Quick Tips To Beat The Heat And Stay Hydrated During Summer
Drink water The trick is to neither overdo it nor underdo it. Drinking 8 to 10 glasses of water daily is important for maintaining health during hot summer day.
Hydrating foods Add lemon to your water. Lemons help in restoring electrolyte balance in the body. If you sweat a lot, add some salt (preferably pink salt) to your water. Water with a pinch of jaggery, lemon and pink salt is an effective sports drink as well.
Fruits Summer is the season of watermelons, papayas, guavas, grapes, bananas and mangoes. Eating these fruits can keep you hydrated during the warm summer months. They are cooling fruits that are high in water content.
Cucumber Cucumber is a veggie with 90% water content and is extremely cooling in nature. You qan munch on raw cucumber or add it to your drink water, juices, curd, smoothies, etc.
Dairy Curd, buttermilk and lassi are refreshing summer drinks that can keep you hydrated during summer. You can have these if dairy suits you and you are not lactose intolerant. You should preferable have these drinks during the day and not after sunset. Having them after sunset may give you cold. Also, don't add sugar to these drinks. It will merely mess up all the health benefits.
Bottle gourd Bottle gourd is a cooling food with over 90% water content. You can make its sabzi or prepare a soup out of it.
Fenugreek seeds Consuming raw fenugreek seeds is the quickest way to reduce heat in the body, says Luke. Soak fenugreek seeds in water for 1-2 hours and then eat them as is. You can also ground seeds into water and drink it.
Coconut water This is another popular cooling and hydrating drink you can have during summer.
Sugarcane juice It is a great post-workout drink and can keep you hydrated during summer.
Sattu Roasted Bengal gram with cumin powder, coriander and chilli in water is also a great summer drink that can keep you hydrated.