How to Stay Cool in the Summer

Summer is wonderful for everyone, but there is only one thing stopping them from enjoying it: oppressive heat. Frankly, that's no reason to let extremely high temperatures keep you from enjoying everything that's amazing about the season. Even if you don't have a central air system there are still plenty of ways to keep your cool, even on the hottest and stickiest summer days. If you find yourself incapable of enjoying a cookout or grimacing at the thought of an outdoor adventure, you needn't worry—there's hope for you. Incorporating even a few of these tips into your lifestyle can make an enormous difference in how much the heat affects your body. Implement them to transform your body into a bona fide air conditioner.

Stay cool using these 5 tips:

1. Eat water-rich food -

Being dehydrated is a quick way to overheat in the summer, so be smart and sneak in extra water whenever you can. Seasonal produce like watermelon, cantaloupes, and cucumbers contain loads of water. In addition, they're easy to digest, don't need to be cooked, and taste better in season than they will the rest of the year. In other words, they're the perfect summer food.

2. Stick to the Shade -

If you really want to cool down when you're out and about, find a nice tree to sit under. The shade from trees is actually cooler than shade from buildings and other man-made objects, thanks to a process called transpiration. A tree maintains its temperature by circulating water around inside itself and releasing moisture into the atmosphere, to keep itself and the air around it cool. Buildings, on the other hand, trap heat and radiate it back into the surrounding environment.

3. Eat spicy foods -

This might sound like a terrible idea on a hot day, but "hot" foods like cayenne, jalapeño, and habanero peppers get their heat from the chemical capsaicin, which acts as an irritant in humans and gets us to sweat more, cooling us down.

4. Cooling bottles -

Keep bottles of water in the freezer; grab one when you're ready to go outside. As the ice melts, you'll have a supply of cold water with you!

5. House plants -

There are many benefits of having houseplants. They can improve mood, purify the air, and they can also make a room feel cooler. Plants release moisture into the air, which helps regulate the relative humidity of a room and can make it feel more comfortable than it otherwise would.

One also has to be careful of not only themselves overheating in the summer but their phone as well. A phone can overheat due to direct sunlight and heat; the exposure causes the phone’s internal temperature to rise in response to outside temperatures. If the temperature of the phone gets too high, internal components may be damaged, and the phone may not restart after a forced shutdown. In extreme cases, overheating can melt the phone’s central processing unit. It’s even possible for a phone to explode when exposed to extreme heat, although this is a rare occurrence. Ideally, your phone should not be in this type of heat but if you find yourself in this situation take off any case and put the phone in a cool, dim place. One should refrain from putting their phone in the fridge or freezer as the sudden change from hot to cool can cause moisture condensation inside the case, which can cause serious damage.