How Can You Stay Healthy in Summer Season?

• Summer is
  • hot
  • bright
  • sharp

  the season of pitta.

  Thus the main recommendation

  • for everyone, especially for individuals whose prakriti is primary pitta, is to
    •  keep cool and
    • not allow pitta dosha to become aggravated.

How Can You Stay Healthy In Summer Season?

• In the morning as part of your daily routine
  • rub 5 to 6 ounce of
    • coconut or
    • sunflower oil

    on your body before bathing.

    • Coconut oil is calming cooling and soothing to the skin.
• Wear cotton silk clothing
  • it is cooling
  • light and
  • allows the skin to breathe.
• Loose fitting clothes are best
  • they permit the air to pass through and cool the body.

Does Color Of Your Cloth Matter?

• The best color to wear in hot weather are
  • white
  • grey
  • blue
  • purple and
  • green.

     Avoid   

  • red
  • orange
  • dark yellow and
  • black

  which absorbs and retain heat and will aggravate pitta.

Which Food is Good or Bad During Summer?

• Follow the pitta pacifying diet.

• Good fruits for summer include
  • Apple
  • pear
  • melon
  • plums
  • prunes.
  • Watermelon
  • lime juice

  are also good in summer.

• Try steamed
  • asparagus
  • broccoli
  • brussels sprouts
  • cucumber
  • raita
  • basmati rice.
  Khichdi made from
  • basmati rice
  • moong dal
  • little ghee
  • grated coconut

•   Avoid   
  • sour fruits
  • citrus fruit
  • beets
  • carrots

  which are all heating.

• Garlic
• onion
• chilly
• tomato
• sour cream
• salted cheese

are also not recommended.

• You can eat more salads in summer than at any other time as they are cooling,
  • but they are best eaten for lunch.

• If you eat meat you can have some light meat
  • chicken
  • Turkey or
  • shrimp

  once a week.

  • Avoid dark meats which are heating.
• Don't drink
  • hot water or
  • hot drinks

  in the summer.

  • Room temperature or cool drinks are best.

   

• Ice and ice drinks
  • inhibits digestion and
  • creates toxins amma

  in the body it is best ever to drink them.

• Refreshing drink is lassi.
  •  yogurt
    • 1 part
  •  water
    • 4 part

   blend 2 or 3 minutes until creamy.

• You can add
  • roasted cumin seed
    • one fourth teaspoon
  • before blending or for a sweet flavored drink
    • add 2 tbsp sugar or
    • other sweetener and
    • one drop of rose water.
• The juice of
  • 1/4 lime
  • cup of cool water
  • pinch of cumin powder

  is also refreshing.

• If you drink alcohol beverage avoid
  • whisky
  • brandy
  • rum
  • red wine

  which are heating.

  Some cool beer during hot days will be alright.

Does Outside Heat Effect You During Summer?

• Working in hot kitchen increases pitta.
  • If you cook,
    •  cook in the early morning or
    •  in the evening.

• This is a season of generalized low energy.
  • So it is alright to take a short nap in the daytime.

•   Never   
  • lie in the sun in the summer if the weather is very hot.
  •  Person having multiple moles should not lie in the sun.
• Don't wear
  • shorts or
  • short sleeve

  but wear

  • loose fitting clothes to protect your skin.

Is Exercise Good During Summer?

• Avoid strenuous exercise.
  • If you are accustomed to
    • running or
    • other vigorous aerobic exercise

    do it early in the morning at the coolest part of the day.

• Do some
  • mild yoga
  • quiet meditation

  twice a Day.

• Good posture for summer includes the
  • fish
  • camel
  • cobra
  • cow
  • palm tree poses.

  Pita individual should not do inverse pose such as

  • Head stand
  • shoulder stand

Which Pranayama Is Good During Summer?

• Perform sheetali pranayama cooling breathing exercise

What Time Should You Sleep During Summer?

• You can go to bed a little late on summer Nights
  •  around 11 p.m. or midnight.

• Rub some
  • coconut oil on your
    • scalp
    • soles of your feet

    for a cooling effect before going to sleep.

• Sleep on your right side.

Is Sex Good During Summer?

• Sex should be minimize in summer,
  • as it is heating and will provoke pitta.

• If you want to have sex
  • do it between 9 and 10 p.m.
    • when it is cooler but not yet pitta time.

What Kind of Food are Beneficial During Summer?

•  sun evaporates the most of the earth and therefore induce
  • hot
  • dry
  • sharp

  qualities in the atmosphere

  • resulting in pitta aggravation.

  In summer

  • sweet
  • cold
  • liquid
  • fatty food and drinks

  are beneficial.