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The processes of thermogenesis only kick in to keep you warm when you are truly cold. Exercising alone may generate enough heat that your body wouldn't burn any extra calories through shivering and brown fat.
The best way to use the cold to burn more calories would be not to exercise while ...
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A cold body uses more energy to keep itself warm than a warm body.
When we are cold, we shiver — the muscles involuntary contract to generate warmth. The body may also activate "brown fat", a kind of fat tissue whose primary function is heat production. Brown fat burns calories to generate ...
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Exercise accounts for a small portion of daily calorie burn.
Even when you work out, those extra calories burned only account for a tiny part of your total energy expenditure, only around 10 to 30 percent, depending on the person. It's not nearly equal to food intake.
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The energy value of any food is measured in calories, and the basal metabolic rate is the minimum amount of calorie count that is required when the body is at rest (Resting Energy Expenditure). Combining it with the energy one consumes while moving around or digesting food gives ...
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