🥒 The Summer Bloat Fix: Eat Light, Feel Bright, Lead Strong

✍️By Oralia Acosta | WBN News | 12 July, 2025 | Click HERE for your FREE Subscription to WBN News and/or to be a Contributor.

If you’re feeling puffy, sluggish, or slightly swollen this summer — you’re not alone.

Bloating is common in hot weather due to dehydration, salt imbalance, and sluggish digestion from travel, stress, or heavier meals. But here’s the truth: you don’t have to live with it.

As a business owner or professional, you need to feel light, clear, and focused — not bogged down by belly bloat or post-lunch crashes (that infamous sleepy feeling after lunch).

Here’s how to beat the bloat and bring your A-game all summer long:

🥒 Hydrate before you caffeinate. Start your day with warm lemon water or cucumber-mint infused water to jumpstart digestion and rehydrate cells.

🍉 Eat high-water foods. Think watermelon, cucumber, fennel, pineapple, berries, and leafy greens — all of which reduce fluid retention and cool inflammation.

🥗 Pair smart. Avoid mixing heavy starches with proteins. Instead, try lean protein + greens, or fruit + seeds for easier digestion.

🧂 Use sea salt intentionally. A pinch helps your body absorb water without holding on to it — unlike processed table salt.

🫖 Sip digestive teas. Ginger, peppermint, chamomile, and dandelion tea reduce gas, ease bloating, and calm your nervous system. You can even add ice to these teas for a more refreshing drink.

🕰️ Slow down and chew. Chewing well activates enzymes and prevents that over-full, gassy feeling. If you are having problems with digestion, try enzymes.

Summer leadership isn’t about hustle and heaviness — it’s about energy, clarity, and embodiment.

So eat to feel light. Hydrate to feel alive. And let bloat be a thing of the past.

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