temperature and metabolism
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do colder environments lower metabolism? for example, a country with 4 seasons , where summer temperatures average 32 Celsius, and winter temperatures average 14 celsius, would a persons metabolism be faster in the summer and slower in the winter, provided no other factors , such as diet, training etc change. just curious.
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i am not sure but i dun think so ba...
I only know everytime after skipping, no matter in air con room anot, my body will feel quite warm, if it is related... -
if it's metabolism that burns the calories faster or something like then
cold weather = high metabolism.
hot weather = i don't know.
you could eat chocolates all day in a sub zero country without gaining a kilo. (SUBJECTIVE.)
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Then certain countries which have the highest heart diesease rate should be the slimmestOriginally posted by yeehaw:if it's metabolism that burns the calories faster or something like then
cold weather = high metabolism.
hot weather = i don't know.
you could eat chocolates all day in a sub zero country without gaining a kilo. (SUBJECTIVE.)
hope i'm not wrong anywhere.
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In that sense, you might as well drink cold water all day!
But if you calculate the physics, you will need to drink gallons of cold water to lose a kg -
I drink a gallon of ice water a day and I'm very thin...
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in colder environments, the human body loses heat faster and thus works harder to maintain the optimum body temperature(36.9 degree Celsius) for internal activities to carry out efficiently. This would result in a higher metabolic rate, which involves a larger amount of heat energy released within the body in order to maintain the optimum temperature.
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ah yes, that's what i'm trying to say.Originally posted by yuko-ogura:in colder environments, the human body loses heat faster and thus works harder to maintain the optimum body temperature(36.9 degree Celsius) for internal activities to carry out efficiently. This would result in a higher metabolic rate, which involves a larger amount of heat energy released within the body in order to maintain the optimum temperature. -
Originally posted by Simon Dean:Then certain countries which have the highest heart diesease rate should be the slimmest
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so cold speeds up metabolism
if i stay in aircon places as much as possible, i can lose fat faster? -
what is the use?
you stay in air-con room, you feel cold, you eat more -
How about the effect of temperature on EPOC? I've been wondering about it. Part of how EPOC works, at least to my understanding, is bringing the body temperature from a post workout high back to normal temperature. If the ambient temperature is so cold, wouldn't the body be alleviated from doing the work as much, i.e. wouldn't the EPOC effect decrease, or at least not last that long?
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thats an interesting thought, if youre right about cold weather limiting EPOC effects, maybe thats why people choose to cut in spring/summer? Maybe OPT or some other expert can tell us if EPOC can be affected by room temperature?Originally posted by galapogos:How about the effect of temperature on EPOC? I've been wondering about it. Part of how EPOC works, at least to my understanding, is bringing the body temperature from a post workout high back to normal temperature. If the ambient temperature is so cold, wouldn't the body be alleviated from doing the work as much, i.e. wouldn't the EPOC effect decrease, or at least not last that long? -
firstly,i hope ur EPOC here refers to the operating systems of the human bodies..at first i tot it had sth to do with computing.Originally posted by galapogos:How about the effect of temperature on EPOC? I've been wondering about it. Part of how EPOC works, at least to my understanding, is bringing the body temperature from a post workout high back to normal temperature. If the ambient temperature is so cold, wouldn't the body be alleviated from doing the work as much, i.e. wouldn't the EPOC effect decrease, or at least not last that long?
yes u r right. the operating system of the body always react accordingly to temperatures. it is to bring the body back to the optimum temperature for internal activities to carry out more smoothly and efficiently.
to the qn whether the body would be relieved from doing away of the excess heat, im afraid not.
even if the surrounding temperature is cold, the workout has caused the internal system of the body to heat up. it is due to the increased metabolic rate to bring extra oxygen to respective muscles for workout.
heat is produced during both aerobic and anaerobic respirations carried out in the body. heat thus inevitably accumulates in the body and there is a need to let out the heat or else internal body activities would slow down eventually.the body thus releases heat in its way..can be in the form of perspiration, water vapour let-out via nasal passage thru normal breathing or panting.
in a colder environment, the body just loses heat faster to the surroundings due to the larger temperature difference as when compared to working out in normal room temperature.
the internal body reactions still work out the same. in a colder environment, the effect would be marked by a very minimal decrease- its a form of compensation for the faster releasing of heat to the surroundings.
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hmmm...
winter should have higher metabolism
summer shold have lower metabolism
Simple Prove :
Coz, u get hungry easier in winter than in summer...
:p