Summer is a wonderful time for vacations, trips, the beach, the pool or aperitifs on the terraces. However, it also has its bad parts, represented by heat, mosquitoes, jellyfish stings or sunburn. Therefore, in order to enjoy the first, but without feeling tortured by the second, it is worth following some tips.
In addition, this is also a perfect time to take advantage of free time to learn new things. For example, those that are related precisely to the summer period. This and much more is what we have in this summer compilation.
HOW TO SLEEP BETTER IN SUMMER
According to a study published in 2022, by 2099 rising temperatures will have robbed us of between 50 and 55 hours of sleep per person per year. It is not for less, since the heat can make falling asleep a challenge. The main trick is usually to pull the fan or air conditioning, but it is not the best option. In the first place, for health reasons, because the mucous membranes can dry out. But also for economic reasons, of course.
Now, to sleep well in summer we first have to know how to improve the quality of our sleep at any time of the year. If we do not manage to fall into the arms of Morpheus in February, we will do even worse in August, with 30 degrees at 11 at night.
Many factors must be taken care of, from the bedding we use, to what we eat or the habits we have just before going to sleep. Of course, it is also very important to take care of the light we use. They sell us that blue light is very dangerous for the eyes and skin, but in reality, the only thing that has been amply proven to affect us is sleep.
All this is essential, as is selecting the time and moment in which we exercise. Because sport is beneficial on many levels and, of course, the quality of sleep is also one of them. Even in summer.
THE MYSTERIES OF THE SUN AND THE CREAM
Ok, yes, we all have assumed the importance of using sun protection. But do we use it correctly? Many studies suggest that we do not. To begin with, if we regularly go to the beach and at the end of the summer we are using the same can of sun protection, it means that we are doing something wrong.
But not only the amount of protection is relevant. It is also necessary to know when we should replace it, for how long we can use it and, above all, to know those areas that we always forget; but that, in reality, also burn.
And as to remember something there is nothing better than understanding it, we cannot put aside the possibility of knowing such necessary data as what is the danger of burning, why we get tan or how those creams work that are so necessary to prevent burns, skin aging and even cancer.
THE MYSTERIES OF THE BEACH
Beach’s day. You take the cooler, the umbrella, the hammocks, the towel and parts loaded with things towards the sand. Once you settle in, you take your first bath, sunbathe for a while and, only then, do you decide to take out the food you had with you. If you have not selected what you eat well and, above all, you have not transported them properly, what was presented as a great day may turn into something much worse.
We must not forget food safety when we travel to the beach. Nor should we get carried away by some of the myths about this place. For example, have you heard that sea water cures everything? So don’t take it literally.
MOSQUITOES AND OTHER BITES
Mosquitoes are one of the big nuisances of summer. We could stand their company if it weren’t for the fact that their females insist on biting us mercilessly. But theirs are not the only bites we come across in summer. A visit to the beach can also lead to an unpleasant encounter with a jellyfish. What should we do in that situation? Beware of myths and stick only with advice with scientific evidence.
SUMMER CURIOSITIES
When we were little, we often took advantage of the summer to fill those famous vacation books that were advertised on television with a catchy song. As adults we don’t do homework, but we do take the opportunity to read or even take a course that we haven’t been able to complete for the rest of the year. And it is also an ideal time to learn curiosities.
Above all, curiosities about things that happen to us during this time. We have all experienced that of suffering a severe headache when eagerly drinking an iced drink. Or we have wondered how the cicadas sing their colorful song. The key, as always, is science.