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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Threads like this are so eye opening for me as the heat is really not a concern for me at all that I have no need for all these cooling strategies at swim meets and I’ve been volunteering at them for years. The only time I’ve ever not been able to handle the heat was when I was pregnant during a heat wave with 100+ heat index.

I am multi racial, with Caribbean and African ancestry and some European, and I wonder if many of the folks who can’t take the heat are of mostly Northern European ancestry. I am not trying to be a troll or pot stir. I am truly curious. If you do struggle with the heat and are otherwise healthy, what is your ancestry?

I also find that I cannot take the cold at all and have all kinds of strategies for keeping warm in the winter and at winter sporting events that include heated mittens and heated seat cushions while others seem to manage it just fine. [/quote]

I have both Caribbean and European ancestry. I think I would be fine with the heat if I didn’t sweat so much. I know from going to high intensity workouts at the gym that I sweat more than the average person. I am fine while out in the heat I am just depleted afterward because I can’t make up for the loss of water and electrolytes quickly enough. I much prefer being hot to being cold and would not mind living somewhere that is warm all the time. My spouse has only European ancestry and hates being hot. I am always cold in our house in the summer because they crank up the AC. I definitely get cold more easily than them.

I do think there are some genetic or individual differences regarding tolerance for heat and cold. I am always amazed at the beginning of the summer with how some kids seem totally unaffected by the freezing cold water. My kids’ lips turn blue and they are practically in tears by the end of those first couple of practices. If they get out early, I don’t push them to continue. Other kids don’t even seem like they’re shivering. My kids are naturally very thin so maybe they just don’t have enough insulation. But some of the other kids I see unaffected by cold are pretty skinny too. So I think there is more to it than that. [/quote]

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