If the heat outside is making your insides revolt against food, you\u2019re not alone. Health experts say that the weather has a big impact on one\u2019s appetite.<\/p>\n
Researchers say that as the temperature increases, a person\u2019s appetite may decrease.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt actually has to do with the thermic effect of food, so we\u2019re not as hungry in the heat because our bodies don\u2019t wanna get overheated,\u201d says Julia Zumpano, a registered dietitian with the Cleveland Clinic.<\/p>\n
Zumpano says digesting food and stockpiling nutrients uses energy, which generates heat. She says that if one\u2019s body is already hot, it may not want any more heat.<\/p>\n
“So generally and naturally, our appetites just drop in the summer and in the hotter months,\u201d says Zumpano.<\/p>\n
But even if you\u2019re not as hungry in the heat, Zumpano says it is still important to have a balanced diet. She says to choose the most nutrient-dense foods, like fresh fruits and vegetables. She says to also make sure you\u2019re getting enough protein.<\/p>\n
\u201cProteins can come from meats or fish, but it can also come from things like eggs and beans and dairy sources, like cottage cheese and Greek yogurt,\u201d Zumpano says.<\/p>\n
Zumpano finally says that digestion can slow down when a person is dehydrated, so it is important to drink plenty of water.<\/p>\n
“Even focusing on hydrating foods can be very helpful, like watermelon and lettuce and celery and cucumbers, cherries and citrus fruits and strawberries,\u201d she says. \u201cSo all of those foods can be very hydrating, in addition to, of course, increasing your fluid intake.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If the heat outside is making your insides revolt against food, you\u2019re not alone. Health experts say that…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":79697,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[210,54793,1848,2096,1182,54792,47595,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-79696","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nutrition","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-health-alert","10":"tag-healthy-food","11":"tag-heat","12":"tag-nutrition","13":"tag-summer-health","14":"tag-summer-heat","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114889241587309883","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}