Five healthy ways to get set for summer
Summer gives us longer days, brighter evenings, freshly picked strawberries, alfresco dining and rose gardens. Who doesn’t love the Summer! Here are our Nutritional Therapists' top five tips to help you get set for this glorious season.
1. Hydrate for beautiful skin
For glowing skin and abundant energy, plenty of fluids are essential. A well-hydrated body can efficiently eliminate toxins via the bladder, colon, and skin. It doesn't have to just be water - adding in a morning green juice is a great way to start the day hydrated and energised. A vegetable juice will provide condensed nourishment from the vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients. Try to make it fresh with ingredients like cucumber, celery, courgette, lettuce, fennel, lemon, lime and mint and aim to drink it within 15 minutes for maximum nutritional value.
2. Eat summertime foods
The summertime produces some of the most wonderful foods such as strawberries, that are particularly rich in Vitamin C, raspberries, apples, runner beans, fennel, cucumber, melon, rhubarb and rocket. Eating in season also ensures you are getting the best flavours and nutrition from your food and is more environmentally friendly; if you can aim for organic sources, then even better.
3. Exercise outside
What better way to enhance the benefits of exercising with an outdoor routine in the summer months? Immersing ourselves in nature supports our mental health and physical wellbeing and is immensely stress relieving. We don’t need a scientific study to know that a brisk walk through the woods or cycling through the park is uplifting and healing for the soul.
4. Consider natural cosmetics & skincare
Our skin is an organ in itself and cannot be expected to look ravishing if we load it with synthetic substances. If you’re putting thought into the food you eat, why not extend this to your skincare routine, makeup and sunscreen?
5. Supplement wisely
At Wild Nutrition, our all-women team of qualified and experienced Nutritional Therapists offer a collective 90 years' experience in women's health. Booking is simple, they're here Monday to Saturday, 8am to 7pm and available via video or phone call to provide personalised advice and lend a supportive ear no matter your questions or concerns.
