Dehydration Facts: Can You Really Get Dehydrated in Winter?

Anyone who has lived through a Colorado winter comes to know that they need two staples to make it through until spring: lots of lip balm and gallons of moisturizing skin cream. Although Colorado air is dry all year long, it gets a whole lot worse in winter and the effects that has on us are, while mostly annoying, can also have real health consequences.

First, let’s consider why it's so dry here.

One day, I was walking down 6th Avenue and a woman shouted in Spanish, "Are you an interpreter?”

I said, "yes, I am, do you need help?”