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Best way how to keep your body cool even during HOT DAY

By   quiet tracer HOW TO COOL YOURSELF WITHOUT   AIR CONDITIONING   - BEST TIPs If you are feeling hot in a   summer   day and does not have an air conditioner for instance, that's doesn't matter. Now you can keep yourself cool in a hot day even without an air conditioner by following just this simple process. STEPS 1.   Wet your wrists and other pulse points with cold water. Use a piece of ice wrapped in a face cloth, to continue after the coolness wears off. Constantly cooling off the wrists will also cool off the body. Never use just ice; make sure it is wrapped in a towel or something similar. Studies show that this will reduce your core body temperature by as much as 3 °F (1.5 ºC). The relief is almost immediate, and will last for up to one hour! 2.   Use perspiration to cool the body down. Water vapor produced by sweating (avoid sweating too much) actually takes heat away from your body if it is exposed to air and ...

Stay Cool in Summer

Summer season is on in Northern Hemisphere, and every body want to stay cool in summer. Here are some basic techniques of summertime energy management to be cool during summer season. Please keep in mind that these are comforting techniques and do not provide 100% relief and would last an hour or less. Get your air conditioner filters clean, keep your weather stripping tight, draw the drapes on windows and doors during the heat of the day, and limiting use of ovens and ranges like big heat-creating appliances. Use tropical clothing like loose, lightweight cotton and linen to enable your body from direct contact with the sun. The guayabera, men's shirt popular in Mexico, Latin America, the Caribbean (especially Cuba), also known as "Mexican wedding shirt," is constructed to keep you cool naturally. A relative of the traditional Filipino barong, the guayabera wicks moisture from the skin and is worn untucked to promote air circulation. Putting cold water on your pulse...

How to be Cool during Summer

Hot and dry summer is nothing new for us. When you feels melting skin, you need to follow these special tips. DIET As a rule of thumb, drink as much water as you can in any form like coconut water, butter milk and lemon juice minus the sugar. Also eat foods with high water content which include cereals, rice, wheat and vegetables such as watermelons, cucumber, oranges, carrots and spinach. Eat moderate amount of food and avoid excessive eating as stomach disorders are high when full during hot months. AVOID: Food with unrequired fat and sodium content. Sodium causes water retention, further dehydrating the body. Salty peanuts, chips and oily stuff are bad too.    KIDDIES: If your kids complain of loss of appetite, give them compact meals, stuffed parathas, vegetables wrapped in chappatis, curd rice or raita khichri. Give them lots of coconut water, lemon juice or mixed fruit juice.   SKIN CARE: A line of actions for infections and diseases that you need f...