Healthy and dietary habits to be followed in summer season

The vacation season has started and now its time to switch over to vacation camps, outings, journey to outstation. Summer is the best season to visit the best vacation destinations with family and friends. There are many things to be noted such the dress we wear, food we consume during the summer season. Children should be given extra care during this season.

Summer season is the hottest time for everyone in the world, although most of us enjoy this season by enjoying the swimsuit dresses in the beaches and vacation spots to beat the rising temperatures and heat of summer. Well it's also the right time to loose our weight without dieting! However instead of going for a strict diet habits, try to combine a variety of wonderful summer foods which the summer season brings. These summer foods will hydrate your body and helps to stay our body in a fit and health manner. Heavy and high calorie foods should be taken less in summer so that you can easily eat light, healthy food. Listed below are few cool summer food suggestions, which keeps you fresh and healthy in the hot summer, and most importantly it, will help you to avoid the ill effects of summer.

Watermelon - Watermelon has more than 80 percent water, so this summer fruit is a best way to keep you away from dehydration during summers. This also helps you to cure your skin deficiency.

Grilled vegetables and Grilled salads - Keep your veggies stocked with a plate of prepared grilled peppers, grilled onions, carrots, zucchini, garlic, eggplant, celery and asparagus. These are rich in antioxidant properties which are required by the human body in this summer. These grilled salads and vegetables can help to minimize the skin problems caused due to sweat, sun burns, rashes and heat boils during these days.

Chilled soups - Chilled soups are again great appetizers to start your meal. Choose the vegetables like cucumber, tomato -dill or gazpacho which are loaded with water content. Moreover soups are also a good source of summer diet.
All types of liquid items will satisfy only your thirst and not your hunger. So choose your right drinks such as orange, root beer and ice skim latte in this summer season.

Mangoes - This fruit is available only in summers and is loaded with beta carotene which is rich in vitamin C and fiber.
Berries - Berries are the other tasty summer fruit, which can be easily blended with yogurts and smoothies.

Coconut Thunder or Thunder Coconut: Coconut Thunder is the other important source of water intake at summer .This is very rich in vitamins and minerals which keep you fresh and hydrated.

Water: Drinking water helps you to lose weight because it flushes down the by-products of fat breakdown. Drinking water reduces starvation; it’s an effectual hunger suppressant so you’ll eat less. Plus, water has zero calories. Drinking water regulates your body heat. You’ll feel more energetic when doing exercises and water helps to fuel your muscle.

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