Spicy Foods and Hot Drinks Can Keep You Cool in the Summer Heat

Spicy Foods and Hot Drinks Can Keep You Cool in the Summer Heat
A hot drink can help you body cool down by spurring you to sweat. Dora Zett/Shutterstock
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Temperatures are increasing across the continent, and some areas have already experienced mid-summer heat. If you’ve got heart disease, it could put you at a higher risk of stroke. But do you know the best ways to cool down?

Warm temperatures put stress on everybody’s heart. When temperatures climb, the heart has to beat faster and work harder to keep you cool. For people with heart disease, higher temperatures can boost the risk of a significant cardiovascular event.

Mohan Garikiparithi
Mohan Garikiparithi
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Mohan Garikiparithi, MD, practiced clinical medicine for over a decade before shifting his focus to health communications. During his practice he served as the head of the Dept. of Microbiology in India. During a three-year communications program in Germany, Mohan developed an interest in German Medicine (Homoeopathy), and other alternative systems of medicine.
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