Keep your cool in the heat

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JAMES MOORE has put together 40 great tips on ways to cope as thetemperature soars. With clever suggestions from swapping tights forsexy stockings to gobbling a sizzling curry, our great guide issure to help you beat the heat.

1 Curry on cooling: It may sound mad but spicy food can help youcool you down because chillies contain capsaicin, a chemicalcompound that helps you sweat.

2 Be a stocking chiller: Girls, swap tights for stockings. Theyllmake you feel cooler.

3 Booze wise: Keep out of the sun when boozing and try to alternatealcoholic drinks with water. Stick to beer, which can replacesodium lost in hot weather.

4 Eat more often  but munch on small meals: If you eat a big mealit will warm you up because of all the energy needed to break downyour food.

5 Wrist it all: If overheating, run cold water over your wrists,ankles and temples. This helps to cool the blood.

6 Black to basics: Wear light colours as they reflect the sunsheat, whereas black stores it. And cool cotton clothes absorbperspiration.

7 Get creamy: Whatever your skin type, you should wear sun screenwith a factor 15 or greater.

8 Hair we go: Long hair traps heat so get a haircut  girls can tielong tresses up.

9 Chuck out red meat: Avoid foods high in protein, like red meat,as they warm you up as your body tries to break down the food.

10 Fire up fluids: Try to eat more salads and fruit which containcooling water.

11 Ditch the duvet: Youll have a restless night if youre tryingto kip outside the bodys natural sleep temperature, which is16-18C.

12 Take a lukewarm shower: Dont take a cold shower, take a tepidone. Water will conduct heat away from your body but if you take avery cold plunge, your body will try to conserve heat.

13 Just the isotoniC: Drinks like Lucozade contain a