#HealthBytes: 6 food items to avoid during summer
The summer has arrived! During the hot season, it is vital to eat a healthy diet to stay fit and cool. Certain food items should be taken, such as those that help in hydration, while others that induce heat and dehydration must be avoided. Here are 6 food items you must avoid in order to stay healthy and cool, during the summer season.
Meats and Spicy food
Meats: Meats are a big no-no during summer time. Forget your favorite chicken, fish, and seafood, for a couple of months, as they lead to increased sweating. Furthermore, non-vegetarian intake may also cause digestive problems, and diarrhoea. Spicy food: Sure, the spices add amazing flavor to your food, but in summer-time, spicy food heat up the body, and increase your metabolism. Hence, avoid them.
Oily/fried food and excessively salty food items
Oily and fried food: Bid timely farewell to those burgers and French fries, as they are known to heat up the body and cause dehydration, which is dangerous during summers. Fried and oily food may also cause heart health problems, cause weight gain, and spike blood sugar levels. Salty food: High MSG (Monosodium Glutamate) in salty snacks has been linked to increased hunger, weight-gain.
Sauces and Alcohol
Sauces: Sauces often contain excessive amounts of MSG and salts. Hence, try to avoid your intake, to avoid digestive health issues like bloating etc. Alcohol: It is no secret that intake of alcoholic beverages dehydrates the body, which is obviously quite undesirable during the hot and humid season. So, limit your consumption, or better off, eliminate your alcohol consumption.
