With the hot heat of summer, we can easily become dehydrated, overheated, and fatigued. Here are 8 foods and spices to keep you cool.
Let’s learn about foods and spices that will help you beat the heat this summer.
8 Foods and Spices to Keep You Cool This Summer
1. Watermelon
Do you remember how much you enjoyed eating watermelon as a child? I do and I still love it every summer. A big piece of watermelon is a delicious and refreshing treat on a hot day and you will get all the watermelon’s 10 health benefits as well. Watermelon is made up of 90 percent water, helping you keep hydrated and that reduces body heat to a great extent. This is one of the 8 Foods and Spices to Keep You Cool.
One of the foods we recommend for a summer detox is watermelon. Learn why at our Summer Detox Free Webinar.
How to Make Watermelon Popsicles Recipe – These wonderful treats are very simple to make and there is no sugar added. These popsicles are actually good for all. Get your children or grandchildren to help you.
Watermelon Soup – A bowl of cold soup is refreshing and is a very simple soup for one of those ‘hot’ days. And you are adding a nutritious superfood.
2. Coconut Water
A great way to keep hydrated and reduce body heat is with a glass of coconut water. Coconut water naturally balances out the electrolytes.
Coconut Water in a glass bottle is the way to go.
Taste Nirvana Real Coconut Water is a refreshing and natural beverage that is pure water and no pulp. It is extracted from sweet Thai coconuts and does not contain concentrate. With no trans fat and cholesterol, it is a healthy drink suitable for everyone.
Taste Nirvana Real Coconut Water
• Thai Coconuts
• Packed Within Hours of Opening
• Award Winning Taste
• Potassium & Electrolytes
• Not From Concentrate
Ingredients: Contains 90% Juice. Coconut Water, Coconut Essence, Less Than 1% Fruit Sugar.
3. Cucumber
Cool as a cucumber! Tasty, juicy cucumbers are a very cool addition to salads. This perfect summer veggie keeps your body hydrated, strong, and happy. It has a very high water content which helps fight the heat, both inside and out. Eating cucumber will also help with heartburn. If you apply cucumber to sunburned skin, you will get instant relief.
Cucumber-Mint-Mango Lightness– Light, lovely green in color, and not too sour. This cucumber mango drink is so hydrating for hot summer days. Of course, it is super tasty and healthy too.
4. Mint
Mint tea is a traditional tea in many desert countries (Morocco, Turkey, and Egypt to name a few). That must say something about it being cooling since the temperature in those countries is usually quite warm. Mint is cool, refreshing, and energizing. It is for sure one of the 8 Foods and Spices to Keep You Cool.
Fresh Mint Tea – This fresh mint tea is a traditional tea in many desert countries like Morocco, Turkey, and Egypt. They drink this because it is so cooling. Mint is not only cooling, but also energizing, refreshing, and good for digestion.
Lemon-Mint Salad Dressing– This is a delicious and refreshing mint salad dressing. Great for a hot summer salad meal. The combo of lemon and mint will not weigh your salad down on a hot day.
5. Citrus Fruits
Oranges, grapefruit, lemons, and limes, are among the most cooling fruits. They are naturally juicy which makes them very hydrating. Citrus fruits are also high in vitamin c. Did you know that vitamin c helps lower your body heat?
Orange Spring Cleanse Green Smoothie -This is a super easy smoothie to make and an excellent way to start a spring cleanse day or just start your day with a refreshing and hydrating breakfast.
Healthy Homemade Grapefruit Juice – The best grapefruit juice is homemade grapefruit juice. Store-bought grapefruit juice with sugar and added preservatives are not healthy.
Lemon Water – AKA Sugar-Free Lemon-Aid – Drinking lemon water is great for the whole body. Did you know that the most alkaline-forming food you can eat is a lemon? Here is a simple way to get some quick alkalizing going into your body with this refreshing drink.
Make Your Own Olive Oil Lemon Juice Salad Dressing – This is a simple salad dressing base recipe that you can make up different each time with a variety of herbs or types of salty flavors.
6. Radish
They have very high water content and are full of Vitamin C, an antioxidant that lowers body heat. Radishes are naturally cooling; their pungent flavor is regarded in eastern medicine as the ability to decrease excess heat in the body.
Tasty Radish Sandwich – who would have thought of making a sandwich with radishes and that it tastes so good? This radish sandwich makes a simple and quick lunch or snack. You can use gluten-free bread or you can even use a rice cake.
Quick Tasty Radish Pickles – if you like pickles then you will enjoy these yummy ones. When you make these radish pickles you get to eat them very soon rather than waiting for days when preserving.
7. Coriander
Also, coriander may help with digestive symptoms like excess gas, bloating and discomfort experienced by people with IBS.
8. Fennel Seeds
They are a cooling spice for the body and they have a combination of nutrients that make them a powerful antioxidant. Soak fennel seeds in water overnight, strain, and drink the water the next day to lower your body heat.
- Coconut Water
A great way to keep hydrated and reduce body heat is with a glass of coconut water. Coconut water naturally balances out the electrolytes.
Coconut Water in a glass bottle is the way to go.
Taste Nirvana Real Coconut Water is a refreshing and natural beverage that is pure water and no pulp. It is extracted from sweet Thai coconuts and does not contain concentrate. With no trans fat and cholesterol, it is a healthy drink suitable for everyone.
Taste Nirvana Real Coconut Water
• Thai Coconuts
• Packed Within Hours of Opening
• Award Winning Taste
• Potassium & Electrolytes
• Not From Concentrate
Ingredients: Contains 90% Juice. Coconut Water, Coconut Essence, Less Than 1% Fruit Sugar.
Now you know 8 foods and spices to keep you cool when it is hot.
Learn How to Use These Foods For Maximum Health.
Most of these Superfoods are used in my 2-5-30 Health Diet and Detox Class for their ability to balance and nourish the body in the proper way for summer.
I also wrote two e-books to help you on your journey to a greener way of eating, which not only is healthier for you but is also better for the planet. These books are full of recipes too that use helpful spices.
Green Means Lean E-Book
– Teaches you how to balance your body’s pH simply and easily. Learn about Acid-Alkaline Balancing for a healthier body.
Also, you will learn the principles of ‘Food Combining’ properly for the best digestion and slimness.
Later I created this one just on the alkaline-producing diet.
Alkaline Diet Principles E-book – Acid / Alkaline Balance
Learn how an alkaline diet can easily and permanently create a fundamental chemical balance in your body that supports energy, weight management, healing, and total fitness.
This book contains the full description of the acid/alkaline balance and understanding it.
And then a course to help with good digestion:
Healthy Lean BootCamp: Food Combining & Alkaline Balance for Regeneration & Healthy Slimness
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Some great healthy ideas to stay cool
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this cooling off when one is hot is it allso applicable to children to practice
First off, Thanks a lot for your valuable tips here for us.The provided 8 simple homemade remedies are really helpful for us especially who is suffering from body heat problem. Sometimes i feel body heat during summer time. After returning home from office I usually face body heat problem. When i face this I usually drink cool Watermelon, Sugarcane juice or Beal fruit juice to reduce my body heat. This is very effective for me.
Best Regards 🙂
Anik
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