Our Top 5 Tips On How To Stay COOL During HEATWAVES

Have you, your family, your pets been suffering during this recent heatwave? Here are our top 5 tips to help you keep cool, avoid heat stroke and heat exhaustion.

Right now, most of the northern hemisphere has been or is in the grips of a debilitating heatwave, and we were shocked to learn that at least 54 people have died in Canada during our recent heatwave (source: https://www.cbc.ca).

The natural way of maintaining normal body temperature is by sweating but in extreme heat our bodies have to work harder and can go into “stress”. You might notice you start breathing more rapidly, might feel weak, perhaps even faint, develop headaches, start cramping or become confused - especially if you overexert yourself or are already experiencing health problems.

So here’s our top 5 tips
to help you keep cool right now  

Prepare Your Home

• Identify the coolest room in the house
• Hot air rises, making top floors warmer than ground floors. If you’re in a multi-storey house, stay downstairs as much as possible. If you have a basement, that can be the best refuge from the midday heat
• Keep your windows closed and pull down the shades or draw your curtains when it’s hotter outside
• Switch dark-colored blinds and curtains for light-colors because dark colors can make a room feel hotter
• Place reflective material on the outside of your windows
• Only open your windows for ventilation when it’s cooler - either early in the morning or later in the evening

Prepare Yourself

• Have cool baths or showers and splash yourself with cool water
• Stay out of the sun and don't go out between 11am and 3pm (usually the hottest part of the day)
• If you do need to go outside, wear loose, cool clothing, put on a hat and wear sunglasses. Stay in the shade as much as possible
• Keep a water spray bottle with a “Mist” diffuser handy
• Drink cold water or diluted fruit juice regularly throughout the day
• Avoid excess alcohol, caffeine (tea, coffee and cola) or drinks high in sugar (this is the reason why you should dilute fruit juices)
• Eat fruit and fresh foods that don’t require the use of your oven or stove to prepare
• Large, protein-rich meals can increase metabolic heat and warm your body
• Avoid hot and spicy food

Keep Hydrated

• Drink cold water or diluted fruit juice regularly throughout the day
• Avoid excess alcohol, caffeine (tea, coffee and cola) or drinks high in sugar (this is the reason why you should dilute fruit juices)

Become Socially Responsible

• Check up on your elderly neighbors to make sure they’re coping - sadly, at least 60% of those people who died in Montreal were men living alone, without air conditioning & living in multi-storeyed homes (source: https://www.cbc.ca)
• If your home has air conditioning, consider sharing the coolness with neighbours who don’t have it, by inviting them to your home
• Plan social excursions to public buildings with air conditioning - libraries, shopping malls, and even the movie theater can all be good places to cool down
• Take care of your pets - they also suffer when the temperature rises. Make sure they have plenty of water to drink, give them a "cool" bath or shower or place a cool towel on the floor.  Keep them inside or provide shade for them

Last but not least - invest in a WrapMeCool® Wrap or Neck Scarf

• Our innovative products have been specifically designed by a Registered Nurse to be worn damp so they provide instant cooling and relief from overheating
• Made of 100% natural breathable cotton they won’t cling to your skin, try wearing them around your neck, shoulders or arms to experience the wonderful cooling effect
• As well as being useful for all people during heat wave conditions, our WrapMeCool Wraps and Neck Scarves are perfect for people living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Lupus, menopause or experiencing the side effects of chemotherapy/radiotherapy
• WrapMeCools are available in a wide range of fashionable colors that perfectly compliment  any outfit.
• Easy to use, effective and so discreet that no one will realise you’re keeping cool, they’ll just think you’re super trendy :-)

Drop us a line, we’d love to hear your tips ...

We also LOVE seeing your photos of you wearing your WrapMeCool - so interesting how our customers are using them to keep cool 

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