On the eve of summer and anticipation of the heat, many are thinking about the questions - how to quench their thirst, what foods are better to eat, how to prevent dehydration of their body? But there are even more important questions - what kind of food and drinks will be useful in the heat of summer, because our well-being depends largely on food.
When it's hot, you need to choose your drinks and food wisely - this can be an excellent protection for your well-being. They should not only satisfy hunger and thirst, but also replenish our body with vitamins and minerals.
In order to be always in good shape, despite the exhausting weather, you need to use all our internal resources, helping the body. You should not overeat, eat only low-calorie foods.
Nutritionists recommend reducing the calorie content of food in hot summer weather. Everyone knows that in the heat, the appetite becomes bad, there is less desire to eat, but the thirst becomes overwhelming.
If we talk about foods that will not be useful in hot weather, these are meat and meat products. Nutritionists advise giving it up for this time of year, try replacing meat with fish and seafood. If you cannot do this, also try to use lean meat instead of fatty meat, such as: poultry, lean beef. Pay great attention to vegetable salads, using for their preparation: fresh cabbage, cucumbers and various greens rich in vitamins and microelements.
To adapt, when the heat is hot, a person needs to drink plenty of water and eat many different vegetables and fruits. Some of them are very healthy in summer, such as melon (rich in potassium), watermelon, pumpkin, cucumbers and tomatoes. These products replenish water and minerals that are lost from the body during sweating, and are abundant in antioxidants that protect against solar radiation.
For drinking, in addition to water, you can use freshly squeezed juices from vegetables and fruits, prepare various fruit drinks, compotes, kvass from berries. All water-containing products effectively refresh the body and quench thirst, and become indispensable in the summer. On such days, it is advisable to exclude alcohol, which can be very harmful to your health on hot days.
Let's conclude: in the heat, you need to eat a lot of vegetables, berries, fruits. Drink plenty of fluids. Eliminate fatty foods and alcohol from your diet.
