Summer is here and so is the warm weather and humidity. People can suffer heat-related illness when the body's temperature control system is overloaded. The body normally cools itself by sweating. When the humidity is high, sweat won't evaporate as quickly, which keeps your body from releasing heat as fast as it may need to. To protect your health when temperatures and humidity are high, remember to keep cool and use common sense.

Why is it a problem to have too much sugar? Many nutrition experts say that sugar in moderation is fine for most people. But in excess it can lead to metabolic problems beyond its effects on weight gain. The reason, studies suggest, is fructose. Any fructose you eat is sent straight to your liver, which specializes in turning it into droplets of fat called triglycerides.

Install white window shades or mini-blinds. Mini-blinds can reduce solar heat gain by 40-50 percent. Long term - plant shade trees around the house. Don’t plant trees on the South if you want to benefit from passive solar heating in the winter. Turn off your A/C when you leave for more than an hour...

Shut the lights off or change the bulbs: Long-lasting compact fluorescent bulbs produce about 70 percent less heat than standard incandescent bulbs.