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Tips to keep you cool this summer
Tips to keep you cool this summer
As temperatures soar and thousands head off on holiday to make the most of the long, hot summer days, we discover ways to keep your cool in the heatwave:
Try eating small meals and eat more often.
Run your wrists under a cold tap for five seconds every couple of hours. Because a main vein passes through this area, it helps cool the blood.
Eat spicy food, it stimulate heat receptors in the mouth, enhance circulation and cause sweating, which cools the body down.
Take a tepid bath or shower just below body temperature, especially before bedtime.
Wear lightweight, light-coloured cotton clothes.
You may be longing for a cold beer or a chilled white wine spritzer. But you should avoid alcohol because it dehydrates the body.
Slow down and avoid strenuous activity which will stimulate your body and raise its core temperature.
Get Liquid Ice.
Drink chrysanthemum tea. Practitioners say chrysanthemum is a cooling herb which clears the head.
Sleep on a feather or down pillow with a cotton pillowcase. Synthetic pillows will retain heat.
Try a Native American herbal remedy called Black Cohosh which has been clinically proven to relieve hot flushes and night sweats in menopausal women.
Ditch your duvet and sleep under a sheet instead.
Sit back, close your eyes and picture a fruity icey cold sorbet. Research has shown that the body reacts to these daydreams, reducing its overall temperature.