Try tangy & yummy treat as the Summer temperature sizzles

It's summer and as the temperature soars it’s important to keep the body well hydrated. The best way is to drink plenty of water. It is the most important fluid that enters our system. Every system in your body depends on water.

Lack of water in the body tends to give rise to dehydration, thereby posing hurdles for the blood to circulate. The gravity of problem increases, as it causes the brain to become less active and your body feels tired and fatigued.

There are so many ways we lose water One does not even realise that lungs expel between two and four cups of water each day when you breathe. If your feet sweat, there goes another cup of water. If you make half a dozen trips to the bathroom during the day, that's six cups of water.

If you perspire, you expel about two cups of water and this doesn't include exercise induced perspiration. A person would have to lose 10 percent of her body weight in fluids to be considered dehydrated, but as little as two percent can affect performance, cause tiredness and dull critical thinking abilities.

Therefore it is important to drink enough fluids as the human brain is composed of 95% water; blood is 82% water; the lungs are nearly 90% water, thus the human body is in need of constant water replenishment.

Let’s make a note of the symptoms that can lead to dehydration so that we can reverse it before it becomes severe .

Just instantly drinking a glass of water with salt and lemon will revive you if you feel any of these symptoms.

• Dry mouth and swollen tongue
• Weakness
• Dizziness
• Palpitations (feeling that the heart is jumping or pounding)
• Confusion
• Sluggishness, fainting
• Fainting
• Inability to sweat
• Decreased urine output
• Dark and amber urine colour

Add water through the day plus in summer include the melon family, watermelons, muskmelons are 90% water refreshing you and satisfying your sweet buds. Avoid reaching out for soft drinks, fruit juices, and aerated drinks.

Sip on coconut water it is a natural hydration fluid as it is packed with minerals replenishing your electrolytes. Buttermilk with salt roasted cumin powder and garnished with chopped mint leaves is a good way to remain hydrated.Your simple nimbu pani with roasted cumin seeds rock salt and sweetened with stevia instead of sugar is an instant pick me up.

A great snack in summer months is raw mango sprinkled with sea salt and a bit of chilli powder or a mix fruit bowl with mangoes, melons, rock salt, lemon and salt.They are a tangy and yummy treat as the temperature sizzles and you lose water salt, and sugar. These simple additions keep you well hydrated through the summer months.

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Tangy Watermelon

Ingredients

• Watermelon, cut into cubes 1 cup
• Mint leaves finely chopped 1 tbsp
• Lemon juice to taste
• Rock salt to taste

Method

• Mix watermelon, mint leaves, rock salt and lemon.
• Chill and serve