Summer is here and so is the heat! While most folks tend to think of fluids to keep cool and stay hydrated, foods can contribute up to 40% of your daily water intake. With that in mind, here’s 5 energizing foods that have plenty of water in them to keep you cool this summer.
1. Yeah for Yellow Peppers! Perfect in salads, this yellow vegetable is 92% water and loaded with vitamin C! Sliced yellow peppers make a crunchy snack for summer fun.
3. Excellent Eggplant grills nicely in the summer and has a pretty purple color thanks to anthocyanins, which are healthy antioxidants that support the integrity of all the body’s cells. Like yellow pepper and watermelon, eggplant is 92% water.
4. Super Spinach also goes nicely with salads and serves as a ‘cooling’ food during the hot months. Spinach is 92% water, very high in antioxidants, potassium, folate, and magnesium, which are natural caretakers of blood pressure.
5. Cooling cantaloupe attributes 90% of its weight to water and contains more than 30 times the amount of beta-carotene (precursor to Vitamin A) than oranges.
For more foods with therapeutic power, check out the Real Food Therapy Guide.
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