means the body burns fewer caloriesquick summer tips store leftovers in clean closed containers always freeze leftovers and use within 35 days never take risk with stored cooked food cook food especially meat and poultry at a high temperature disease causing bacteria like ecoli salmonella and listeria are killed only at high temperatures do not leave food in an open environment harmful bacteria proliferate causing nausea vomiting and diarrhoea avoid fried food and foods with chemical additives coffee chocolate colas and alcohol during the summer always wash your hands with warm soapy water before handling food and after using the bathroomcontributed by bsr