Workout Tips – Video : The fitness project 2018 – Week 10 – Summer drinks for different time of the day

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The fitness project 2018 – Week 10 – Summer drinks for different time of the day


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Have sherbets and other traditional drinks through the day.

Guideline 10 of the 12-week Fitness project.

Our traditional homemade sherbets and other drinks ensure we stay at optimum health during different seasons, and this is the guideline for this week.

Here are the options –

1. Nariyal pani – mid-morning. Preferably before noon.
Helps keep the acidity and acne down. And if you get enlarged pores at this time of the year, add a small tsp of sabja seeds to your nariyal pani.

2. Chaas (buttermilk) – Just after lunch.
Other than being a good source of B12, this coolant will ensure that you are not bloated in the second half of the day.

3. Nimbu sherbet– with early evening snack.
Add salt, sugar, jeera and black pepper to your nimbu pani. There are many alternative sherbets also – kesudo, vaala, kokum, variyali, bel, etc. Body’s natural AC, these micro-nutrient rich sherbets won’t let your electrolytes or water soluble vitamins drop, especially important if you are a BP patient.

4. Kulith (horsegram) – at dinner.
If you have lost your appetite or feel low on energy or are simply feeling too gassy, this is what you need. Either make a dal out of it and eat it with rice, or turn it into a pithla (like a soup) with dahi and just have that for dinner instead (every region has a recipe for that). You will not just sleep better but also wake up with your skin feeling fresher and tummy flatter. Blame it on the folic acid and mineral rich Kulith, the super pulse of India. Also, very good option for those with diabetes or weak digestion.

Benefits of these traditional drinks –

– Help reduce acidity and get rid of bloating.
– Promote growth of healthy bacteria and nurture intestinal mucosa.
– Give a smooth, flawless complexion.
– Prevent UTI and fevers.
– Relief from chronic body aches and pains.

FAQs –

1. Apart from Nimbu pani, nariyal pani and sherbets, what other traditional drinks can we have?
Each region has its own, here are just a few more –
– Ambil – mixture of spices with ragi (or nachni) in buttermilk or curd
– Panha – the kacha kairi (raw mango) drink garnished with kesar
– Neera – the virgin palm drink that can cure everything from insomnia to eczema

2. Can I have sugarcane juice in summers?
It is ideally a drink for winters but if you are drinking it in summer – add a bit of ginger to it and always drink it before noon and drink it super fresh, the minute the sugar cane is crushed.

3. Winter options?
– Instead of chaas (buttermilk), have lassi – either mid-morning or late afternoon
– Make kulith daal and have it with Bajra (pearl millet) for dinner. Ok to have with rice too.
– You can also have amla sherbet (morning time) and Chawanprash, either to begin or end your day.

4. Fresh coconut water is not available, what are the alternatives?
The kokum, nimbu, ambil, panha, bel, even buransh – all these are available even when fresh coconut water is not.

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