8 Tricks To Beat The Heat And Boost Your Energy In 5 Minutes Or Less

8 Tricks To Beat The Heat And Boost Your Energy In 5 Minutes Or Less

By KELLY BURCH

Summer temps are soaring, which probably means your energy level is at an all-time low—and your household energy use is at an all-time high. Cranking up the AC helps, but that only works if you’re at home and don’t mind getting an outrageous bill at the end of the month. If you’re trying to cut down on power—or if you’re on the go, at work, or just about any place where you don’t get to control the thermostat—you’ll need some other tactics to keep your cool. Here’s how to do just that, so you can muster the motivation to get through the day. 

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Put ice in front of your fan.

No air conditioning? No problem. Fill a bucket with ice and place it in front of a fan for a quick cool down. Normally fans don’t actually cool the air; they just help you feel a bit cooler because they blow air over your skin, which helps sweat evaporate and lowers your body temperature. Using ice changes the equation. “The fan will blow air over the ice, cooling [air] in the process,” says Donald Deblock, a nurse practitioner with Rutgers University Health Services in Newark, NJ. (Or try the two-ingredient ice cream you’re going to want to make every night!)

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