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Why is a beach day so tiring?

When it's hot, your body sends fluid and blood to the surface of your body to cool down. This depletes some of your body's resources and can leave you feeling fatigued. To maintain energy, hydrate before, during and after a day in the sun.



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All this sunlight causes your body temperature to increase, and since your body is working hard to stay cool, you're losing fluids and salts through sweating. Which leaves you dehydrated — one of the primary symptoms of which is fatigue.

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Being around water gives our brains and our senses a rest from overstimulation. The sound around us, from an auditory perspective, is simplified. It's not quiet, but the sound of water is far more simple than the sound of voices or the sound of music or the sound of a city.

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Full of negative ions, ocean air helps you sleep more soundly. That's because negative ions help the body take in oxygen while balancing serotonin levels. This is crucial in allowing seaside sleepers to relax, sleep uninterrupted and wake up refreshed.

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Another potential source of illness includes some types of cyanobacteria that form algal “blooms” (discolored water) and the toxins they produce. When people are exposed to cyanotoxins, they may have hay fever-like symptoms, skin rashes, sore throat, cough, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or even kidney or liver damage.

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All this sunlight causes your body temperature to increase, and since your body is working hard to stay cool, you're losing fluids and salts through sweating. Which leaves you dehydrated — one of the primary symptoms of which is fatigue.

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