
Beat the heat - Cool internally

Summer is back again - and so are the foods, coolants, shades, travel and home projects that we get to do! It is also a time where life bursts in with abundant varieties of fruits vegetables and fauna, along with longer day time. As the temperatures soar outside, let’s look at the multitude ways to beat the heat this season.
COOL INTERNALLY TO BEAT THE HEAT
Come summer (from April to July) and we see a rise in temperatures, heated land surface, loss of surface moisture, dry air, loo winds, heat waves and sunstrokes.
The excess heat and sweating can cause fatigue, dehydration, skin rash and allergy occurrences; while quick fermentation of food can result in vomiting, diarrhoea and gastric issues.
To beat the heat that is outside, our bodies can counter it with many ways to cool from the inside. Like, the fruits and vegetables that we get in this season are the most suited to meet the increased body needs that take place with the changing weather.
FRUITS
1. The biggest help comes by eating generous portions of seasonal (summer) fruits such as
- watermelons
- musk melons
- mulberries (Shehtoot)
- pineapples
- grapes
- fresh lime (mosambi)
- mangoes
Fruits can be eaten raw or by simply blending them into smoothies .
VEGETABLES
2. Water rich and seasonal vegetables such as:
- cucumber (kheera)
- bottle gourd (lauki)
- ridge gourd (turai)
- ash gourd (petha)
- snake gourd (padval)
- tomatoes
- greens
The water and mineral content in these summer veggies keeps the body well hydrated. These should be preferably eaten raw as in salads or juices. This way their organic compounds and enzymes remain intact and thus provides us the best nutrition.
3. Lemons can be taken as shots (concentrated) or a simple juice or by adding to raw vegetable salads.
4. Onions, amla, coriander leaves and mint (pudina) are extremely good.
NATURAL COOLERS
Satiating the increasing thirst calls for some tasty and natural coolers!
5. Coconut water - being high in water, minerals and energy is our best friend in summer
6. Sugarcane juice - provides instant energy.
7. Soaking ‘nannari’ - (Indian sarsaparilla) roots in drinking water, or boiling this root powder in water to make it as juice, is a very good option.
8. Soaked kokum - blended with water makes a great ‘sharbat’.
Check out the recipe Kokum Sharbet.
9. ‘Aam panna’ - made with raw mangoes, is another delicious way.
Check out the recipe Aam Panna.
10. Bel juice (woodapple) – can be made easily at home.
Check out the recipe Bel juice.
SEEDS & CONDIMENTS
Some easy ways to keep the stomach cool this season are:
11. Soaked sabja (Tukmaria) seeds can be had plain or added to other coolants.
Check out the recipe Lemonade Sabja cooler.
12. Khus Khus (Indian poppy seeds) when soaked and ground is a superb coolant.
13. Roasted cumin (Jeera) powder, dry ginger powder, dried mango powder are the most suitable for these months.
HABITS & LIFESTYLE
14. Consumption of cooked food needs to be reduced. While, intake of fruits & raw juicy vegetables needs to be increased; along with lemon shots and natural juices (mentioned earlier).
Oily/ spicy/ processed/ refined/ non-vegetarian food, as well as tea/ coffee/ milk and other dairy requires a lot of energy to digest, leading the body to generate more heat and increasing acid levels inside. Hence these should be avoided in summers.
Alcohol or smoking can damage health and create havoc in a heated body.
Image credit:johannatherealtorvia Pixabay.com
15. Using earthen pots for drinking water is wonderful, as it cools the water significantly, removes many impurities in it and adds a wonderful taste too.
16. Stress – When we are already facing heat from the outside, working continuously without regular breaks, can lead to overheating inside the body. Hence it is very important to take conscious rest breaks after every few hours in the day.
17. Calming activities - like yoga, walking and swimming can help us cool down.
18. Sleep – The body requires sound and 7-8 hours of complete sleep. Sleeping late or cutting sleep time can result in body heating a lot, feeling fuzzy and fatigued.
As we continue to the next part of beating the heat this summer, we will look at ways to cool ourselves externally. Read our blog -Keep the heat out - Naturally.
Recommended watch
Recommended Reading :-
1. The Raw story
2. Are you eating water or drinking it?
3. Raw foods
Title Image Credit: Porapak Apichodilok via pexels.com
Disclaimer: The health journeys, blogs, videos and all other content on Wellcure is for educational purposes only and is not to be considered a ‘medical advice’ ‘prescription’ or a ‘cure’ for diseases. Any specific changes by users, in medication, food & lifestyle, must be done under the guidance of licensed health practitioners. The views expressed by the users are their personal views and Wellcure claims no responsibility for them.
Related Post

2020-10-22 04:35:00
You may have read that our body, in particular our blood sho...
Read
2020-10-28 04:50:00

2019-02-25 07:50:00

2020-08-13 05:10:00

2020-07-02 06:25:00

2019-08-17 04:20:00

2020-07-13 06:35:00

2020-11-12 05:00:00

2019-07-29 07:55:00

2020-11-11 05:20:00

2020-07-27 05:55:00

2020-05-25 05:55:00

2019-03-28 05:35:00

2020-07-06 07:55:00

2019-01-10 10:20:00

2020-07-10 03:40:00

2019-04-17 05:30:00

2019-01-25 08:15:00

2019-02-04 00:12:00

2019-05-10 05:05:00

2019-02-18 13:05:00

2019-02-25 08:55:00

2020-09-30 05:25:00

2020-09-14 04:05:00

2020-09-04 04:20:00

2020-07-08 04:30:00

2019-02-23 12:45:00

2020-11-20 04:55:00

2019-03-04 09:35:00

2019-03-07 05:35:00

2019-03-11 08:20:00

2019-03-18 13:15:00

2019-06-28 05:40:00

2019-07-10 05:10:00

2019-12-27 09:10:00

2019-03-26 07:05:00

2019-04-02 03:55:00

2020-09-12 05:40:00

2019-04-15 15:15:00

2019-04-16 02:40:00

2020-09-18 04:25:00

2019-04-16 02:50:00

2019-04-17 19:35:00

2019-04-22 05:45:00

2019-04-24 03:55:00

2020-09-07 04:20:00

2019-04-30 08:00:00

2019-07-27 05:35:00

2019-05-07 04:25:00

2020-02-05 08:33:00

2019-08-02 04:30:00

2020-09-11 04:55:00

2019-05-14 04:50:00

2020-10-05 04:05:00

2019-05-21 07:05:00

2019-05-29 07:05:00

2019-05-30 04:50:00

2019-06-04 12:40:00

2019-06-06 03:30:00

2019-06-05 13:20:00

2020-10-31 05:20:00

2019-06-11 04:55:00

2019-06-07 16:07:00

2019-06-26 13:55:00

2019-06-18 02:50:00

2019-06-24 04:20:00

2020-07-03 06:10:00

2019-06-28 20:16:00

2019-07-02 04:15:00

2019-07-08 03:00:00

2019-07-19 07:20:00

2019-07-17 05:35:00

2019-07-25 04:45:00

2019-09-03 04:14:00

2019-08-01 04:30:00

2020-09-15 04:15:00

2019-07-30 08:30:00

2019-09-17 04:24:00

2019-08-08 05:45:00

2019-08-05 04:47:00

2019-08-05 14:00:00

2019-08-20 04:04:00

2019-08-14 04:05:00

2019-08-07 03:40:00

2019-08-16 04:45:00

2019-08-12 04:30:00

2019-08-19 04:30:00

2019-08-28 04:21:00

2019-09-10 13:40:00

2019-09-12 06:09:00

2019-08-26 09:38:00

2019-08-31 16:50:00

2019-09-02 04:55:00

2019-09-09 04:20:00

2019-09-16 04:10:00

2020-11-03 04:50:00

2019-10-03 08:22:00

2019-09-23 04:51:00

2019-09-26 11:46:00

2019-10-18 04:30:00
आहार
Read
2019-09-30 04:30:00

2019-09-30 10:28:00

2021-10-01 09:05:00

2019-10-22 06:05:00

2019-10-05 16:34:00

2019-10-31 04:55:00

2019-10-15 04:38:00

2019-10-23 10:50:00

2019-10-14 04:19:00

2021-11-08 12:15:00

2019-10-21 03:10:00

2019-10-25 08:13:00

2019-11-04 04:34:00

2019-11-29 04:03:00

2019-11-20 04:46:00

2019-11-08 11:55:00

2019-12-13 04:56:00

2019-11-22 04:35:00

2019-12-11 04:17:00

2019-12-18 04:20:00

2019-12-16 04:28:00

2019-12-20 04:15:00

2019-12-27 04:35:00

2019-12-23 04:39:00

2020-02-19 04:34:00

2020-02-24 05:23:00

2020-03-30 13:11:00

2020-03-23 13:39:00

2020-02-12 04:34:00

2020-02-13 06:28:39

2020-03-12 07:14:00

2020-04-06 09:33:00

2020-04-26 02:19:00

2020-04-13 07:32:00

2020-04-20 11:46:00

2020-04-16 05:17:00

2020-04-27 06:34:00

2020-04-15 23:33:00

2020-04-16 02:06:00

2020-04-25 02:49:00

2020-05-18 07:25:00

2020-05-11 02:44:00

2020-05-27 04:52:00

2020-06-09 06:23:00

2020-07-21 10:32:09

2020-08-20 06:20:00

2020-08-05 13:08:00

2020-10-31 08:08:00

2020-11-02 10:41:00

2021-11-18 05:10:00

2021-03-01 11:33:00

2021-02-05 05:54:01

2021-02-05 10:08:38

2021-02-06 11:08:52

2021-02-08 13:19:08

2021-02-09 05:19:17

2021-02-15 11:45:01

2021-02-15 08:41:00

2021-02-15 08:36:00

2021-04-22 04:25:00

2021-04-22 11:23:00

2022-05-07 05:15:00

2021-06-24 09:40:00

2021-07-22 05:55:00

2021-08-05 07:17:00

2021-08-13 08:31:00

2021-10-07 06:49:00

2021-10-13 09:54:00

2022-11-09 09:53:00

2022-11-17 14:18:00

Connect With Us

1 |
Dr. Khushbu Suthar
Level:
Natural Healing - Leader & Influencer
Points:719100
|
|
2 | ![]() |
Ruby
Level:
Natural Healing - Leader & Influencer
Points:706055
|
3 | ![]() |
Smitha Hemadri
Level:
Natural Healing - Leader & Influencer
Points:605610
|
4 | ![]() |
Nikita Mishra
Level:
Natural Healing Guide
Points:342565
|
5 | ![]() |
Hema
Level:
Natural Healing Guide
Points:314745
|
6 |
Dr.Rajesh Kumar
Level:
Natural Healing Advisor
Points:175005
|
|
7 | ![]() |
Mohan M
Level:
Natural Healing Advisor
Points:165005
|
8 | ![]() |
Wellcure
Level:
Natural Healing Advisor
Points:158955
|
9 | ![]() |
Anchal Kapur
Level:
Natural Healing Advisor
Points:154555
|
10 | ![]() |
PSYsolution by Kalyan
Level:
Natural Healing Advisor
Points:124445
|
11 |
Asha Shivaram
Level:
Natural Healing Advisor
Points:123610
|
|
12 |
Swatantra
Level:
Natural Healing Advisor
Points:96110
|
|
13 |
Dollie kashvani
Level:
Natural Healing Advisor
Points:95925
|
|
14 |
Vijai Pawar
Level:
Natural Healing Advisor
Points:94030
|
|
15 | ![]() |
Sharan
Level:
Natural Healing Advisor
Points:84300
|
16 |
Dr.Elanchezhiyan Devarajan
Level:
Natural Healing Advisor
Points:68925
|
|
17 | ![]() |
Priyanka Kaushik
Level:
Natural Healing Advisor
Points:67195
|
18 | ![]() |
Anju Chhabra
Level:
Natural Healing Advisor
Points:66160
|
19 | ![]() |
Shweta Gupta
Level:
Natural Healing Advisor
Points:62515
|
20 | ![]() |
Mehak
Level:
Natural Healing Advisor
Points:60990
|
21 | ![]() |
Dr Sangeeth Somanadhapai
Level:
Natural Healing Advisor
Points:56360
|
22 |
Asha Shivaram
Level:
Natural Healing Companion
Points:43595
|
|
23 |
Swati Dhariwal MA, ND,
Level:
Natural Healing Companion
Points:39745
|
|
24 | ![]() |
Aishwarya Elavarasan
Level:
Natural Healing Companion
Points:36075
|
25 |
Akashsoni
Level:
Natural Healing Companion
Points:33700
|
Featured
User Profile
Following
Followers
Points
Welcome To
Wellcure
It's our pleasure that you are
connected with Wellcure
Invite Friends
Send Message
Message has been sent successfully.
Referral Code
Thanks for Reporting.
Select Your Plan
Start your 3 days FREE trial TODAY!
1 Month
₹ 100/-
6 Months
₹ 500/-
1 Year
₹ 900/-
1 Month
₹ 100/-
6 Months
₹ 500/-
1 Year
₹ 900/-
Free Personal Consultation (worth Rs. 1000/-)
Sugar Free Sweet Life For Kids (E-Book Worth Rs. 500/-)
The Whole Plant Based Indian Cookbook (E-Book Worth Rs. 1000/-)
ALERT
Coupon Code

Thanks for your Subscription!! Your Free trial subscription for 3 days has been activated.

Get started with a Healthy Lifestyle