Health Tips For Children This Summer - Help Your Kids Beat the Summer Heat

As summer starts parents get stuck with a different set of problems for kids. In summer Kid’s digestive activity or what we call metabolism in the body slows down. Digestive problem could lead to many other health problems. Kids don’t eat food properly. Dehydration is anther problem. Here are some soothing ideas which we could try out. But it is always advised to consult a experienced pediatrician for any small problem in babies, even to follow the below given tips.

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Here are some tips to beat the heat in summer for kids starting with preschoolers and above

• Drink lot of water.
• Sufficient amount of sleep is must for kids, which keeps kids active and healthy.
• Reduce intake of food products which produce heat in our body. E.g. honey, wheat.
• Among fruits also, there are some fruits which produce heat in our body. E.g. Pineapple, Papaya, Mangoes. Reduce the intake of these kind of fruits.
• Fruits like Grapes, Orange,  Water Melon, Pomegranate can be consumed.
• Above mentioned fruit juice especially dates juice is very good for this season
• Apply oil to head, which cools down the heat in our body.
• It is ok to have more sweet products in summer.
• Milk and Butter is good. Ghee in small quantity increases metabolism.
• Jaggery is very good for summer. We can use more of jaggery in food preparation.
• Boiled rice or plain rice both are good.
• Soup increases digestive power. Vegetable soups can be taken.
• Liquid intake should be increased.
• Soft, light weight cotton cloths should be used.
• For very young kids, previous night soaked kishmish(dried grapes) can be given the next day morning.
• Ragi is very good for summer. Ragi recipes can be used for kids. E.g. Ragi porridge, Ragi chocolate, Ragi Dosa, Ragi mudde, Ragi roti etc.

Elders say that, in summer, energy of sun is to the highest and human body energy level is to the lowest. Parents should take extra care to towards kid’s health in this season.