Chilled Soup
When you’re sweating out under a fan at the office, a hot bowl of soup hardly sounds pleasant. Instead, try the new culinary concept that has stormed the internet with a gazillion recipes – the chilled soup!
Ideally, try to choose soups containing fruits and veggies with high water content, and avoid adding a lot of salt.
Fresh Mint
Mint is refreshing and helps quench thirst. Add it to your smoothie, salad, water, or lemonade. You can also try eating mint-flavored gum to flavor your mouth and make the saliva stay. Consuming more sodium can make the mouth dry and this can create a feeling that you need more water even after you have been drinking plenty of water. Avoid drying up your mouth by taking a few sips of water every few minutes.
Icy Cold Beverage
Ice makes all the beverages taste better. To enjoy your drink and quench your thirst add ample ice to your drink. Make sure that the drink is low-sodium so that it does not make you thirstier. You can also make a margarita or lemonade and fill a glass with ice. Then pour the drink and enjoy it. Make enough to refill again and again to quench the thirst. Ideally, you should drink icy cold beverages before supper because the cold can interfere with digestion.
Avoid Salt
Consuming fried foods and salty food can make us thirsty. I often have trouble falling asleep when I eat too much salt during the day because there is no way to quench the thirst. I also peed 3-5 times and drank more water. I try to avoid eating too much salt in a single day. Cook at home and reduce the quantity of salt in your food. Drink plenty of fluids during the day to avoid feeling thirsty at night.
Citrus Fruits
Citrus fruits are excellent for summer hydration, thanks to their water content clocking in at a whopping 90%. A mid-sized orange contains water equivalent to half a cup. So grab a tangy broiled grapefruit to shield yourself from an afternoon slump.
