How to escape the heat in summer. What to do if it's hot? How to escape the heat in an apartment? How to escape the heat outside? Cool drinks at home How to beat the heat

Olga Nagornyuk

30 ways to cope with the heat

With the arrival of summer comes the heat. As soon as the thermometer exceeds +30°C, we begin to seek salvation under the air conditioning. What should those who don’t have a split system do? After all, buying such a unit, even taking into account the availability of “budget” models, is not affordable for everyone. And there are also people who are in no hurry to install an air conditioner, fearing its harmful effects on health. What should they do?

For those who found themselves without air conditioning at the peak of the heat, we have put together a number of recommendations that will allow you to survive the solar chaos with minimal discomfort.

Ways to help beat the heat at home

The following tips will help you escape the heat without air conditioning at home:

• Protect your house/apartment from the sun by insulating the walls. Thermal insulation “holds” the temperature, preventing the room from warming up quickly. This won’t save you for the whole summer, but for a couple of weeks the upward movement of the thermometer will slow down.

In winter, thermal insulation, on the contrary, will save heat in the house and allow you to save on heating;

• prevent the penetration of direct sunlight into the rooms by hanging on the windows located on sunny side, blinds or reflective film. The room will become darker, but you will be guaranteed a difference of 5-7°C with the outside temperature;

• Open the windows in the evening and morning and ventilate the house. Firstly, at this time it becomes a little cooler outside, and you have the opportunity to lower the room temperature by a few degrees. Secondly, the air that has stagnated during the day needs to be ventilated and enriched with oxygen.

Leave the windows and balcony doors open all night: you will definitely not be in danger of freezing, and your sleep will be much more pleasant;

• use the oven and stove less - these appliances can add an extra 5 degrees to the air temperature in the room. In the summer, appetite decreases, use this to your advantage: eat fruits (they perfectly quench your thirst) and salads, give the stove a break from you, and take a break from caring for the stove yourself.

• use a fan. Just driving warm air around the room, it won't make the situation much easier. But if you place several bottles of ice water under the stream of air it blows, you will lower the temperature by a couple of degrees.

Use a fan for ventilation too. If the evening cool is not enough, place the device along with bottles of ice in front of one of the windows, thereby creating an air conditioning effect;

• Place bottles of ice water under your pillow at night. Don’t worry: the down/sintepon layer will prevent you from freezing and catching a cold, but your head won’t feel hot at night and you won’t wake up in a hot sweat;

• when it’s impossible to sleep because of the stuffiness, fold the bed linen into a bag and put it in the refrigerator for a while: the sheet and duvet cover will cool down, and sleep will come faster.

Use bed linen made from natural fabrics. Synthetic materials are weakly hygroscopic: sleeping in such a bed in the hot season will be extremely unpleasant.

• get rid of carpets. Tapestries and rugs “steal” the cold, so send them to rest in the pantry until autumn, and enjoy the pleasant coolness of the floors and walls;

• “green” the rooms. Living plants (especially ficus and palm trees) can cool rooms. No indoor plants? Build boxes and plant ordinary annual petunias: it’s pleasing to the eye and the temperature in the room is a little lower;

• Conventional incandescent lamps produce 80% more heat than fluorescent and LED lamps. The conclusion is obvious: conventional lamps need to be replaced, saving the family budget and winning one more degree of heat from the sun;

• wear clothes made from natural fabrics. Cotton and linen are highly breathable and absorb moisture perfectly, providing maximum comfort even in the heat. It is not for nothing that the children of the desert - the Bedouins - dress exclusively in clothes made from these materials.

Give up tight-fitting clothes for a while: they look attractive, but they interfere with normal air conditioning, and your skin wants to breathe - don’t interfere with it;

• Take a cool shower regularly: water prevents your body from overheating, and at the same time moisturizes your skin, which, in the summer heat, experiences serious stress with you.

Don’t overdo it: the water should be at room temperature, otherwise you won’t be able to avoid a cold, and fighting a cough and runny nose in the heat is still a pleasure;

• a towel soaked in cold water and hung around the neck also helps cope with the heat. This method has been tested on athletes, take advantage of their experience;

• Wet hair creates a feeling of coolness and lowers the temperature of a hot body. Moisturize your head and you will see: it will become much easier for you to endure the heat;

• when you really can’t bear it, soak your clothes in cool water: this will bring relief for a while and help you escape the heat;

• less movement. Physical activities stimulate blood circulation, and the person becomes hot. Plan your day so that you can manage your affairs either before the heat sets in or after it subsides;

• drink plenty of fluids, give preference to plain water and tea, which quench your thirst better than other drinks. We do not recommend drinking ice water: getting a sore throat in summer is just as unpleasant as in winter;

• resort to aromatherapy. It won't lower the temperature in the room, but it will help cope with stress caused by the heat and create the illusion of coolness. Mint and cinnamon do this job well.

Ways to help escape the heat on the street and at work

While on the street and in the office, follow these recommendations:

• choose your clothes carefully. The same rule applies here as at home: we only wear natural and comfortable products. By providing free access of air to the skin, we overheat and sweat less;

• carry a fan with you. In this case, it is not an attribute of flirting, like among the ladies of the 19th century, but a tool to escape the heat. Fanning creates a slight illusion of coolness. When you don’t have a fan, use a handkerchief - the main thing is to always have it at hand;

• Take a bottle of cool water with you on the road. It will help wet your throat and protect you from heat stroke;

• try not to use creams: it’s hard for your skin to breathe in summer without them, don’t aggravate the situation;

• if the management doesn’t mind (and they should meet you halfway, since they saved money on air conditioning), place a container of water on your desktop: an aquarium with fish or a decorative mini-waterfall. The water evaporates, slightly lowering the air temperature;

• Periodically spray the area around you with water from a spray bottle. It would be a good idea to moisturize your face in this way, then the feeling of stuffiness will not be so oppressive;

• rules regarding landscaping and its ability to mitigate heat also apply in the office. If you have not yet acquired ficus and palm trees in your office, catch up;

• Have lunch in a cool place. Perhaps in a room located in the northern part of the building, where the sun rarely shines. Go to a cafe that has air conditioning and where you can escape the heat for at least an hour.

Ways to help escape the heat in a car

If your car does not have air conditioning or there is simply no air conditioning, you can open the windows, letting hot air into the cabin and increasing fuel consumption, or you can take more effective measures to avoid heat stroke:

• Hang sun shades on the windows. The manufacturer equips them with convenient suction cup mounts, so their installation takes no more than 5 minutes, but the temperature in the cabin decreases by 5-7 degrees;

• When leaving the car in the sun, install a reflective screen on the windshield of the car. Then, when you get into a car, you won’t feel like you’re in a steam room;

• dirt attracts sunlight. Wash your car more often: a polished surface reflects the sun's rays better.

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This year, summer spoils us like a king: heat, rare thunderstorms and little rain. By the sea, such weather would be ideal, but the city is melting due to the extreme temperatures. Let's figure out how to use simple ways turn your apartment into an oasis of coolness.

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This year's summer was a success, and there's no way to jinx it. Heat up to +35, rare thunderstorms. In general, the weather is practically resort, seaside. Only there is no sea in central Russia, and the cool breeze does not blow over our bodies exhausted by the heat. The dusty, gas-polluted city is melting from high temperatures, and we are suffocating in dust and soot. One salvation is to take refuge at home, under a roof and behind thick walls. Wow, and here, it turns out, is a real bathhouse. Whatever you touch, everything gives off heat. Do you really have to sit in a cool bathroom? No way - let's invent a home air conditioner.

Gather traditional methods We started saving the apartment from the summer heat just at the time when unbearable heat came to Ryazan. First, we removed all the carpets. Walking on a bare floor barefoot is more pleasant than walking on wool pile - you immediately feel cool. Well, at the same time we got rid of piles of vases, figurines, lace napkins and other cute nonsense that so warms the soul in the cold season and incredibly quickly gathers dust in the summer, when all the windows are wide open. How painful it is to wash and wash all this every week - it’s time to take a break.

Method one. Under deep siege

My apartment is corner on the sunny side. In winter we are visited by winds and cold, and in summer there is unbearable stuffiness. I also don’t really want to hang sun curtains on the windows, otherwise it will completely block the air supply to the apartment. But it is entirely within our power to isolate ourselves from the sun. I borrowed this method from the mother of one of my friends - every summer when it gets hot, she covers the windows with foil and feels great. We didn't have much food foil, but it was enough for one room. Glue doesn't stick to foil, so we used tape. It is very inconvenient to work with foil - it is thin, slides on the glass and constantly breaks, especially when children pull it on top of each other. Due to our inexperience, we made a huge mistake - we glued some of the foil onto the glass. Traces of tape, alas, cannot be erased by anything. It is better, of course, to mount it on the frame.

When we finished, the room became dark polar night. How good it was for the first half hour, when the sun finally stopped mercilessly frying me from all sides, hitting the monitor and heating up all objects within a radius of three meters from the window. I immediately felt drawn to sleep. But then one wanted to read, the other decided to do puzzles on the floor. I had to turn on the light. And this is at noon. No, I am still firmly convinced that the deficit accumulated over the winter sunlight must be replenished at all costs. And if you live with artificial lighting in the summer, your body simply cannot stand it.

Method two. Carlson to himself

Overboard +34. It's time to invent a home air conditioner according to Aunt Sveta's instructions from the second entrance. While chatting on a bench, a neighbor said that she had been fighting the heat this way for three years now.

To build this device, we used the most complex, super-technological equipment: an old fan and three or four plastic bottles. WITH empty bottles neighbors helped. We filled all the bottles cold water and put it in the freezer. The car is a beast! Within 40 minutes I have four 1.5-liter ice creams in my hands. Strictly following Aunt Sveta’s recommendations, I place the fan in the corner of the room and direct it in the direction opposite to the window. In front of him on a stand are all four frozen bottles.

At night, Aunt Sveta’s development had to be improved a little. First, I turned the fan away from the bed - it smelled so cold that I began to miss the cotton blanket. Secondly, she placed a large tray under the bottles - the thawed water flowed from them onto the floor.

Method three or Chjort pobieri!

Don't even think about it! - my mother protested when the children and I pulled out an old thick hose from the depths of the pantry.

Calm down, grandma! Now we will do one small experiment, and we will return everything as it was,” the eldest son said authoritatively, putting one end of the hose on the kitchen faucet.

I discovered this method on a women’s forum and, to be honest, I didn’t believe in its effectiveness. Well, since you’ve decided to try everything, there’s nowhere to go.

The main character of the experiment is a long hose; many people have these in their dachas. But it’s better, of course, to buy another one - don’t let watering take its course (excuse the pun) summer cottage? We completed the task quickly - we connected one end to the cold water tap in the kitchen, and dragged the other end around the apartment and threw it into the bathtub. Knowledgeable forum visitors promised that the circulation of cold water would create comfortable temperature. I’ll say right away: during the day it’s better to immediately abandon this method of cooling. Firstly, by turning off the water, you actually paralyze work in the kitchen. Secondly, the hose lying on the floor makes walking very difficult. Everyone in the household tripped over it, and more than once. With the words “damn it!”, “I saw your experiment...” and other free variations on this theme, every now and then someone would stretch out on the floor. We had to stop the experiment early.

During two hours of operation of the ingenious air conditioner, the air temperature in the rooms that lay in the path of the hose dropped by 3 degrees. The same cannot be said about the indicators of another, no less significant measuring instrument- the water meter has fulfilled its weekly quota.

Method four. I'll kill everyone!

No fancy devices - just a regular flower spray and cold water. The spray bottle was found on the windowsill among numerous flower pots– I didn’t even think that we had so many flowers. You fill up with water and spray around the perimeter of the room.

It took no more than two minutes to spray one room. But then there is a curtain of water in the air for about half an hour. It's +35 outside, and the apartment is pleasantly cool. Beauty!

Needless to say, the children embraced the opportunity to “legally” splash water? They, of course, swore that they would shoot only in the air... But after five minutes they began to shoot each other with joyful squeals.

And only the grandmother walked around all day with a gloomy look. Well, first of all, solving a crossword puzzle (as well as watching TV, relaxing...) on a sofa that won’t dry out is not very pleasant. Secondly, to be fair, it must be said that not only the sofa was wet, but also the wallpaper, wardrobe, glass doors in the sideboard and all the clothes carelessly left on the surface. It’s good that the carpet was rolled up at the very beginning of the experiment.

I found only two disadvantages to this method. First, the procedure must be repeated every 40 minutes, and this, if you are not a housewife, is almost impossible. And secondly, on average, about four liters of water are spent per room per day (at the rate of half a liter per room about eight times a day from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.). For owners of water meters there is a noticeable increase in utility bills.

Method five. Bath for a cat

I’ll tell you a secret, I learned this method from our cat Timofey. When the air temperature in the apartment becomes incompatible with the cat’s comfortable existence, he moves to the bathroom. He will sit under the sink or in the bathtub itself and feel blissful. And if cold water comes out of the tap, Timka’s happiness knows no bounds. What we are worse than cats? Let me run a full bath of ice water, I decided. But you won’t sit next to the bathroom all day - she opened the door to let the coolness flow through the rooms, and went to the store.

Did I feel like I was in an oasis of paradise when I returned? No. The air was filled with moisture only in the hallway, where, in fact, the bathroom door opened. The temperature dropped from 28 to 25. The freshness did not reach the living room - the nearest room. In the kitchen, as before, there is a steam room - direct sunlight and pudding in the oven.

And only one member of our family seemed to be truly well. Timofey, like an Antarctic penguin, flopped around in the icy water, making blissful sounds. Well, now let him just try to protest the next time it’s time to wash.

Well, to sum it up: by wasting water from 200 to 400 liters (depending on the volume of the bath), we get a cooled bathroom and, at best, a corridor. So if you don’t have a cat and weren’t planning on moving into the bathroom for the summer, it’s better to look for another way.

Method six. Hello neighbors

Another method of saving with water is probably the most harmless for owners of water meters. My labor costs were minimal: I filled a large bucket to the brim with cold water and placed it by the bed overnight. When we went to bed, it was +24 in the room, three hours later, when I got up it was already 21. But I would not attribute this to my homemade air conditioner - after all, the temperature outside also dropped. But how good it is - without getting out of bed, put your hands in a bucket, wet your face and neck with cold water. In general, some advantages. If not for one minus. Waking up in the morning, I completely forgot about the bucket of water and... for the next thirty minutes I crawled and collected almost 10 liters of water from the floor.

Method seven. Ghost: wild but cute

This the only way of all the ones listed, which I have used before. I humidified the air in the bedroom when my asthmatic child had an exacerbation. On preparatory work It only took ten minutes – there wasn’t enough space in the room for two sheets. I replaced one with a large terry towel. I soaked both the sheet and the towel in cold water. The main thing here is to squeeze things out thoroughly, otherwise you will turn the room into a pond. True, it was not possible to hang them up right away - the boys immediately snatched them up and began playing with ghosts. Well, we cooled down at the same time.

During the day, in the heat of the moment, wet sheets were of little use - the temperature in the room did not drop at all, and breathing became only a little easier. But at night, when the children were suffering from stuffiness and could not sleep, wet linens hanging next to the beds really helped. The boys passed out literally after five minutes.

Instead of an afterword

Well, we honestly tried all the methods. Decide for yourself how to escape the heat. But in any case, do not forget about a few simple rules that will help you keep your apartment cool:

If possible, ventilate the apartment only during the day - in the morning and evening you risk letting not only coolness into the house, but also all the dirt from the street;

Do not dry clothes in the apartment or on the balcony;

Do not use a humidifier in hot weather.

And may the weather be good in your home!

TO THE POINT

According to nutritionists, you can cool yourself down with spicy foods. Spices, such as hot chili peppers, speed up blood circulation - you sweat and lose heat. Foods that improve blood circulation also include: onions and garlic, dark chocolate, citrus fruits, olive oil, nuts and seeds.

ON A NOTE

My home is my bathhouse?

Comfortable temperature in the house largely depends on the building material. Residents of brick houses were the luckiest. Brick has high thermal inertia, that is, it gains heat rather slowly. But concrete, on the contrary, has low heat resistance. It warms up quickly, but does not give off heat back. Therefore, if you do not take measures to cool such a home, you will end up with a home steam room.

In new monolithic houses it’s also hard in the summer, here the residents come to the rescue modern system home ventilation. True, it can also present an unpleasant surprise. For example, during extreme heat, it may begin to pull in reverse direction, that is, at 23 degrees in the apartment and 38 outside, hot air will be drawn into the house. According to the laws of nature, from the area high pressure air moves to a low area.

Well, it’s no secret to anyone that the size and orientation of the windows affects the atmosphere in the apartment. A spacious apartment with high ceilings and windows facing east will be much cooler than a cramped one-room apartment with low ceilings and windows facing south.

Up-to-date tips on how to beat the heat indoors and outdoors.

Along with the long-awaited summer comes abnormal heat. Many people simply cannot stand the heat, they feel sick and heavy. Even those who love the heat are not always ready to endure temperatures below 30°.

Important: The most the right way To avoid heat in an apartment or house - install air conditioning.

But if for certain reasons you do not have air conditioning in your apartment or house, you will have to look for other ways to solve a problem such as heat.

How to avoid heat in an apartment or house?

• Open windows and balconies at night. IN daytime When the sun comes out, be sure to close all windows and the balcony. At night, on the contrary, open it. This method will help prevent heat from entering the room.
• Cover your windows with reflective film. This is especially good to do in those rooms that are on the sunny side. Reflective film is not very expensive, but it works effectively. Regular foil will do.
• Cover the windows with blinds or curtains. The less light that enters the room, the better. The sun can raise the temperature in a room by 10°C or more. Therefore, it is better to create twilight in the rooms using thick curtains or blinds.
• You can use a fan instead of an air conditioner. A fan costs much less than an air conditioner, but can be very useful in hot weather. Cooling from a fan will be especially effective if you place a couple of bottles of frozen water in front of it. You can also place a fan near an open window, it will disperse the air coming from the street.
• Limit the use of ovens and stoves. This in no way means that you should completely switch to eating in cafes and canteens, but it is worth preparing simpler food, since heating stoves and ovens leads to unbearable stuffiness, especially if the apartment is small.
• Do wet cleaning regularly. Make it a habit to wet-clean your entire apartment every day. This is not only useful, but also cools the room by several degrees in the hot summer.
• If you have a hot heated towel rail in your bathroom, just wrap it in foil.

How to make an air conditioner from a fan?

Video: How to survive the heat in an apartment?

Important: There is a lot of talk about the rules for staying outside in the summer, but most people forget about them. They remember only when the sun is already preventing you from feeling normal. We will remind you of these simple rules.

How to survive the heat?

• Before going out take a refreshing shower. There is no need to take a cold shower; sharp temperature contrasts are not beneficial. Simply freshen up with lukewarm water.
• Headdress required. A hat is especially useful if you are outside at the peak of the heat. The choice of headwear is large - hats, bandanas, baseball caps. Choose the options that best suit you, but don't get sunstroke.
• Sounds corny, but desirable stay home during the midday heat wave. If there is no urgent need, it is better to resolve matters before the peak of solar activity occurs, namely from 12 to 14 hours.
• Wear cotton clothes. Loose cotton clothing makes you feel much more comfortable in the heat. If you don't want to receive sunburn, choose clothes that cover your body as much as possible. Synthetics are not the best the best choice in general, and even more so in hot weather, you will be even hotter in such clothes.
• Take it with you outside cooling drinks- water, green tea, homemade lemonade. In the heat, it is unacceptable to indulge in beer, coffee, or cocktails with vodka. This leads to dehydration of the body.
• Women can put it in their purse small fan. This simple device will help you escape from stuffiness in public transport, in crowded places.
• If you're outside during the peak of the heat and you have an extra minute, eat ice cream in the shadow. Just don’t get carried away with ice cream; in the summer, people often get a sore throat due to hypothermia in the throat.

Important: Many doctors recommend walking barefoot on the grass in the summer. There are many stimulating points on the soles of your feet. internal organs. As a result of walking barefoot on the grass, biologically active points are stimulated and blood circulates, which leads to an increase in the tone of the body.

Summer heat

The sweltering heat often keeps you awake at night. What to do? The answer is to look for simple but effective ways cooling.

• If you have indoor plants in your room, spray them with water from a spray bottle. Moisture in plants will last a long time and thereby make your breathing easier.
• Place it near the bed water bottle so that you can always freshen up at night.
• Bed sheets It should be made of natural fabric, it won’t be so hot to sleep on. Some people chill their laundry in the refrigerator before going to bed. We do not recommend doing this. This method of cooling can lead to inflammatory diseases.
• Do it at night slight draft in the apartment. A draft is something that many people are so afraid of, but in the heat it helps a lot. If the layout of the apartment does not allow for a draft, open the windows wide. Mosquito nets protect you from mosquitoes and other insects flying at night.
• Install fan to minimum or average speed, placing it at your feet. From a thermoregulation point of view, this is best way cooling.

How to keep a room cool?

How else can you help your body cope with the summer heat:

• Apply minimal makeup to your skin.
• Collect long hair in a bun.
• The heat is easier to bear if you are on the beach.
• Eat light food, limit heavy and fatty foods, as well as sweets.
• Sweet sodas do not help quench your thirst, drink better plain water, green tea, mint tea, water with lemon and mint, lemonade.
• Reduce active physical exercise(running, weight training equipment, cardio exercises), temporarily switch to calmer sports (walking, swimming, gymnastics with elements of yoga).

Summer heat is the perfect time for homemade cooling drinks

If you approach the issue of heat correctly, you can endure this time calmly and without suffering for the body. Until the thermometer mark begins to smoothly fall down. It would be useful to know what to do if a person suddenly experiences heat and sunstroke. You will learn about this by watching the video.

Video: Heatstroke and sunstroke, what to do?

When the thermometer does not drop below +30, when the asphalt melts, and the air seems viscous and thick, like jelly? Many people feel extremely uncomfortable in the summer. Try using the tips below - and long-awaited relief will definitely come.

How to beat the heat at home

First of all, you should pay attention to the windows. Curtains or blinds hung on them will already reduce the temperature inside the room by 3-10 degrees. Additionally, reflective film glued to windows or sewn to curtains for the summer will help. Windows should only open wide early morning and late evening. If possible, sleep with the windows and balcony open.

You can get rid of an expensive air conditioner if you buy a fan and make sure that, when working, it blows on a container with ice or cold air flows into the apartment. And to reduce energy losses from fan operation, say goodbye to old incandescent lamps and replace them with energy-saving ones. Which, in addition to their intended purpose, emit 4/5 less heat than those we are used to.

Diet on hot days - fresh vegetables and fruits, cold appetizers, in general, foods that do not require cooking on the stove or in the oven. You can drink hot tea or cold water(only in small sips so as not to get a cold in your throat).

It is better to take a warm shower, with a water temperature above 20 degrees - then the blood will not rush to the skin to compensate for its cooling. If it becomes completely unbearable, a remedy from India will help, where people can escape the heat by wrapping a turban made of a wet towel around their head.

2-3 hours before bedtime, you should place the folded plastic bag bed sheets. When choosing it for the summer, by the way, give preference to light and natural fabrics. And at night, there should be a bottle of cold water next to the bed for drinking and wiping your face.

How to beat the heat at work

Clothing - spacious, light colors, cotton or other natural fabrics. Makeup, cream, antiperspirants - to a minimum: women, take pity on your skin, it’s not easy for it anyway.

Saviors who are always with you: a bottle of water that spent the night in the freezer, a handkerchief and a fan. However, you will have to drink the water as it thaws, one small sip at a time. The handkerchief is useful for wetting and wiping your face and hands.

Try to move all important and necessary tasks to the first half of the working day, while it is not so hot. Then it will be much more difficult for your head to think.

To humidify the air in the work area, you can use a small spray bottle, indoor plant with large leaves, a small aquarium (possibly without fish).

During your lunch break, just like at home, give up heavy food and coffee in favor of vegetable salad, fruit and green tea.

How to beat the heat in a car

The easiest way is to wash and polish it regularly. A perfectly clean car perfectly reflects the scorching rays of the sun.

Protect the car's interior with sunshades on each window (inside) and a reflective screen on the windshield (outside, the edges of the screen need to be closed by the doors).

To keep the air in the cabin cooler, place containers of ice or frozen water (in reasonable quantities and appropriately packaged) in the rear seat.

Take advantage essential oil coniferous trees, known for its refreshing effect when inhaled.

How to escape the heat in general

Walk barefoot.

Quench your thirst with mineral water, water with lemon, compotes, fresh juices.

You can quench your thirst, and with benefit for the body, with cucumbers, tomatoes, watermelon and other fruits that contain a lot of water.

Do not quench your thirst with beer and other alcoholic drinks (dehydration), coffee (increases the load on blood vessels), lemonades ( a large number of sugar increases blood pressure).

Try not to go outside from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., when it’s really hot.

Don't turn it on during the day Appliances, heating the air.

Get out of the city and into nature, to a natural body of water (stream, lake, river, sea, ocean).

All year round (not just in summer) drive healthy image life - it will help you easily adapt to any season and any weather.

How to escape the heat? After a cold winter and an inhospitable spring, many are looking forward to warm sunny days. But as soon as they arrive, people are increasingly wondering how to escape the heat in summer?

It's not just about the discomfort that an overheated person experiences. High temperatures and solar radiation always fraught with serious trouble.

Among them - dehydration, burns, sunstroke ,loss of consciousness.

Even young and healthy people often get worse chronic diseases from lingering sun kisses.

And for older people and owners excess weight several hours spent outdoors sun rays, can be extremely dangerous.

Summer meets by clothes

How will we escape the heat? Instead of immediately climbing into the refrigerator and staying there overnight, let's start with clothes. What to wear in hot weather?

Everyone wants to be fashionable and elegant at a summer party.

So everyone fills their vacation suitcases with tight synthetic tops, skinny jeans, leather skirts and suede cowboy hats. And then, sweating out, they search shopping mall with air conditioning.

Get into the habit of wearing natural fabrics in the summer – cotton, linen.

To escape the heat in summer, shirts and trousers should be loose, wide cut. Choose light shades. You can argue: “This is not stylish!”

But think for yourself: who looks better - a harmonious and contented girl in a flowing cotton sundress or exhausted by the heat at home, red and sweaty, but in a tight black couture mini?

Nobody wants to get burned? Then try, so that the clothes cover the shoulders and back, sleeves wouldn't hurt either.

Put a Panama hat, cap or hat with a brim on your head, and on your nose - sunglasses. On your feet - open shoes, such as sandals.

You've probably noticed that in hot countries, not only are residents wrapped in seven layers of clothing, but they also drink hot tea on the streets.

And they are doing the right thing - no better means from thirst than hot green tea.

Cool hibiscus will also work, so popular in Egypt. You can either brew it and then cool it, or immediately pour cold water over the red dried petals and let it brew for 40 minutes.

This drink tones and saturates the body with iron and vitamin C.

Make a carafe of homemade lemonade, or rather, its similarity. Lemon slices, fresh mint leaves, heap crushed ice and drinking water.

Similar to Mojito, but without gases and sugar. You can add grapefruit pulp, scraping off the bitter white streaks - refreshing!

But you will have to give up sweet soda and salty mineral water, as well as beer, coffee and strong alcohol. All these “juices and waters” not only do not prevent dehydration, but also aggravate it, drying us out from the inside!

If you don't have time to make tea, take a bottle of cool water everywhere you go(not boiled). It should not be icy, so as not to add stress to your “inner world”.

Food in hot weather should be light, if possible fresh, without long-term heat treatment, fruits, berries and vegetables.

The less pickles and smoked meats you consume, the better you will sleep.

Instead of “first-second-and-compote”, eat a salad and wash it down with yogurt.

For dinner – cottage cheese with fruit or cold vegetable soup(okroshka, beetroot soup). You can afford a piece of cold meat: boiled beef or boiled pork.

Eat when it's cool,evening hours: The hotter it is outside, the more difficult it is for the stomach to digest abundant gifts.

You will hardly be able to have a good sleep in a stuffy room. If God didn’t send you air conditioning, at least turn on the fan and create a small draft in the apartment.

You can hang an ice pack in front of the fan.

In general, any air movement is a big plus. Open the windows, vents, interior doors and let him walk back and forth.

Buy silk bed linen - in summer it gives life-saving coolness. Install a humidifier with a cold steam system.

Keep it in the room aquarium and flowers with large leaves, which should be sprayed frequently.

During the day, cover your windows with thick blinds or curtains.: This will lower your home temperature by a few degrees.

Take a cool bath or shower before bed, wash off the layer of salty sweat that prevents your skin from breathing.

Be sure to remove makeup: it should be used to a minimum in hot weather, opening the pores.

Any contact with water (wiping your wrists and temples, washing your hands, spraying your face) will give you an extra half hour of comfort.

If your feet are swollen after a day of work, dip your heels in a bowl of cool water, ice cubes and lemon slices.

Then dry, lie down on the sofa and place your feet on a pillow so that they are 20-30 centimeters above your head. This way, fatigue will quickly disappear from them.

The Spaniards wisely came up with the idea of ​​having a siesta during the hottest hours of the day. Indeed, I don’t really want to work in the sun during the day.

Try to get up early and solve problems before 12 o'clock. Then - rest, sleep, reading, and in the evening - back to work. This will make your day much more productive!