{"id":19207,"date":"2025-06-19T14:37:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T12:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/19\/beat-the-heat-14-expert-tips-for-keeping-cool-in-hot-weather\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T14:37:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T12:37:35","slug":"beat-the-heat-14-expert-tips-for-keeping-cool-in-hot-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/19\/beat-the-heat-14-expert-tips-for-keeping-cool-in-hot-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"Beat the heat: 14 expert tips for keeping cool in hot weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wondering how to keep your cool as the temperature rises? Experts share their top tips, from face mists to fans, anti-chafe cream to sun hats<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/thefilter\/2025\/jun\/17\/best-fans-uk\"><strong>The best fans to keep you cool: 14 tried and tested favourites<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Heatwaves used to be marked by years, recalled misty-eyed by those who remembered them with fondness, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2022\/jul\/19\/britain-heatwave-1976-crisis-summer-heat\">the heatwave of \u201876<\/a>. Now, in the era of global heating, heatwaves are a warning sign, not a pleasure \u2013 and as we enter a UK summer, it\u2019s a case of when, not if, the temperature will become unbearable.<\/p>\n<p>Always take care when it heats up \u2013 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/live-well\/seasonal-health\/heatwave-how-to-cope-in-hot-weather\/\">NHS recommends<\/a><strong> <\/strong>staying in the shade, especially between 11am and 3pm, wearing sunscreen and hats, and avoiding exercise. It also advises taking showers, eating cold food and drinks, and avoiding alcohol, caffeine and hot drinks.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/thefilter\/2025\/jun\/19\/how-to-keep-cool-hot-weather\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ebcc621fd36ec2aba93b2df2eb66a9b65893158a\/391_0_2917_2334\/master\/2917.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=75d00e6282fd492c53afcd2fe5917f00\" title=\"Beat the heat: 14 expert tips for keeping cool in hot weather\" \/>Wondering how to keep your cool as the temperature rises? Experts share their top tips, from face mists to fans, anti-chafe cream to sun hats<br \/>\n\u2022 The best fans to keep you cool: 14 tried and tested favourites<br \/>\nHeatwaves used to be marked by years, recalled misty-eyed by those who remembered them with fondness, like the heatwave of \u201876. Now, in the era of global heating, heatwaves are a warning sign, not a pleasure \u2013 and as we enter a UK summer, it\u2019s a case of when, not if, the temperature will become unbearable.<br \/>\nAlways take care when it heats up \u2013 the NHS recommends staying in the shade, especially between 11am and 3pm, wearing sunscreen and hats, and avoiding exercise. It also advises taking showers, eating cold food and drinks, and avoiding alcohol, caffeine and hot drinks. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wondering how to keep your cool as the temperature rises? Experts share their top tips, from face mists to fans, anti-chafe cream to sun hats \u2022 The best fans to keep you cool: 14 tried and tested favourites Heatwaves used to be marked by years, recalled misty-eyed by those who remembered them with fondness, like &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/19\/beat-the-heat-14-expert-tips-for-keeping-cool-in-hot-weather\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Beat the heat: 14 expert tips for keeping cool in hot weather<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":19208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19207"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}