How To Eat During A Heat Wave

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You knew this already, but it's worth repeating. "The big issue in heat waves is water," says Marion Nestle, a leading Professor of Nutrition at New York University. "The thirst mechanisms get confused and it's easy to become dehydrated and difficult to replace water lost through sweating." Sip water all day or take frequent water breaks. (Photo from Flickr: 96dpi)

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You knew this already, but it's worth repeating. "The big issue in heat waves is water," says Marion Nestle, a leading Professor of Nutrition at New York University. "The thirst mechanisms get confused and it's easy to become dehydrated and difficult to replace water lost through sweating." Sip water all day or take frequent water breaks.

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[leajazz]

11:47 AM on 07/15/2010

I use my crock pot or a roaster out in the porch room so it won't affect the AC. Taking care of animals outside is another story.

[qaan]

05:00 PM on 07/12/2010

While you're in the kitchen preparing all this stuff, do something my grandmother did to help cool off.

Run the cold water in the sink and let it flow over the inside of your wrists. Your blood flow is close to the surface there and after a minute or two you will feel a bit better.

I tried this once and I was quite amazed at how well it worked!

[leajazz]

11:54 AM on 07/15/2010

I am going to try this when I'm outside. Thanks.

[thehoopoe]

05:07 PM on 07/26/2010

my mom did this too.

[RevSpaminator]

05:00 PM on 07/09/2010

So fried chicken with mashed potatoes and gravy and home made biscuits are a bad idea? :)

[Elijah A Alexander Jr]

07:04 PM on 07/09/2010

That depends weather or not you are health conscious and will be in the heat for long periods. If you are going to be in AC most of the day, it's as good as anything else, going to be mostly in heat then forget it.

[Elijah A Alexander Jr]

07:45 PM on 07/08/2010

I'm "Elijah the NatureBoy" who have been learning how Nature provides health properties in food and drink for living in nature for more than 30 years; observe, participate and reason with what I've found to become diet wise.

Water is important, but not purified. When man thirst our bodies also need the microbes in ground water to strengthen our immune systems. Drinking sea water or drinks with salt added defeats our purpose, our thirst will not be quenched, and drink them at a temperature near the one you are in for best results.

As for eating to protect against allergies and temperatures, eat raw and fresh from where it grows LOCAL SEASONAL berries & fruit, grains, nuts and vegetables. Learn which are indigenous and eat those, unless you have a body craving, because they are for the climate in which they grow & ripens. All heat processed foods are are chemically changed causing our tissue to age rather than rejuvenate when replacing itself, leading to aging & discarnation.

Any foods discarnating in a frost or freeze are not to be eaten raw after the first frost, they opens the pores allowing the lost of body heat and possibly your freezing & discarnating. Only foods remaining after frosts are to be eaten, closing pores, leaving bare feet to control the body' internal temperature.

Google "Elijah the NatureBoy", click on NatureBoy & follow contents to INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH for more details.

[ViktorN]

06:06 PM on 07/08/2010

I want to eat the psychic World Cup octopus.

[Weirdwriter]

01:41 PM on 07/09/2010

Would that 'warm" you?

[KLordsha]

05:52 PM on 07/08/2010

Water?

[bruinlover09]

03:43 PM on 07/11/2010

Lots of people don't consume enough water on a regular basis. Add a heat wave and you have surefire recipe for dehydration

[HekmagaJuximakLives]

04:33 PM on 07/08/2010

You know what to eat. Do I have to spell it out for you? Get to work. I'll just lie back here...

[myjoyy]

04:14 PM on 07/08/2010

"Cold" sage tea helps you cool down and prevents excessive perspiration. But don't drink it hot, it'll only make you perspire more. I also fill a pitcher with fresh limes and lemons add water and ice to drink throughout the day. Another great treat is putting fresh fruit (sliced peaches, grapes, strawberries, etc.) in the bottom of an ice tray, fill with water or another liquid of your choice, freeze and pour seltzer water over the fruit ice cubes. Kids even enjoy helping make these fruity ice treats!

Keep your cool! Looks like we're in for a long hot summer.

[qaan]

04:54 PM on 07/12/2010

Actually, perspiring in the heat is a good thing as long as the water can evaporate from the skin. It helps to cool down the skin surface, and that makes us feel cooler. When I lay on the beach in direct sunlight I can still feel cool because the wind evaporates the sweat from my skin.

Of course you have to replenish the liquid you lose, which is what most of the positive slides are about.

[myjoyy]

05:46 PM on 07/12/2010

You are correct since perspiration helps us maintain our normal body temperature. That’s why I was talking about excessive sweating. The ice sage tea really comes in handy if have a tendency to perspire especially in certain in situations like an interview, public speaking, or heated discussions on HP.

Don’t fall asleep on that beach in the sun wouldn’t want you to turn into a toasted marshmallow - unless you have chocolate and graham crackers for s’mores.

[welder1971]

03:42 PM on 07/08/2010

I eat lots more fruit in the summer here. I also drink hot black tea throughout the day.

[knerd]

03:38 PM on 07/08/2010

Nothing.

Absolutely NOTHING about cherry snow cones!

[Weirdwriter]

04:22 PM on 07/08/2010

Tragic. Got a recipe to share?

[knerd]

01:42 PM on 07/09/2010

Well, Weirdwriter, you definitely can't forget the use of your index finger in poking down the ice and syrup in your cone!

[wm1066]

11:48 AM on 07/09/2010

Or a "cherry phosphate", something that you can't get at the Soda Fountain anymore!

[qaan]

04:55 PM on 07/12/2010

That sounds chemically delicious.

[WayOutHere]

03:34 PM on 07/08/2010

Hot tea (or coffee...try decaf if you don't want too much caffeine) are good to drink in the heat because they lead you to sweat. Evaporation of the sweat is what cools you. BUT when the humidity is very high the sweat doesn't dry as well and you feel even more sticky. So drink hot liquid in dry heat, and cooler liquids in moist heat.

[maverick77]

04:13 PM on 07/08/2010

True, but hot fluids heat your core much more than the cooling effect on your skin.

Instead, go take a shower -- warm or cold.

[spytheweb]

03:13 PM on 07/08/2010

Assuming you have anything to eat.

[Weirdwriter]

03:17 PM on 07/08/2010

if you can read this on a computer, you probably do.

[spytheweb]

03:32 PM on 07/08/2010

That a common misconception. Like there are no hungry people in America. Or a person may appear to be educated where in fact they are not. Or we are winning the war.

[TheMia168]

03:31 PM on 07/08/2010

are you on a diet?

[Pliny the Elder]

02:27 PM on 07/08/2010

Great, the woo nonsense from the "Living" section has spread to the Food section. Yin and Yang foods? Seriously?

[Weirdwriter]

03:13 PM on 07/08/2010

Some foods warm you, others cool you down. What's "woo" about that?The terms used are from ancient Chinese medicine and philosophy.

[-swift]

04:02 PM on 07/08/2010

Why not call them warming and cooling foods? Do we need to get mystical?

[Pliny the Elder]

12:09 AM on 07/09/2010

Seriously? Did you read the list? Cabbage, onions, garlic, parsnip, leeks, cherries and dates do not "warm" you, and calling ideas some folks made up thousands of years ago "medicine" is complete crap.

[TheMia168]

03:32 PM on 07/08/2010

yin and yang foods? don't know what that means?

[magicmary]

02:26 PM on 07/08/2010

I don't mean to be gross but I always have a blue ice pack in the freezer (the kind for sore muscles - not for packing in your cooler) and I use them behind the neck and in the armpits. It send a chill through and through and cools you down in seconds... ;-D
Maybe someone can confirm this for me - I've always thought it was an EMT trick.

[josh h]

02:42 PM on 07/08/2010

Blood veins are close to skin in those areas. I let the water cooler run over the inside of my wrist at work that is another spot that will cool you off.

[Weirdwriter]

03:14 PM on 07/08/2010

No trick. It's good for hot flashes, too. ;>)

[josh h]

02:14 PM on 07/08/2010

Missed high potassium foods like bananas. I would like to know the science behind booze and caffeine I though both actually dehydrated you.

[Weirdwriter]

03:15 PM on 07/08/2010

It was pretty skimpy on the "why."

[EmWilly]

05:05 PM on 07/08/2010

Yeah. Where are the explanations for some of their recommendations.

[wm1066]

11:49 AM on 07/09/2010

I wondered if they were the foods "to avoid" but just weren't labeled as such.

[M Wheeler]

03:23 PM on 07/08/2010

It seems like they lumped what TO eat and what NOT to eat in the same slideshow, but you don't realize which is which until you read the captions. :S

[-swift]

04:03 PM on 07/08/2010

Yeah, no kidding. I just ate half a can of salt.