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Originally Posted by lindaelane

Do not wear black. White is best. Have you noticed long, white garments in the desert?
f you have long hair, put it up.
Cooling pulse points helps - thus a neck cooler (cools pulse in neck) or even putting wrists on a cool tumbler. Swallowing pride and wetting hair can make a huge difference. In a heat emergency - I once had one - find a restroom, soak your t-shirt (blouse, etc.) and put it back on. The greater the humidity the less water-based solutions will help, but we do not get 100% humidity here, so they do help.

Do not wear layers.

Also, you may know, wear cotton or linen. Do not wear fabrics such as rayon or polyester, or even a cotton/polyester blend.

Some swear by eating spicy (hot-peppers) food, but I have never tried it.

Ahhhh. Have to completely disagree. Never wear cotton. I ONLY wear sports wicking 91% polyester/9%rayon fabrics. This always stays cool and you don’t get soaked in sweat. Cotton is horrible in the heat. Sold by all the sports and golf stores or amazon.com. Most have UV protection also.