Editor’s note: This story was first published in 2020 and was updated.
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Whether you are without strength, carrying intense heat or trying to save money, there are ways to feel comfortable without artificial cooling.
Heat can enhance fun summer activities, but the body should not be very hot for a long time, as much heat can harm your mind and other organs, according to the United States National Institutes of Health. Softness is the natural cooling system in the body, but when it is not enough, there is an increased risk to developing the high temperature of the heat-related disease-which includes signs of heat cramps and heat edema and stroke. Heat increases with high humidity from this danger, because the level of air saturation makes sweat accumulate on the skin, which prevents the body from cooling naturally.
The rise in cold can be done using some basic supplies and know how your home is processing to control its temperatures. Here are 14 ways to do this.
Windl Porter, the chief honorary lecture, said when you are hot and ready, moisturizing yourself is the first and most important step. In agricultural and biological engineering at the University of Florida.
He added that the water temperature does not matter because your body will heat it. If your body suffers from heat and needs to cool himself, he cannot do so without enough moisture, because The body cools itself by sweating.
Porter said that taking a cold shower or a bath helps your body by lowering the basic temperature.
For an additional cold explosion, try mint soap. Methol in mint oil It activates brain receptors That tells your body Something you eat or feel cold.
Put a cold washing machine or ice bags (packages) On your wrist or wrap it around your neck to cool your body. These pulse points are the areas where the blood vessels are close to the skin, so it will wetting Get more quickly.
Place the Box fans who face the windows of rooms that spend time to detonate hot air and replace it with cold air inside.
If the weather in your area tends to decrease between 50 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit in the morning and evenings, then opening windows on both sides of the house during those times can facilitate the cross ventilation system. Porter said that if you do this, you can choose to use or not use the masses, but the fans will help cool the house faster. The open air can pull hot air from your home, leaving a cooler temperature or bringing the breeze. Just make sure the windows are closed With the sun goes out, then open it when the weather is cold again.
Just rest near the fan would also reduce body temperature.
Porter said:
You can also install shed curtains to insulate the room and reduce the temperature increases that will happen during the day.
If you run air conditioning, do not set Samantha Hall, the founder of Samantha, said less than 70 degrees Fahrenheit at an attempt to cool the house faster. From alive spaces, a Australian -based design research company helps to create healthy and sustainable buildings.
She added: “It extends for a longer period to reach this temperature and will continue until you start feeling a bit of confusion and it is difficult to balance.” Instead, keep the unit temperature as much as possible while continuing at a time when it is still comfortable.
Cotton is one of the most breathing materials, so cotton sheets or blankets can help keep your cold overnight.
Porter said that the lower the number of the thread of the cotton, the greater its breathing. This is because the number of the top threads has more fabric per square inch.
If you can’t sleep all night because you are so hot, try sleeping somewhere to the side of your bedroom, if this is an option. The heat rises, so if you have a lower level or in the basement in your home, prepare a temporary sleep area there to try cooler temperatures at night.
Common advice to stay cold without air conditioning that includes cooling or freezing wet socks, blankets or clothes, then ringing them To wear during sleep. Porter said this is not a good idea.
because of “The amount of energy they can absorb from your body that night, it will be warm in just minutes,” he said. “Then you will have moist things that will be your ranks. So you definitely don’t want to do it.”
If no one uses a room that does not contain holes or records, choose the door to that area To keep the cold air confined to the occupied areas only at home.
Use the exhaust fan in your kitchen and/or bathroom
Turn the exhaust fan key in your kitchen to pull the hot air that rises after cooking or in your bathroom to draw steam after showering.
Glowing lighting lights generate a higher temperature of LED lights. Porter said sales control over energy -saving lamps, then slowly replace the lamps in your home.
Hall said that switching light bulbs can save money, but it will not reduce much heat at home. However, if you focus on switching lamps in the areas where they are sitting, this will make a more remarkable difference, Porter said.
The oven temperature can spread all over your home. Keep the central heat in one area, such as a slow cooker. Or, cooking outdoors On a grill to maintain heat outside.
Eating ice or ice cream music may help to cool for a moment. Porter said that you do not go outside on sugar if you are at risk of heating or the risk of high temperature.
He said: “Sugar will run your metabolism and start feeling heat internally.” “So the wonderful treatment may be good, but additional sugar may not be.”
If you have tried everything and still cannot overcome heat at home, you can search online for any local programs that offer air conditioners without channels.
Depending on your state, Some cooling centers -Public air-conditioned facilities may be people who may have people to rest during the very hot-open and reserves to ensure their safety as possible. You can start by checking your local utility offices, as they know who offers certain programs, recommended by a portrait.
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