06/07/2017
Everyday tips to stay healthy during the rainy season.
FOODS TO EAT
-Drink warm beverages. Add mint or ginger or dry ginger powder to tea.
-Include naturally sour food (not fermented) like tamarind, tomato, lime, thin buttermilk and kokum in your diet.
-Have plenty of moong dal, especially the watery kind, as it is easy to digest. Add more of garlic, pepper, ginger, asafoetida, sonth, turmeric, coriander and jeera to your platter to enhance your body’s digestive power and improve immunity in monsoon.
-Binge on green vegetables like bhindi, dudhi, parwal, suran, roasted baingan, and karela in the rainy season.
-Eat lighter meat preparations like soups and stews rather than heavy curries.
-Drink only boiled and filtered water. And take plenty of water, even if you don’t feel thirsty. Remember dehydration is a possibility during the monsoon too.
FOODS TO AVOID
-Avoid eating food straight out of the fridge. Fresh foods are the best, but if you like to store cooked food in the fridge, heat it gradually and thoroughly before eating.
-Avoid leafy vegetables like spinach.
-Say a big no to street food in monsoon
-Don’t look for reasons to bite fried snacks and junk in the name of rain. These foods make you prone you to
THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND
-Take extra care of your feet. Wash your feet using a scrub and wipe it dry every time you come in from outside as humidity does cause fungal infections.
-Wash and disinfect your hands frequently.
-Avoid eating at places which are crowded, or where mass cooking goes on.
-Wash your clothes and clean your house with antiseptic liquids.
-Do not let water stagnate around your dwellings,
-Keep your house and surroundings dry and clean as possible.
