MONSOON DIET.

The first drop of showers makes us relieved and joyous. Monsoon is the one of the best season which we all love. After the scorching heat for 4mths we all are eagerly waiting for the monsoon showers. It makes environment cool after the hot and scorching sun rays during the summer. Along with pleasure, monsoon is the season where maximum germs and bacteria fertile due to unhygienic condition like water logging on road and home. The body is more proven to different health disease like viral infections, diarrhoea, indigestion problems, flu and cough etc because monsoon reduce metabolic rate(capacity of digestion) and even immunity level. Due to this, body is more susceptible to different diseases. If you have a kids and elderly people at home, they are more susceptible and are affected with the health conditions. Even when you are having your healthy diet, it’s more important to select that food which is meant for monsoon seasons and won’t make you sick.

Best way to protect the body from all this diseases is to increase immunity level and take counter measure specify:-

• It is advisable to consume more of fruits during monsoon seasons as this will restore the energy . One can eat pears, apple, pomegranate, kiwi but no watermelon and muskmelon.

• Opt more for water base vegetables like dudhi, galka, turiya which are light in digestion.

• Avoid vegetables like cabbage, cauliflower, sprouted grains etc as this food need more time to digest and may face gastric problem.

• Drink lots of herbal tea with Indian condiments(especially with anti bacterial properties) like ginger, tulsi, mint, pepper, lemon grass honey etc. Excessive tea/coffee dehydrates body fluids and hence the quantity should be restricted or avoid.

• Try to eat more of steam vegetables rather than raw vegetables as they contain active bacteria and virus that cause bacterial and viral infections.

• Go for hot bowl of healthy soup every day. Healthy soups are loaded with different nutrition which definitely increase immune system of the body and let the body stay away from flu.

• Rainy seasons means to eat bhaijya and fried snacks for most of the people. But during monsoon, rainy water is mixed with the oil that is used for frying(mostly street hawker don’t change oil) . This oil gets contaminated when they mix with rain water that contains impure salt. Instead, make bhajiya or sinful food at home with all care taken.

• Include bitter vegetables like neem, bitter gourd etc in your meal during this season to avoid skin infections and allergies. This is a wonderful remedy to stay away from all types of skin infections.

• Try to divide total calories into 6 to 8meals. So that no meal is too overloading to the digestive system.

• Avoid fresh juices or cut fruits especially from street vendor.

• Raw garlic increases the immunity of the body. You can add garlic in the soup or any vegetables.

• We all know that turmeric powder work as the anti-inflammatory properties. Try to add this magical herb in the hot milk and drink every night.

• Do any form of excerises like yoga, gym, walk etc.

• Food like oats, brown rice, barley are the best food one could have in the monsoon.

• Always wash vegetables properly in running water and keep them clean especially if they are taken raw.

Be healthy throughout the monsoon season by just taking few changes in your daily lifestyles.