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Maintaining Body Temperature: Avoiding Heat Illness
May 12, 2022
Many things start to change as we age. One thing that you would never think of is our ability to regulate our body temperature. Normal internal body temperature is 98.6 F. Our bodies function best in a narrow range of that temperature. Changes in our internal temperature that will respond to changes in weather conditions, exercise, or by other means can have detrimental effects if unable to regulate properly. There are 4 different way that our bodies regulate temperature: Vaporization -> this i…