How Heat Waves Are Changing What We Eat

Remember when summer meant backyard barbecues and hearty meals? Those days are fading fast as heat waves get more brutal. Extreme temperatures are forcing folks to completely rethink their eating habits, from what foods they pick to when they actually eat them.

With temps hitting crazy highs across the country, people are figuring out that their usual eating patterns just don't work when the thermometer climbs past 100 degrees. Bodies already working overtime to stay cool can't handle the extra burden of processing heavy meals.

Heavy Meals Are Out

Big, hearty meals are becoming history during heat waves. Digestion creates heat inside the body, and when it's blazing hot outside, that extra internal heat becomes unbearable.