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Wellness

Keep Cool –

It’s A Hot

Summer!

Ditch the sweet, creamy ice creams – cool yourself in healthy ways this hot
season, writes Deepa Desa.

Summertime just seems to up its Capsaicin, the substance in peppers that
temperatures year-on-year. My advice. Just makes spicy food spicy, binds to the pain
chill. Find ways to keep your mind and receptors in your mouth. In response,
body cool and go through it like a breeze! your brain interprets this as being hot,
(Well, at least try….) and makes you sweat, and the sweat on
Here are some ‘keep- it- cool’ your skin subsequently cools you down.
recommendations: The brilliant part is that you can do all of
Spice On! (Just A Notch) this without actually raising your body
temperature, making it a genius way to cool
down when things get hot outside.

Pick A Sorbet

There’s a reason spicy food is so popular in
places with hot climates. It turns out eating
something hot is a great way to stay cool –
Seriously.

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