Emergen-C to the heat rescue! Keep your minerals in check during a hot spell w/ this gluten-free ‘save’.
Emergen-C 30-packet boxes come in 20 flavors!
Triple-digit summer heat slows people down. Way down. The cranky-monster inside makes an appearance, and we hear the repeated advice to “hydrate, hydrate, hydrate.” I found one way to help my body during this time is to indulge in an Emergen-C supplement each day, and help keep the crankies away. And yes, all varieties are gluten-free.
More serious, heat exhaustion takes its toll on the human body, and often times our adrenalin keeps us going when taking a water/nutrient break is most needed. Emergen-C packets fit easily into a purse, glove compartment, as a bookmark, in a pocket… I don’t leave home without them!
My favorite flavor of Emergen-C is Tangerine
Before becoming a fan of Emergen-C, I’d notice their bright packaging on end caps in stores and smile. I thought it was a great way to get Vitamin C into your system for adults and kids alike, and appeared to be very accessible in a variety of grocery and home supply stores.
Club stores and Amazon sell Emergen-C variety 90-packets
A few years back, during an extremely warm month in Southern California without air conditioning or a breeze, I felt myself slowing down, day after day of 95-110*F heat. I did what many people do: walked the mall, sat in a movie theater, curled up with a good book at the library, strolled book stores, and went to the beachside communities. However, after days of straight heat, and lots of water, my body was giving out while dehydration settled in.
I ended up in the doctor’s office with one IV bag of vitamins/minerals, and one IV bag of saline, running through my veins. Two and a half hours later, I felt like a new person. It was exactly what my body needed to help me through the rest of the heat wave and feel ‘normal’ again.
A few days later I called the doctor to follow up, and received some great advice: take an Emergen-C packet each day during the summer (if not year round, depending on your vitamin intake regimen) to keep my levels steady. What a difference my summers are now!
As with any dietary supplement and regimen, consult your doctor to see if Emergen-C is right for you. If so, it never hurts to keep a packet with you for those heat emergencies, to help replenish those antioxidants and electrolytes.
Pop open a packet, shake it into a cold glass of water (small water bottles work great), stir, and drink up.
Emergen-C 10-packets are found at approx. $10. The variety ‘club store’ packets are approx. $22-$26.
Keeping cool,
– wendi e. ;0)
Sherry
Something so simple and available and one is able to stash one or two in their purse – and it DOES work wonders! Right on, Wendi!
wendi e.
Thanks, Sherry. Yes, these Emergen-C packets have kept me out of Emergency rooms in very hot situations!
Now I take them with me on vacations, no matter what the weather, and am assured to intake my daily necessary electrolytes!
Thanks for your input!