Under the oppressive heat, you drag your heavy legs, alternating yawns and sighs.
You feel drained of energy and are more irritable than usual.
The fault, precisely, of the scorching days.
Rémi Mifsud, doctor in Paris, Alexandra Murcier, dietician-nutritionist, and Xavier Ballongue, general practitioner, explain to us how high temperatures modify our behavior.
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The heat directly impacts our state of fatigue: “When it is very hot, the body temperature increases.
The organism must then expend energy in order to regulate it”, explains Alexandra Murcier.
This causes fatigue, headaches, and sometimes even nausea.
In addition, the loss of water, and more particularly the loss of salt through perspiration, also tires the body: “When you sweat, the loss of these two elements causes a drop in…
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