The thermometers of these days mark 35 ° -38 °, if we perceive 40 ° and more in the humid cities, it is hot even in the mountains!
The newscasts recommend as always not to go out in the hottest hours, to drink a lot of water, to wear light clothes ... thank goodness they tell us!
Here is some more advice with the remedies to keep in mind so as not to underestimate the great heat and the summer heat .
How to feed when it's hot
Prevention against possible problems related to sulfur begins with nutrition. It is good therefore:
> Remember to hydrate us from the early hours of the morning, so no to those who deny breakfast. Breakfast is one of the cornerstones of our food day. Start with a good cup of tea, possibly Green Gunpowder is ideal: we give our body a drink and thanks to the polyphenols in unfermented tea we promote our well-being from the morning. We accompany the tea with two or three wholemeal rusks and fresh organic jam.
> Take a mid-morning break with a fruit and vegetable centrifuge, rich in vitamins. There are lots of summer centrifuged recipes and you can indulge in seasonal fruit: strawberries, kiwi, lemon, carrot, celery, fresh mint, peach.
Accustom our palate to not too sweet or savory flavors . Sugar with this heat favors gastrointestinal fermentation and salt water retention.
> At lunch, do not give up carbohydrates or whole starches, they are full of energy that helps us replenish important nutrients that we lose by sweating. Cold pasta seasoned with seasonal vegetables, olives, capers, cherry tomatoes, or rice salads, without overdoing the seasonings.
Mid-afternoon back to snack ! A fruit, a smoothie, a fruit salad, a cup of tea, maybe a red tea like rooibos or karkadè, which is actually infused with hibiscus.
Rooibos is a pleasant red-amber refreshing drink with antioxidant properties and completely free of nerve substances such as caffeine. It can be drunk at any age and at any time of the day. Karkadé is rich in tannins, flavonoids, ascorbic acid and phytosterols. It protects the blood vessels, supports the venous circulation, carries out an antiseptic protection of the urinary tract, very important in this hot season where the bacteria easily find their habitat and can be subject to unpleasant forms of cystitis.
> Be careful not to overdo the food at dinner, which often becomes the main meal in summer. In the evening there is usually cooler, more appetite, more socializing. Light dishes, perhaps based on fish accompanied by a salad or steamed vegetables. I suggest avoiding the well-established association of ham and melon, certainly fresh, light and very palatable, but if we think about it, in this case we are combining raw meat with a sugary fruit: fermentation is assured ! We also pay attention to alcohol: fresh beer and white wine are very pleasant but alas they do nothing but raise the body temperature and therefore to thermoregulate our body by reaction starts to sweat.
Try the refreshing centrifuges to fight the heat
Minerals for fatigue due to summer heat
If the appetite badly supports us because of the heat, let us remember to help ourselves with supplements of mineral salts.
Magnesium must never be lacking and if we do not have cardiovascular problems we also integrate potassium .
The first activates over 300 enzymes designed to regulate the most important metabolic activities for the production of energy necessary for our cellular system, contributes to maintaining the right balance of electrolytes and to counteract physical tiredness and stress .
The second supports Magnesium and helps maintain the efficiency of the muscular system and nervous system as well as controlling the correct blood pressure values.
Watch out for heat stroke!
Not everyone can afford to go to the beach or the mountains, since many in Italy still work under the heat in July.
We sweat a lot, maybe we are subject to temperature changes, air conditioning in cars or public places, scorching heat outside, fans here and there. The night rests badly, you wake up tired, heaviness in the legs, headache; appetite decreases, cold frugal meals, low protein, loss of mineral salts.
In short: it is easy to become a victim of scorching heat and heat and for the bravest, who love the sun at all costs, beware of so-called heat stroke : they happen when our osmotic system, which allows the sweat to cool the internal body temperature, freezes; due to over-exposure, our body can overheat and no longer be able to regulate the temperature, manifesting a phenomenon of hyperthermia with consequent fever.
The main symptoms are, in addition to the increase in temperature, reddened skin, lack of sweating, dizziness and possible confusion ; in the most serious cases also fainting, so it is necessary to call for help and in the meantime cool the body with ice, especially in the areas of lymphatic drainage ganglia (armpits and groins), to sip fresh water and moisten the head.
But let's avoid getting to these extremes and let's not get caught unprepared. With proper behavior, healthy eating and the right natural help we can prevent the devastating effects of heat .
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Some more advice to cope with the heat
In the hot period you prefer the shower to the bathroom: it takes away the tiredness! The temperature of the water is better than lukewarm tending to cold and you always end up with a shower of cold water on the legs, from the bottom to the top: in this way you will help to recall upwards the venous circulation, reducing swelling and pains in the legs. In summer, for those suffering from problems of this type, the red vine is very useful, it is found in herbal tea, in capsules or in hydro-alcoholic form: in a daily use it favors the phlebotonic action with great benefit for our legs.
Before going to sleep, we massage the legs with a light carrier oil such as sesame oil in which we go to dilute 2 or 3 drops of mint and lemon essential oil : it drains the liquids, moves the lymphatic stasis, lightens the limbs and refreshes.
And then as the Tg say, drink a lot of water, possibly natural and not too cold . Let us remember in fact that thermal shocks are very bad for our organs to function properly and the stomach also prefers heat in summer.
