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Stay safe while exercising in the heat

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    Dehydration and heat exhaustion a dangerous mix

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Thinking about exercising outside today we've got a warning about dehydration and heat exhaustion it could be very dangerous mix -- -- -- home.

There's something called the heat index look it up.

Our own whether people talk about it all the time humidity is a big problem because you should -- Think cold down your body but you can't sled after a while but -- you know we've got to drink a lot of electric lights not just water.

Gatorade hydrated things like that to get a lecture likes and fluids back -- you if you start to feel very -- -- you're not thinking clearly get out of the heat.

Before we have a heat stroke.

Very young and very old are most at risk -- they don't have the installation it's like a house with a insulation.

It -- it doesn't do as well you're very young actress and I should you start drinking before you feel about.

Why you have so we wanna make sure that you well hydrated but if you court temperatures above 105.

That's a definitional heat -- it's a medical emergency if you see somebody -- these -- is not acting by the way -- you normally do.

Take into -- emergency room and as mark mentioned.

-- added that he if you need to exercise.

Either you do it very early in the morning or you do very late at night and well -- cover yourself with -- -- cold -- to bring your temperature down -- terrible.

He can be a killer -- say you know alcoholic it.

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