bryan Posted August 10, 2015 Report Posted August 10, 2015 What say you? If you are over heated while grilling? Try a splash of apple cider vinegar in a glass of water. (cuts the crap and gets to the problem) This is not for those that like to challenge. It is for those that are have a hydration problem and need fast help.
Poochie Posted August 10, 2015 Report Posted August 10, 2015 The apple cider vinegar will add a dose of potassium to the body. Helps to digest protein (i.e. BBQ'd meat) better too. But in extreme cases, read up on heat exhaustion and heat stroke, especially during this killer hot summer. Heat exhaustion can be helped by going indoors and rehydrating. You are sweating profusely, may feel dizzy or irritable, and you need to drink plenty liquids. Heat stroke follows is you don't take care of heat exhaustion. You're skin is not "wet" anymore and you are disoriented because your body temperature is hovering around 105 or higher. While waiting for an ambulance, being submerged in a cool tub of water to bring down the body temperature. Sorry to say, but alcohol makes your condition worse. Coffee too. Not be gross, but if your urine is a much darker color than usual, you are in the process of dehydrating. Plenty of water and cooling down will get you good as new at this stage. Don't let it get serious.
MacKenzie Posted August 10, 2015 Report Posted August 10, 2015 I don't have to worry about heat exhaustion around here this summer. I'm just glad when I can take the polar fleece off;) I do find homemade Ginger Kombucha to be a great thirst quencher and doesn't add too many calories either.
Poochie Posted August 10, 2015 Report Posted August 10, 2015 High today is 100 with a heat index of 108 to 113. Pretty warm. I had to look up Ginger Kombucha...looks yummy.
CeramicChef Posted August 10, 2015 Report Posted August 10, 2015 My drink of choice during the HOT Oklahoma summers is Leninade over crushed ice. I start early in the day to insure I stay well hydrated!
tony b Posted August 11, 2015 Report Posted August 11, 2015 Oh dee-yah! I do believe that my malaria might be trying to act up. I guess I'd bettah have a quinine, maybe with a tad of juniper gin in it; and oh yes, a nice piece of lime, just to be on the safe side! You can never be too careful about that scurvy!
PRippley Posted August 18, 2015 Report Posted August 18, 2015 Uh, oh, a fellow gin and tonic drinker, this thread could divert very rapidly!
tomahawk66 Posted August 19, 2015 Report Posted August 19, 2015 Uh, oh, a fellow gin and tonic drinker, this thread could divert very rapidly! Well... Being a Brit living in Asia for the last decade I can attest to the preventative health benefits of gin (tonic optional 😄) I think this may warrant a new thread on drinks to beat the heat! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
CeramicChef Posted August 19, 2015 Report Posted August 19, 2015 I'm here in Oklahoma City, OK. Right in the smack dab middle of the USA. It gets HOT and humid here during half the year. My drink of choice during those hot summertime months is gin and soda with a splash of Roses lime. Quick and easy to make and wonderfully refreshing. Around ChezChef we call it Electric Limeade. And then there is nothing better than a wonderfully dry martini.
GoFrogs91 Posted August 19, 2015 Report Posted August 19, 2015 Just had a really refreshing cocktail last month by the pool. Red grapefruit vodka, Mexican grapefruit soda, juice from half a lime, served on ice in a glass with a salted rim. It was excellent.
PRippley Posted August 19, 2015 Report Posted August 19, 2015 Before we bought our home in Oregon I was almost exclusively a beer and wine drinker, but my neighbors introduced me to Hendricks and I was hooked. They have good taste!
tony b Posted August 19, 2015 Report Posted August 19, 2015 Sounds great, GoFrogs, but I can't have anything with grapefruit in it, as it messes with my meds (atorvistatin). PJ, Hendricks gets a thumbs up in my book, so does Bombay Saffire, and the local stuff from ClearHeart (Cedar Ridge) - my "everyday" gin.
