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some cultures in the hottest locations on earth enjoy hot and spicy foods?
These people have a trick up their sleeves! Spicy foods actually make you sweat and in turn, this helps to cool you down faster. Eating spicy foods works differently as it raises your internal temperature to match the temperature outside.
Some people sweat from the face the lips, forehead, nose, and scalp after eating hot and spicy foods. This causes your blood circulation to increase and you start sweating, once the moisture has evaporated you have cooled off.
Whilst some might not fancy eating hot food on a scorching hot summer day it may be worth it to cool down. What do you think?
Will you be rustling up a spicy chilli or vindaloo to see if it works?
If spicy foods aren’t your thing, try popping your feet into a bowl of ice cubes and water. The shockingly cold temperature will cool you off quickly and reset your body's temperature so you feel comfortable even a few hours later.
The soles of your feet are especially sensitive to temperature changes, so the icecold foot bath could be all it takes to cool down.
In the sweltering country of Morocco in North Africa, they battle the midday heat by sipping on sweetened mint tea and have been do ing so in the desert for thousands of years. Mint has natural cooling properties that make it fresh and cooling on the nasal passages.
It can be difficult to sleep in hot weather. If it's too hot or too cold your internal body temperature may be affected disrupting your ability to drop off and stay asleep.
The best plan is to sleep in the lowest level of your home as the heat rises. Also, make sure all electrical items are turned off and not in standby mode as this still creates heat
Some who struggle terribly with the heat resort to taking sheets and bedding straight out of the washing machine and sleeping in a damp bed. But, keeping things damp need not just be a night time resort as a damp cotton tshirt can provide some relief during the day.
Heat escapes through the skin, which is the largest organ in the body. So, the more skin you can cool down, the better.
If you'd rather not walk around in wet clothing, you can buy a cooling spray, or just having a cool shower can work just as well.
Wrists and ankles have lots of pulse points where blood vessels are close to the skin, so you will cool down more quickly.
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