Friday 27 April 2012

Some Tips for Summer Season


When your body becomes hotter in summer, muscle enzymes speed up and burn glycogen fastly, depleting stores of the sugar that your muscles use for fuel. At this time You need to drink more fluid to keep your body hydrate. This is most common and effective tip for summer that Drink Water As much as you can. And keep you body hydrate.Most of people left their workouts because of hot and sweating.

we suggest a few measures to keep your metabolism active and cool that are easy to follow:

1.    Eat light and small meals: Take a breakfast of sweet, juicy fruit like:Ripe summer fruits - peaches, plums, melons and pears, are exactly what your skin craves for in the hot season. Citrus fruits are also very cooling. Eat whole or extract their juice, store in the refrigerator and sip often throughout the day.

2.    Include salads in your diet: Salads are delicious ways to stay cool. These foods contain a huge amount of water. Salads can actually thin the blood, which has a cooling effect. Onions are great in the summer, because of their ability to beat the heat and provide relief from summer ailments.You can add Onion, Cucumber, tomato and many more. you can have green tea or a spoon of onion juice if you get sun stroke or heat

3.    Make your body cools through sweating: Add small amounts of hot spices to food while cooking. Hot peppers, fresh ginger, and black pepper are all great spices to make it really hot for you and then to cool you down. 

4.    Hydrate your body: Drink at least 8-10 glasses of water a day. Water is the best drink as it doesn't contain any sugars that can add up to unnecessary calories. For a change, a lemon and honey drink can also fill your body's lost fluids and work as an energizer. 

Drink water even if you are not yet thirsty. Once you have the feeling of being thirsty means you are already dehydrated. 

5.    Wear loose, full-sleeved cotton clothes: to protect the body from the sun and to aid
Evaporation of sweat.  Use a cap to protect your head from the sun you go out. And Always keep a water bottle with yourself.

6.    Stay indoors: Restrict outdoor activities to the cooler parts of the day - early mornings before 10:30am or late evenings after 5:30pm

7.  Workout Time and Precaution: Do exercise regularly and keep drinking water between workouts. Glucose powder will keep you energize between workout. And always make your workout schedule either on morning before 9 Am or after 5:30 Evening.
You can have some fruits in between workouts like: grapes, oranges, Strawberries e.t.c

8. Bring Some Change: Change your workout according to weather like add some activities like swimming instead of cardio and weight training.


Please Avoid:


  • For non vegetarian: you should cut off red meat and instead go for fish and oysters.
  • Avoid cold foods and drinks(Extreme):  most of us normally pick these and they are actually known to interfere with digestion and sweating, thereby interfering with the body's natural cooling mechanisms. So, however tempting it may be to sit on your porch licking an ice cream cone or sipping a cool glass of tea, try a wedge of watermelon instead.
  • Avoid too spicy: Please avoid too spicy food and avoid food at late night. Because in summer season our body doesn’t accept too much spice.
  • Avoid carb drinks: Avoid cola and drinks which can only give you calories instead of try some Indian drinks like: Nimboo Pani, Juice, Lassi, and many more.


So go ahead and take these cool precautions! But remember the best place to start the cooling is in your body's Core.

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