Some Healthy Drinks to Refresh You in Summer

Winter is gone and the days are becoming hotter day by day. In countries of the tropical regions, summers are really painful. A lot of sweating, sunburns, dehydration, skin problems, itching, heat rashes and many other problems come along the funs awaiting summers. Nights are pleasant outside, but then mosquitoes don’t spare. At times life becomes horrible that we are left with little energy to do anything during peak summers in a country like India.

Probably, most of the health problem associated with hot summers is because of rapid dehydration caused from sweating and evaporation of body fluid. Dehydration makes us feel low and excessive sweating makes us lose essential body salts and other minerals. It is therefore necessary to rehydrate our body by sufficient fluids. During winters most of us get acquainted with low water intake or with hot drinks like soups, coffee and tea that we don’t like to take in summers. Our winter fluid habits make our life difficult in coping with summer.

With all the problems mentioned above, summer also comes with numerous fruits and vegetables that are naturally fit for dealing with many of the health problems associated with the summer season. Fruits and vegetables that have higher water content are especially good for summer. This hub describes some of the summer fruit drinks that are not only good for health in terms of their water content, they are also rich in minerals and natural salts that our body starves during summer. The Table below shows a list of fruits and vegetables that are abundantly available during summers and their water contents.

In the following paragraphs, we have presented some simple recipes for wonderful drinks made of fruits and vegetables available in summer. At the same time we have also presented some nutritional details of these drinks.

Process: Wash the strawberries properly, cut into pieces and blend 100 grams with a spoon of honey. Add ice and serve.

Nutritional Content and Health Benefits: Strawberries have many health benefits. Strawberries are believed to have anti-Cancer properties due to its phenols, vitamin C, folate and flavonoids content. They are antioxidants but also increase the uric acid levels in the body. They are especially good for eyes and heart.

2. Watermelon, lemon, (black salt or honey)

Process: Cut the red ripe watermelon into pieces (don’t remove the rind as it contains a lot of citrulina beneficial for low libido problems), mix well in a blender and let the juice settle for five minutes. The seeds which are heavier will settle down. Remove the juice gently to another container. Add honey (or salt if you wish), lemon juice and ice and serve.

Nutritional Content and Health Benefits: Apart from being refreshing, watermelon added with lemon juice is believed to be aphrodisiac. A watermelon is typically rich in vitamin C, beta-carotene, riboflavin, niacin, panthothenic acid, choline, calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese, potassium, phosphorous, sodium, zinc, lycopene and a host of the vitamins and minerals

Process: Blend the cut pieces of honeydew melon and serve with ice. It looks hard from outside, but after blending it becomes water only.

Nutrition and health benefits: The honeydew melon contains a large amount of folic acid, phosphorus, potassium, iron, magnesium, chlorine, calcium, copper, zinc, sodium, and sulphur. In terms of vitamins, it has almost everything A, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, C, E. It is anti-cancerous and a brilliant refreshment in summers. Some people love the smell and taste of honey melon. Some avoid it for the same reason. Cantaloupes have higher vitamin C content.

Process: Instead of a blender, we need a juicer to extract grapefruit juice. It tastes sour and bitter. So, one may add honey to it if wishes.

Grapefruits are very helpful in losing weight as the enzymes in it burn fats and increase body metabolism. It is also helpful in preventing arthritis and the lycopene content in grapefruits help prevent cancer and tumors. Another component called naringenin in grapefruits also help recovering from prostate cancer by repairing the damaged DNA.

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