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UTC Athletes Test New Product to Prevent Heat Exhaustion

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Channel: WTVC NewsChannel 9 · 2012 · News & Politics

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By Jerry Askin We're only weeks away from the start of football season - and with the rising temperatures brings a scare for many athletes and people in our area.A California-based company has a new product they're testing out to keep athletes exposed to the heat - cool.It's a water bottle called Core Cooler - designed to measure core temperature.NewsChannel 9 caught up with a few UTC athletes earlier today who put the new product to the test.These guys and girls know all to well about the recent high temperatures we've had in Chattanooga. And mix that with playing soccer and frisbee in Coolidge Park on another hot day like today."I feel 10 times hotter than the other people. Ultimate frispy - I thought it was easier than what it really was, so it's just a pretty good workout," says Branden Tipton.He was one of several people randomly chosen not to use the new product - which may explains why says he was much hotter today.Researchers wanted to compare the core temperature of athletes like Breanna Morris who used the product, to those who didn't."Instead of drinking water.... You're just taking in the cold air so it kind of helps cool the body and you're not taking in a bunch of water slowing you down messing up your stomach," says Morris.Dr. Brendon McDermott is conducting the study at UTC."Really we're just trying to test out the product and field settings as it would be used by us and we're going to see if it works and if it keeps core temperatures down, it works," says MCDermott.So here's how it works....After 15 minutes of activity, athletes are supposed to stop for 3 minutes and suck in cool air from a bottle filled with ice. The goal is to rapidly reduce a person's core body temperature.  "We have people that use it when they're gardening or sitting in hot baths, while you're biking, hiking, walking," says Frank Affinito, inventor of Core Cooler.After the company finishes their research, they plan to sell this special product to firemen, personal trainers, sports teams or anyone who could possibly suffer from any kid of heat related illness.It could take weeks until the results of this study is complete. Researchers at UTC conducted a similar study on the product in February.  They found those who used it had a core temperature of 5 degrees lower than those who didn't.

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