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The humidity in Dubai is killing me. I just cant walk outside even for a minute.
Is it true humidity makes you feel sleepy?
Somebody told me that humidity settles down in your lungs and that induces sleep. I still wonder how true is that...

you have seen nothing yet my friend. Wait till August rolls in

dale wrote:The humidity in Dubai is killing me. I just cant walk outside even for a minute.
Is it true humidity makes you feel sleepy?
Somebody told me that humidity settles down in your lungs and that induces sleep. I still wonder how true is that...

Yawnnnnnnn, what did you say???

I'm sorry... I dozzed off there for a second...

dale wrote:The humidity in Dubai is killing me. I just cant walk outside even for a minute.
Is it true humidity makes you feel sleepy?
Somebody told me that humidity settles down in your lungs and that induces sleep. I still wonder how true is that...

not true at all, humidity is water vapour in the air; when its breathed in the worst that can happen is your body will absorb it. the effect it has on the oxygen concentration in the air is negligible.

the sleepiness that most people experience in hot humid weather is more likily a self preservation method that the body employs to preserve energy in times of stress. many organisms reduce their metabolic rate in extremes of temperature (to high or to low)

Thank you Dr. D., great explanation

Excellent.

The body can do strange things though regarding metabolic rate though, and can either speed up or slow down depending.

In the cold for instance, the body can speed up the metabolic rate to provide more temperature, or slow down to preserve fat for warmth. In extreme heat, the opposite is true, it can either slow down to try to keep the core temperature down, or speed up to burn of excess fat which is keeping the core insulated.

Heat and cold effect different people in different ways. Women seem to like warmer climes, men seem to enjoy cooler climes.

Personally, I wish mine would speed up to get rid of this Dubai-belly I put on since I got here.