Hydration isn’t complicated: Just drink water

A billboard reading “Time for Powerade Hydration break” in the FIFA World Cup 2026 Round Of 32 match between Germany and Paraguay at Boston Stadium on June 29, 2026 in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

Powerade is appropriate for World Cup athletes, but unless you’re also sweating buckets, water is usually enough. | Photo: Megan Briggs / Getty Images

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Europe is melting, the eastern US is currently trapped in a “heat dome,” the Midwest has the corn sweats to look forward to, and if you’ve never felt the oppressive, sticky misery of monsoon season in Asia – consider yourself blessed. But as folks duke it out on social media about who has it hotter (and whether air conditioning is ethical), it’s time to address a nonnegotiable truth of surviving summer: hydration.

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