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Fight body odor with this!

24 Monday May 2021

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Hot and humid weather is a recipe for serious B.O. Here’s the fix: Grab some baking soda. Just like leaving a box in your fridge kills odors – it can do the same on your skin. Because baking soda kills the odor-causing bacteria that tends to fester on damp skin. In fact, it’s so effective, scientists say that one application fights off odors for up to 24 hours. 

All you have to do is shake a tablespoon of baking soda onto a washcloth, and add a little water to make a paste. Then, in the shower, scrub your underarms, skin creases, and feet for one minute, then rinse thoroughly.

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We really DO hate hot weather.

26 Monday Apr 2021

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Environmental experts at the Vancouver School of Economics analyzed a BILLION tweets, comparing temperatures, and the use of positive and negative words and emojis. The result: Going from a mild 70-degrees to hot 90-degrees causes the same happiness dip we experience going from a relaxing Sunday to back to work on Monday. And when the temperature tops 100 degrees, people are 3 TIMES unhappier than when the weather’s cold. So why are we more irritable when it’s hot out? First, because high temperatures increase our heart rate, testosterone, and other metabolic reactions that trigger our stress response. Also, psychologically, hot weather makes us feel out of control. Because if it’s cold you can wear more layers… but, when it’s hot, after a certain point, you can’t remove any more clothing to cool down. And when we feel we have no control, it makes us stressed out, anxious, and irritable. 

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If you’re exercising in hot weather…

16 Tuesday Jul 2019

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…make sure you have something cold to drink. Because the temperature really does make a difference. In a study from the University of Montana, scientists monitored people walking briskly on a treadmill, for 3 hours, in almost 90-degree heat. And the exercisers either had ice water to drink or lukewarm, room temperature water. The result? Study subjects had to drink twice as much lukewarm water as ice water, to maintain a healthy heart rate, and core body temperature. So if you’ll be exercising in hot weather, carry an insulated sports bottle filled with ice water.

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This is how to cool down in the Summer heat!

07 Friday Jun 2019

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Before you sip iced tea or iced coffee to cool off in sweltering heat, consider trying a HOT drink instead. It sounds counterintuitive, but it may cool you down better than something ice-cold.

Loughborough University researchers in the UK found hot drinks increase body temperature, and can trigger sweat, which is the body’s way of cooling off. That’s why many of the top tea-consuming countries – like India – have hot climates.

But other research shows cold drinks work best in extremely humid conditions since sweat evaporates more slowly in humid weather.

So when in Phoenix, drink hot tea. And in New Orleans or New York City, drink it iced.

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We yawn less in hot weather.

06 Thursday Jun 2019

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That’s because yawning helps cool the brain, so it can function at maximum capacity and help us stay alert. But when it’s hot out, we don’t get the brain-cooling benefit from inhaling boiling hot air. In fact, researchers found people yawn most when it’s around 68 degrees. And yes, being sleepy and stressed makes us yawn too because both of those physical states cause the brain to overheat.

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To beat a heat wave, have some Earl Grey tea on hand.

12 Monday Jun 2017

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But you don’t need to drink it – simply sniff a teabag. Yale University researchers found that taking 6 slow, deep whiffs of Earl Grey tea calms our amygdala – which is a region of the brain linked to stress and anxiety.
And when there’s a heat wave, the hot, oppressive weather is known to over-stimulate the amygdala, which is why we get easily irritated and anxious in sweltering weather. So the next time that happens to you, take 6 deep whiffs of Earl Grey, and you’ll be calmer in 2 minutes or less.

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Do you wear your hair in a ponytail?

29 Thursday May 2014

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Ladies, I know you want to get your hair off your neck when the weather is hot – but tie it back loosely. Research shows that wearing your hair pulled back tightly triggers headaches in 50% of women.

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