10 Great reasons to cool off with an iced mate in summer

Mate ice cream is delicious and very refreshing. In Rio de Janeiro, it’s practically an institution on the beaches, as well as biscuits made from sprinkles. What you probably don’t know is that in addition to quenching thirst, this natural drink has a number of health and body benefits.

O awesome.club did research on scientific studies and read articles on medical websites to tell you why you should often drink a glass of mate, either with lemon or straight.

Yerba mate is thermogenic, as is coffee — both have caffeine. It makes the metabolism accelerate and spend more calories, helping those who want to lose the extra pounds that appeared in the holiday season. But just kill him doesn’t do a miracle, right? A balanced diet is important too.

As it is thermogenic, iced mate has another benefit coming from this property: it helps blood circulation, and precisely at a time of year when it tends to be damaged because of excess heat.

Want to help your body stay young and your skin healthy? Take mate! A study by the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) shows that the herb has antioxidant properties. But it is uncertain whether the industrialized drink has the same effect as the one made at home with the herb.

Great news for diabetes patients is that delicious iced mate helps with blood sugar control. But don’t even think about putting sugar in the drink, right? By the way, if you like to sweeten every drink, mate is a good workout to start changing this habit.

You can dedicate yourself to the gym, but if the body is not balanced in B vitamins, the results will be frustrating. According to the State Agricultural Research Foundation of Rio Grande do Sul, mate is rich in several of them, which are important for the renewal of muscle cells.

The fact that it contains caffeine also means that it gives mood and energy, in addition to burning calories. So, in addition to potentiating the effects of the workout, you will still be more willing to do the exercises if you drink mate.

Since in summer the whole body tends to get lazy, a great benefit of iced mate is that it helps with digestion. But don’t forget to help out too, eating light foods, which the body handles better under high ambient temperatures.

Yerba mate helps to inhibit the absorption of fat by the body. If you thought about slimming, that’s okay, we’ve even talked about it. But this is also important for the heart as it helps maintain good cholesterol levels.

There is more than one version of the herb to be consumed cold. In some regions, such as Rio de Janeiro, the darker drink, made with roasted herbs, is quite common. This is how it started to be consumed on the beaches and in Maracanã in the 1950s. There are other regions (especially Mato Grosso do Sul and Mato Grosso) where it is taken in the form of tereré, a drink similar to chimarrão (but cold) that is consumed in gourd and with green yerba mate.

A very common problem in the summer, especially among children, dehydration is avoided by consuming plenty of liquids, with drinks and also fruits full of liquid. On the beach or at the pool, then, are we going to exchange the sugary soda for a healthy iced mate?

And you, do you love having an iced mate during the hottest days? Leave your comment!