Food For Summer

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As the summer is approaching,it becomes very important to lend special care to what we eat,for India, especially Mumbai,has Tropical climate. In the months of December, January and February, we have some very tasteful vegetables like cauliflower and cabbage ,these are basically easy to cook,delicious,and in winters it becomes easy to digest them, though that is not the case always.The situation gets quite different in summer when perspiration dehydrates your body and so the food that is taken should have some hydrating agent,which is found in vegetables like bottle gourd,white gourd, bitter gourd(for maintaining the internal system),radish, lotus stem, beetroot,tomatoes etc. Much of fruits can be had like juicy apples,sweet limes and any citrus fruit for that case, as the juice of such fruits are beneficial to beat the heat, watermelon deserves a special mention in this respect, it has a healing effect on the sun damaged body and skin(can be used externally or internally).Lentils, prepared in a diluted form , are advisable, even better if cooked with leafy vegetables.Junk or heavily fried food should be avoided as it reacts adversely to the rising temperature.Having a glass of citrus juice before going out in the sun, can protect you from getting a sun stroke. A few dairy products like curd, buttermilk and ice-cream churned out of milk also provide relief in scorching heat. It so happens in most cases that people don't feel like eating anything in summer, mainly because their energy is drained out and the body is likely to get dehydrated . But skipping meals would make us even more prone to sun damage.Hence, food should be consumed regularly, but of course it has to be in the milder form. Stay healthy this summer!