Strong summer heat - a difficult test for the human body and its immune system. Even healthy people, with rare exceptions, are experiencing discomfort in the heat. For patients with the same heat is fraught with aggravation of chronic diseases.
The main danger during a severe summer heat - dehydration. With the breath, and then through the skin, the body loses much more liquid than usual. These losses need to fill.
In hot weather it is better to quench their thirst table mineral water with an alkaline composition. It not only makes up for the loss of fluid and salt loss, are excreted in sweat. You can also drink water with salts and acids: to half a liter of water is added table salt on the tip of the knife and lemon juice (one teaspoon). The juice can be replaced with a tablespoon of dry white wine. Berry unsweetened fruit drinks and hot green tea is also good thirst quencher.
The amount of liquid required in the body for days 20-40 ml per kg body weight. No need to wait until you get a strong sense of thirst - this means that the body is already experiencing dehydration. Need to drink more, and leaving home, have a bottle of water. If you have to exercise, you need to drink to her, during exercise and after it.
You should not drink in the heat of the coffee, caffeinated drinks, alcohol (including beer). These beverages increase dehydration. Do not try to quench your thirst and soft drinks.
Very useful in the heat of juicy fruits and vegetables (watermelon, citrus, cucumbers, tomatoes). They include a lot of water, and in addition it - vitamins and mineral salts.
Professional Advice to prevent dehydration
- In the heat necessary to abandon the tight-fitting clothing made of synthetic fabrics and wear things made of natural fabrics (cotton, linen), available in volume. If possible, do not wear ties and belts.
- Means of makeup, especially foundation and powder, difficulty breathing through the pores of the skin. It is better not to use them in the heat.
- Cut down on the menu of meat and spicy dishes. Very attentive to the perishable products. The main food on hot days should be fruits and vegetables.
- Sports the best time to cancel, and if this is not possible, during training, before and after them you need to drink more water. On fitness classes need to choose exercises that lead to the enrichment of oxygen (breathing exercises, light aerobics, yoga).
To escape from overheating and dehydration on the job, you can:
- Buy a spray bottle and spray water more often the space around them;
- Drink a glass of water every half hour, if the room temperature exceeds + 26˚;
- Put on his desk a container of water (can be an aquarium) to evaporate the liquid cools the air;
- More frequent visits to the toilet to wash and wipe your hands with water up to the shoulders;
- Put on the shoulders of a wet handkerchief, if possible;
- Every two hours, try to lie down for at least five minutes - this will reduce the strain on your blood vessels.