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[–] 26 points 2 years ago

Tangela, I choose you!

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Or, hear me out: take a cold shower for a minute, then turn it slightly warm. It will be painful. Repeat every day. Go outside with one less layer than normal, shiver for 5 minutes. Do this literally every day. Pretty soon, cold adaptation. The human body is nice like that, and your vascular system will thank you. Unless you have a really bad heart condition that wouldn't allow cardio obviously because your heart rate will go up.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    People ought to be careful with the going outside thing. Like, if you're just going out into your yard or apartment complex then it's fine. If you're commuting and there's the possibility that you might end up stranded where there's no climate control, then please at least stick that extra layer in your backpack or something.

    I had somewhat severe hypothermia once, and it's an insidious thing. I got colder and colder until I just stopped noticing it, and then I stopped noticing most things. I didn't realize what was happening to me, and I would have died if I had been alone. I had others who saw my slack, dumb face and my kinda blue lips and helped me, but I'm not going to risk ever going through that again, and I'd encourage everyone to please be careful. Keeping a coat or hat or whatever with you is worth the hassle.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    You also need to eat fatty food unless you are already fat. Since cold adaption is basically your body turning white fat into brown fat, because of cold exposure. Which then gets burned for heat. Your body can’t create brown fat if you don’t have enough fat in your body.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    What does fat mean? I have a BMI of about 22, which isn’t overweight, but I have also been healthy with less fat on my body and I can pinch my stomach or thigh, so there is subcutaneous fat.

    I ask because my gallbladder hates it when I eat fatty foods, so other than a handful of peanuts or a couple tablespoons of oil or sauce, I can’t actually eat much fat. Can I just eat a lot more other food?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Soybeans, eggs, olives and avocado have a lot of fat. And carbs get turned into fat if you don’t burn the sugars immediately.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Yeah, tofu is a major source of my dietary fat, but the others are no gos. I guess what I’m wondering is, does the process happen with calories or does it have to be fat already locked away?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Carbohydrates/starches do the same thing. The body coverts them to fat if you over-eat. A high carbohydrate diet is the number one reason for obesity.

    Eating whole grains is better as they are digested slower and don't spike the blood sugar as fast.

    Spending a day outside in cold temps can double or triple your caloric needs depending on the conditions.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    It's like they're trying to find the emotional and physical limits of their models.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    It looks like they just tried to wrap as many blankets around themselves as they could

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