Tuesday 19 July 2011

This journal entry is going to be about the heat. It will be about how the heat and how to replenish your body from becoming too hot. It is becoming terribly hot outside. The heat can dehydrate a body a lot faster than you think. Water isn't enough to replenish your body. If you consume water, you may actually dehydrate a lot faster. I know this all too well. I run everyday, and I have not been paying attention to the weather. This caused great difficulty to me. I became dehydrated the other day due to the intense heat. I did drink water, but the water made me dehydrate faster. The water I was consuming depleted my electrolytes to the bare minimum. The electrolytes help your body maintain metabolic functions, and if you become dehydrated due to the heat it can lead to heat stroke. Heat stroke is very deadly. It doesn't seem like it would be, but it is. What happens with heat stroke is this, the body's core temperature reaches extremely high temperatures causing you to sweat to cool off. When the temperature is elevated to the extreme outside it causes you get hot a lot faster. The body will begin to sweat profusely to cool off, and this causes you to want more water. The sweat will contain many of your electrolytes and drinking more water will make you loose more of your electrolytes. If you are outside doing physical activities when the temperatures are high, you should drink Gatorade, propel, or powerade, or something that shows electrolytes. If you become severely dehydrated it can lead to heat stroke and a whole lot of other problems.