Simple Tips and Tricks for Reducing Sweating and Keeping Cool

While the sweltering heat of summer looms over your head, don’t let your diet, fitness, or mental health get pushed to the back burner. Instead, actively participate in the #HealthySummerWithActivLiving campaign to thrive in different circumstances and lead a wholesome lifestyle.

Sweating is the body’s natural response to hot weather. Sweating helps keep your body cool when the temperatures around you increase. While sweating is a part of Activ Living in summer, excessive sweating can be a problem too.

What You Should Know:

What are the causes of too much sweating?
How to reduce sweating in the summer?

What are the causes of excessive sweating?

It is only natural for your sweat to increase as the weather becomes hotter. However, if you are sweating too much without any clear reason, it could be caused by anything from low blood sugar to pregnancy or even some medication that you might be on. The medical term for the condition of profuse sweating is called hyperhidrosis and it might require special treatment.

How to reduce sweating in the summer?

Regardless of whether you have a medical condition or not, we all need tips to keep the body cool in this summer heat. While staying at home during the pandemic it might be easier to beat the heat at home with simple steps like wearing light clothes or including cooling nutritious foods in your diet. Here are some tips specifically to reduce sweating:

1. Avoid stress and anxietySweating can be a common response of the body to stressful situations. Stress and anxiety could be a major cause of your excess sweating, especially during the pandemic. Try meditating and other breathing techniques to stay calm during the day.

2. Reduce spicy foods and hot beverages

Food loaded with chillies contain the chemical capsaicin which cause you to sweat. Avoid hot beverages like green tea, tea and especially coffee. The caffeine in coffee is a major sweat trigger so you try and substitute it with fresh fruit juices or coconut water.

3. Apply coffee scrub or aloe vera gelAloe vera gel is useful in your skin care for the summer. It not only cools the skin to reduce sweating, but also reduces inflammation. This can help you avoid summer rashes and skin irritation. A coffee scrub made with ground coffee beans and coconut oil exfoliates the skin to stop you from sweating too much.

4. Lower your salt intake

Lowering your salt intake would also mean avoiding foods with high sodium content. This is mainly because your body tries to release any excess sodium you consume through sweat.

5. Use an antiperspirant

An antiperspirant can block sweat ducts so that the sweat produced by the sweat glands doesn’t reach the skin. Ensure your armpits are clean and dry before using it. You can apply antiperspirant before going to bed and continue the routine for 8-10 days to reduce sweating throughout the day.

Find tips on nutrition and fitness, to stay healthy with #ABHIKaro – Activ Living in Summer. Let us know in the comments if you have any summer health-related questions that you would like us to answer.