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Healthy Summer Food Items!

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Dt. Heena ParekhDietitian/Nutritionist • 18 Years Exp.BSC (Home), cerificate course in child care, diploma course in hospital administaration, master in food service management
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Summer, though it gives us a vacation mood, equally it makes us worry about the hot temperature. We need to take care of so many things during the summer. Since our body temperature needed to be balanced. Else it will turn into a serious issue and may end up in getting some disease too. We normally tend to intake a lot of cold food items. Our body requires more water content food. But have you ever wondered about the health content in the summer food? There is some healthy stuff being hidden in this food which, we are not aware of. Let's read about them-

  1. Tender coconut: Tender coconut is the most refreshing natural brewage. Even the doctor advises the patient to intake tender coconut since it has amazing properties of nutrition, it has a good content of antioxidant and this reduces blood pressure, balances the body heat. You can have tender coconut at any time.
  2. Fresh juice: Apart from the sweet taste, fresh juice has more interesting properties. It is a must for everyone to intake some amount of fruit and taking it in a liquid form will be still more comforting and filling. Fruit naturally have many vitamins and nutrition. And these are easily digestible. Fresh juice is the best for breakfast and brunches.
  3. Buttermilk: When you're more conscious about your weight and diet, then buttermilk would be a better option. This is the best way of consuming calcium without any oil or fat content. The buttermilk washes down all the oily substance in the stomach. There is much macro nutrition present in the buttermilk.
  4. Watermelon: Most of the water content fruits are considered to be healthy during the summer. And watermelon is one of the fruit with good health benefits and ravishing taste. The watermelon has vitamin A, B6, c and lots of antioxidants. Watermelon help to burn calories too. So watermelon is the highly preferred fruit during the summer.
  5. Green tea: Tea is not only for winter. You can take green tea to get yourself hydrated and clean. Green tea provides a sufficient amount of water to the body and makes it feel fresh and active throughout the day. The fat burning property in green tea is also excellent. You can consume green two to three times a day.
  6. Apple: It is a known fact that Apple has good medical properties but consumption of apple during the summer would stop your skin from tanning and stimulates your immune system.

The amazing health content in this food will help in balancing the diet in the summer and beats the heat.

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