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**SetSnonejog** · 09-22-2012, 02:05 AM

Drink water. Drink more water. Then drink some extra water. The booze is dehydrating, might feel cool in the mouth but will make it harder for your body to stay well hydrated and thus well equipped for it's natural heat exchange processes. Same goes for tea and coffee, the caffeine is dehydrating. Even sugary soda drinks will mess with your hydration.
Anecdote: Some years back Europe had a heat wave. Something like forty thousand people died from heat stroke and related complaints. France was particularly badly affected. Why? Because their response to the heat was to drink more. More wine and more coffee. Seemed like the obvious thing to do, it's wet after all. But if it's wet AND it pulls water out of your cells at an unnatural rate (Diuretic effect) then it's a bad thing to be swallowing if heat is bothering you.
Drink water. Stand under water. Find excuses to get wet. Drink more water.
Advice from someone who grew up in forty degree summers.
Peace,
Mikel.

09-22-2012, 02:05 AM	#24
SetSnonejog Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 623 Senior Member	Drink water. Drink more water. Then drink some extra water. The booze is dehydrating, might feel cool in the mouth but will make it harder for your body to stay well hydrated and thus well equipped for it's natural heat exchange processes. Same goes for tea and coffee, the caffeine is dehydrating. Even sugary soda drinks will mess with your hydration. Anecdote: Some years back Europe had a heat wave. Something like forty thousand people died from heat stroke and related complaints. France was particularly badly affected. Why? Because their response to the heat was to drink more. More wine and more coffee. Seemed like the obvious thing to do, it's wet after all. But if it's wet AND it pulls water out of your cells at an unnatural rate (Diuretic effect) then it's a bad thing to be swallowing if heat is bothering you. Drink water. Stand under water. Find excuses to get wet. Drink more water. Advice from someone who grew up in forty degree summers. Peace, Mikel.
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