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Do sweat it.

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I can't find an authority to back me up on this, but I'd be willing to wager that Texas will produce more human perspiration than any other state this summer, because we have not only a large population--literally, more sweaters--but more months to work up a good one (these days, June to October, minimum). In fact, while I never hear my New York friends discussing their summer stickiness, here it's a conversation in and of itself: My wife, for example, likes to brag that she'll barely break a sweat on a five-mile hike in August (true), while my friend David complains of ruining a dress shirt just by eating a chile relleno on an 80-degree afternoon (also true). Yep, sweating in Texas isn't just biological, it's cultural. I kid, of course--but really it's no laughing matter, not if you consider sweat's pivotal connection to a graver hot-weather affliction: dehydration. This, and an overall malfunction of the body's cooling system, is a common reason Texans visit the ER every summer. So, actually, why not talk sweat? To stay healthy in the heat, it pays to understand your internal waterworks.

Sweating 101.

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