☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Science@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agoA Hot Drink on a Hot Day Can Cool You Downwww.smithsonianmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down15
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-linkA Hot Drink on a Hot Day Can Cool You Downwww.smithsonianmag.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Science@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 months agoSo a cool drink would work just as well, since it’s also providing water you can sweat out? So it’s a matter of hydration?
minus-squaresnek_boi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoI haven’t read the article, but I think the difference in temperature matters. Hot beverages perceived as hot through your tongue will make you sweat more/faster than cold beverages.
minus-squareentropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoYeah, this. Hot drinks make you sweat from feeling hotter internally, which will cool you off if it’s not humid where you are.
So a cool drink would work just as well, since it’s also providing water you can sweat out?
So it’s a matter of hydration?
I haven’t read the article, but I think the difference in temperature matters. Hot beverages perceived as hot through your tongue will make you sweat more/faster than cold beverages.
Yeah, this. Hot drinks make you sweat from feeling hotter internally, which will cool you off if it’s not humid where you are.