Drink a Slushie Before Workouts on Hot Days

Excellent news on the exercise front—ice slushies help. Two important caveats: They must be accompanied by actual exercise, and their benefit is evident only on hot days. It seems that people who drink the syrupy, icy concoctions before exercising—or, say, running a 5K or playing tennis—are able to to go longer before feeling the effects of the heat, the New York Times reports.

Best of all, the New Zealand research seems legit. “It’s a really interesting study, well done and carefully thought out,” says an exercise physiologist who wasn't involved with it. Adds an Army exercise researcher: “It’s a neat idea. I wouldn’t have guessed slurries would have that much of an effect.” (More slushie stories.)