Dehydration is pretty common during the summer season. The blazing sun can drain all the water from our body making us weak and dehydrated. But not anymore! The article below talks about the ways how you can stay hydrated in the summer.
Water is essential for our body. Every organ needs water to perform efficiently. It also helps in maintaining the temperature of the body. Water will help detoxify waste from the body, help maintain weight and digestion, make your skin glow, and keep it healthy and clear.
It is challenging to keep the body hydrated in the scorching heat because we lose much liquid from our body due to sweating, and plain water can taste bland sometimes.
Don’t worry! Below are some suggestions through which you can keep yourself hydrated in some juicy and exciting ways:
- Buy an exciting bottle
Our body needs at least 2 to 3 liters of water every day, but we always forget to drink. However, if you have a fascinating bottle, which is handy, and with the design and color of your choice, it will motivate us to drink more water.
- Add different flavors to water
If you are bored with drinking regular water, you can add some taste to it with roohafza, chia seeds, lime, mint leaves, coriander, etc. Some of these ingredients also work as detoxifying agents that will flush toxins and clean your system naturally.
- Keep a check on caffeine, tea, and alcohol intake
Caffeine and alcohol are not healthy for you, and they make fluid lose from your body by making you urinate more often and suck the moisture out of your body which will you dehydrated. Hence, to avoid it, limit your consumption, or it would be even better if you could say no to caffeine and alcohol during the hot weather.
- Eat food rich in water content
Food items like cucumber, watermelon, melon, tomatoes, spinach, peaches, lettuce, etc., are high in water content. Adding these things to your routine diet can help maintain the daily water requirement level in your system, and you won’t get dehydrated.
- Make action-packed juices, smoothies, etc
There is a lot of variety of seasonal fruits available in the summer. If you don’t like eating them, make shakes or juices out of them. There are many options like mango shake, strawberry smoothie, sweet lime (mosambi) juice, etc. Just keep in mind not to add white sugar to it. Instead, make it without it or add jaggery, if you want.
With the above tips, you can stay hydrated, calm, and healthy this summer and enjoy it thoroughly with your favorite activities. Happy Summers!
