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However, according to Mike Tipton, a professor at University of Portsmouth, this is far from the quickest way of lowering your body temperature.

There are plenty of simple, scientifically supported techniques that will help you handle the heat. ( ① ) If you’re feeling the heat and somebody offers you a fan, it’s likely that you’ll try and cool your face first. ( ② ) Certainly, all that breeze on your face will stimulate cold receptors there, which will give you a very powerful sensation of comfort. But actually, it’s not going to extract the heat from your body. Instead, a better cooling strategy is to immerse your hands in cold water for 15 to 20 minutes. ( ③ ) Your hands have a high surface area to mass area―they have lots of blood flowing in them when you’re hot. ( ④ ) If your core temperature is hot, your body will send blood to the extremities in order to lose heat.