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While many people eat more salads and leafy vegetables on hot summer days, reducing protein intake is another way to beat the heat, says a Radford University professor.
You may be able to stay cooler by eating fewer high protein foods such as meats, says Julien AxeLson, chairman of Radford’s health services department. Excess protein, which will be metabolized as either energy or fat. can make you feel hotter because “the by-products of these processes must be excreted as urine,” she says.
Choosing a cool salad instead of a heavy meat and potatoes meal on a hot day may be a subconscious response to the body’s need to replace fluids lost through perspiration, she says. “Ordinarily we don’t think about our water intake because our bodies adjust by telling us we’re thirsty,” she says. “Surprisingly, lettuce, which is about 95 percent water, is higher in water than some drinks, such as milk.”
Fruits, vegetables and whole grains, which are high in fiber, are a good safeguard against water loss, adds Prof. Axelson. However, high fiber foods should be balanced with some proteins. Because fiber holds
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