This has been an unusually
hot summer–just a glimpse of the effects
of Global Warming. We all need tips on how to keep cool. Here are 10 great tips
I found at ABC News http://abcn.ws/T1ZRaX and Daily Mail (based in
the UK) http://bit.ly/TJY4u
1. Stay
hydrated by drinking fluids like water or Gatorade.
2. Avoid
alcohol, since it can act as a diuretic and lead to dehydration.
3. Wear
lightweight, light-colored cotton clothes. Heat is trapped by synthetic fibers,
but cotton absorbs perspiration and its evaporation causes you to feel cooler.
The light colors reflect the sun's radiation.
4. Eat small meals and eat more often. The larger the meal, the more
metabolic heat your body creates breaking down the food. Avoid foods that are
high in protein, which increase metabolic heat.
5. Eat spicy food. Although this may be the last thing you fancy in hot
weather, curries and chiles can stimulate heat receptors in the mouth, enhance
circulation and cause sweating, which cools the body down.
6. Run
your wrists under a cold tap for five seconds each every couple of hours.
Because a main vein passes through this area, it helps cool the blood.
7. Take a
tepid bath or shower just below body temperature, especially before bedtime.
Although a cold shower might sound more tempting, your body generates heat
afterwards to compensate for the heat loss.
8. Replace your usual body moisturizer with a cooling Aloe Vera After Sun
product to use morning and night. This will help lower your skin temperature.
9. Buy a Chillow Pillow, a thin, soft, medical-grade device
that pops into your pillow to cool it down.
10. Sit
back, close your eyes and picture snow. Research has shown that the body reacts
to these daydreams, reducing its overall temperature.
Great tips, indeed. I hope you learned a new thing or two. I did! I’d never heard of a Chillow Pillow or considered replacing my usual moisturizer Aloe Vera After Sun lotion. Other things I didn’t know: that spicy food actually contributes to cooling the body, and that daydreaming of cold places helps keep cool. I especially like that one. (smile)
What do you do to keep cool? If you have any good tips, please
share them.
Until next month and wishing
you all a keepin’ cool August,
Ann
www.annroth.net
6 comments:
I've never heard of a Chillow Pillow either, I may have to check that out. It's been unbearably hot here this summer, and dry. We had a little dab of rain in the night but not nearly enough.
Today is the first really hot day this summer as the temp climbs to 90. I have a gazebo deep shaded by apple trees with a fan to move the air. Very pleasant.
Linda- If you try the pillow, I would love to know how it works.
Linda S- That gazebo sounds heavenly. Like you, today is our first day this summer with temps around 90. Here in the greater Seattle area, few people have AC... so we put a fan in front of an open window. In the wee hours, when the temp cools, the fan blows in nice, cool air.
Hi Ann,
Thanks for all the tips. The heat and humidity here are so draining this summer. I live in North Carolina, Thank God for air conditioning!
Tammy- I am glad you have AC! Stay cool. :)
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