Stay healthy this Summer

1. Stay cool and hydrated. Drink as much water as you can, at least 6-8 litres per day. Avoid drinking cold water immediately after you return from outside in the exposure of Sun. While enjoying the sun and outdoors, protect yourself from overexposure to sunlight by sunscreens. Applying Aloe Vera gel over your body keeps you cool and protected from excessive heat.
2. Keep up or begin an exercise program. Aerobic activity is important for keeping the heart strong and healthy. If you only work out in a health club, take some time to do outdoor refreshing activities -- hiking, biking, swimming, or tennis. Reconnecting with these activities will help keep your body and mind aligned.
3. Enjoy Vegetables & Fruits – Consuming foods that are cooling and light -- fresh fruits, vegetable juices, raw vital salads, and lots of water -- will nourish your body for summertime activities. Eat Watermelon, Pineapples, Mango, Oranges, Guava etc.
4. Drink Iced Tea - Drinking Iced Tea keeps your body cool and helps you stay healthy.
5. Eat baked potato or pasta salad - Carbohydrate-rich foods can help to combat heat exhaustion. Eat regular small, starchy carbohydrate snacks during the day, such as pitta bread, to keep your body's blood-sugar and energy levels even. Other ideal carbohydrate foods include baked beans, rice, fruit, yoghurt and milk. Although this may be the last thing you fancy in hot weather, curries and chillies can stimulate heat receptors in the mouth, enhance circulation and cause sweating, which cools the body down.
6. Eat Onions - Especially red ones contain a chemical called quercetin which is believed to have an anti-histamine effect. Histamine is the irritant that causes heat rashes and adverse reactions to insect bites and stings, so eating onions daily may help to ease these summer complaints.
7. Drink Coconut water - An inexpensive coconut is full of health benefits and has wonderful cooling properties. It is laden with simple sugars, electrolytes and essential minerals which help keep the body well hydrated. In addition to that, there is evidence to suggest that coconut water has cancer fighting and anti-ageing properties as well.

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