10 Healthy Summer Drinks to Beat the Summer Heat
By NutrioTalk
Summers are here with scorching heat, leaving us sweaty, messy, fatigued, and wanting to stay in an air-conditioned environment. This extremely high temperature would not let us involve much in outdoor activities. Thus, it becomes important to take care of our health. Summer calls for an abundant amount of drinking to stay hydrated. While water is the best drink to stay hydrated all day, adding some summer coolers to your routine would provide you with extra health benefits.
Let's energize and replenish ourselves with these healthy and delicious summer coolers and juices to beat the heat.
Healthy Summer Drink Recipes
1. Coconut water
Coconut water is the best drink to beat the summer heat. It’s refreshing and loaded with fiber, protein, potassium, vitamins, and minerals. It also aids in weight loss. It’s one of the most nutritious drinks to include in your everyday diet. Feeling dehydrated? Coconut water is the go-to drink!
2. Sattu Water
Sattu is flour made with ground cereals. It’s rich in fiber, calcium, and iron. Sattu water keeps the body cool in the summer and provides instant energy. Drinking Sattu water on an empty stomach has other health benefits as well. Sattu drink can be a complete breakfast meal as well.
To prepare sattu water, mix sattu powder, cumin powder, black salt, and lemon juice. Mix it well and drink it up to keep yourself hydrated and energized throughout the day.
3. Aam Panna
Aam Panna is a refreshing summer drink prepared with mango pulp blended with mint leaves, cumin powder, and salt. This drink not only refreshes you but keeps you energized the whole day. This is one of my favorite summer coolers!
4. Barley Water
Barley water is a traditional health tonic. Barley, water, salt, honey (optional), and lemon are a few ingredients to make this water. In many households, it is a traditional cooling and cleansing drink. Barley water has a lot of health benefits. It lowers cholesterol levels and promotes heart health.
5. Watermelon Mint Juice
Watermelon is the best summer fruit, and what could be better than a fresh watermelon juice with a pinch of mint flavor! Watermelon's hydrating properties would keep your body hydrated and fresh.
6. Lemonade
Lemonade is one of the basic, popular and refreshing drinks. Lemonade is mostly consumed in every hold especially in summer. Ritika Bhusal,Dietitian and Nutrition Consultant recommends this drink in summers as lemon is rich in Vitamin C and antioxidants which helps in promoting your heart health and boost immune system. If you want get rid of summer blues, make lemonade by adding lemon juice in chilled water, black salt, sugar (add honey if you want to skip sugar) and crushed mint leaves. This refreshing drink will quench your thirst and refresh your body and mind.
7. Sugarcane Juice
Sugarcane juice is a powerhouse of energy and helps you fight against dehydration and dullness. Adding mint leaves and lemon would enhance the taste as well as add extra health benefits to the juice.
8. Buttermilk
Every day, a glass of buttermilk would be beneficial to your health. Potassium, calcium, and Vitamin B12 are all abundant in buttermilk. Buttermilk is also good for your digestive system. It aids digestion, satisfies thirst, keeps blood pressure in check, and prevents dehydration.
9. Fruit Punch
Fruit punch is a delicious combination of orange, pineapple, and pomegranate juices, with finely sliced apples, bananas, grapes, and pineapple. Fruit Punch is a delicious and nutritious way to spice up your daily routine. This beverage is high in vitamins, minerals, and fiber.
10. Cucumber Coolant
Ritika Bhusal, Dietitian and Nutrition Consultant suggests this summer drink as cucumber consists of 95% water, hence, it not only keeps you hydrated but aids in weight loss as well. It is also rich in antioxidants and detoxifies the body. Prepare Cucumber Coolant by blending cucumber with ice, mint, black salt and table salt. Add roasted cumin powder for enhancing the taste and digestion too.
These healthy and refreshing summer drinks are easy to make and good enough to beat the summer heat. You can sip on these drinks all summer long and say goodbye to the summer blues!
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