Native peoples like the Hopi, Navaho, Apache, and Comanche thrived for hundreds of years in the arid climates of the American Southwest. Now, many flock to these warmer, drier climates for the perceived health benefits of lowered humidity. However, low-humidity climates can have as many health challenges as benefits. Learning about the unique dynamics of arid environment living is essential to adapting, surviving, and thriving in dry weather.
Benefits of a Dry Environment
Many of the benefits of dry environments come from two main secondary traits of these areas: added sunlight and warmer weather.
Sunlight supplies Vitamin D, a crucial vitamin in which many modern people have a deficiency. In addition to overall better health, Vitamin D can reduce symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn’s disease. Warmer weather in dry environments also prevents many of the health problems of cold winters. Hyperthermia becomes a bigger danger as people age and are less sensitive to cold. This contributes to more deaths during cold climate winters. Warmer, drier weather reduces these winter deaths and lowers heart strain on top of it.
Consequences of a Dry Environment
Inversely, dry weather can put wear on some areas of the body. There are several consequences…
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