With temperatures expected to reach extremely high levels today, the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency has released the following suggestions on how to keep cool:
-- Slow down, avoid strenuous activity. Do not try to do too much on a hot day.
-- Wear lightweight, loose-fitting, light-colored clothing. Light colors will reflect heat and sunlight and help maintain normal body temperature. Protect your face with a wide-brimmed hat.
-- Drink plenty of water regularly and often, even if you do not feel thirsty. Attempt to stay hydrated.
-- Limit intake of alcoholic beverages. They can actually dehydrate your body.
-- Eat well-balanced, light, regular meals. Avoid high protein foods that increase metabolic heat.
-- Stay indoors as much as possible.
-- If you do not have air conditioning, stay on your lowest floor, out of the sun. Electric fans do not cool the air, but they do help evaporate perspiration, which cools your body.
-- Go to a place where you can get relief from the heat, such as air-conditioned schools, libraries, theaters and other community facilities that may offer refuge during the warmest times of the day.
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