Wellness Monthly: Hot Temperatures Can Short-Circuit Brain Function
When high temperatures affect the brain, even health- and safety-conscious people can get preventable, heat-related illnesses.
If you are old enough, you may remember the 1987 Partnership for a Drug Free America ad that showed a raw egg being cracked into a frying pan with the slogan: “This is your brain. This is drugs. This is your brain on drugs.” It left a lasting impression.
Now, with prolonged, record-breaking summer heat, Americans are saying it’s hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk or the hood of a car. (The egg congealed when we tried this on a plus-100F°day.) These fried-egg analogies are a reminder of how vulnerable your brain can be to external forces.
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