Research published in the journal Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine demonstrated that dehydration increases systolic blood viscosity by 9.3% and diastolic blood viscosity by 12.5%. The results are from a study of 12 healthy men who sat for 4 hours at a dry-bulb temperature of 23.0-23.5¡C and a relative humidity of 18-36%. The purpose of … Continue reading Dehydration Shown to Increase Blood Viscosity