How To Stay Healthy When The Season Changes

Every time the season changes it brings something new with it. The rainy season may have its charms: the cool weather, the greenery around, the season to wear jackets filled with the pleasure of a cup of hot tea or coffee added to it are hot pakodas or a bowl of hot soup. With the pleasures it also has dangers like Common Cold, Fever, Cough, Allergies, Infection, Fatigue, Low Digestion Power, Low Immunity, Low Body Strength, Acid Reflux, diseases like Dengue, Typhoid, Malaria and Infectious bacteria and viruses that become active due to the high humidity caused by repeated spells of rain. These can take a toll on you and your child’s health. So, prepare your body for this season. If you don’t have good immunity you tend to catch infection faster. As the saying goes Taj Mahal was not built in a day similarly good Health cannot be built in a day; one has to make lifestyle changes with the discipline to achieve good health. If the body is healthy it can recover faster when you are unwell due to change in season.

Simple Steps Which One Can Incorporate To Stay Healthy in the Rainy Season

• Make Your Body Healthy, Strong By:
  • Getting a good night sleep
  • Staying well hydrated
  • Staying active and exercise regularly
  • Eating as per season, a wholesome and balanced meal as per your body’s requirement and maintaining proper timings
  • Managing your stress by meditating or doing breathing exercising etc
  • Following a disciplined lifestyle

Simple Precautions Which Can Be Taken To Stay in Good Health Condition

• Wash your hands and legs properly when you come from outside
• Maintain good hygiene
• Protect yourself from clogged gutters and dirty puddles
• Keep your surroundings clean and dry
• Keep mosquitoes out
• Keep the body warm

Include and Avoid

• Eat steamed and well-cooked food during this season than raw
• Include ginger, garlic and turmeric in your diet as they help fight infections
• Include herbal tea
• Include fruits and vegetables rich in vitamin c and antioxidants like cherries, jamun, peach, plum, pomogranate and apple
• Dinner should be very light mainly rice and jowar based preparations like khichadi, jowar roti + vegetable and dal, dal and rice with vegetable or jowar chilla with soup etc as they are easily digestible
• Avoid eating street food
• Avoid leafy greens during this time they are susceptible to worms
• Avoid Sour or acidic foods
• Avoid Spicy and oily food as it causes indigestion, bloating and salt retention

For Children

• Drink boiled water
• Wash fruits thoroughly before eating
• Have nutritious, light and hot home cooked food like dalia, moong khichadi, sautéed veggies, paratha, dosa, idli with sambar, pancakes etc
• Avoid raw/uncooked salads, chutneys, sandwiches and sandwich spreads
• Do not eat left-over food. Humid and high temperature can increase the bacterial growth in leftover foods. Discard them.
• Give them turmeric, dry ginger and jaggery balls to eat daily
• completely avoid eating unhygienic, uncovered roadside food
• Ask them to wash their hands and legs whenever they come from out
• Keep children well covered during day/night to keep them safe from mosquito bites. Use mosquito repellents and gels which are safe for children
• Dry them quickly if wet
• Keep cold cough medicines box ready
• Avoid sending them to school if they are not well as other children may catch their infection
• Before they go to bed give them a few sips of warm water to drink daily

To Conclude I Would Like to Say Is Build Immunity and Good Health and Follow These Simple Tips During Monsoon to Keep Your Family Protected from Infections & Diseases.

Prevention Is Always Better Than Cure