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wasteofo2
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When you're cold, your body naturally burns calories to keep you warm. So it makes sense to me that if people were to just stay out in the cold enough, that they could lose some weight. Also, it seems that you could probabally figure out a formula to determine exactly how much weight you'll lose depending on how much you weigh, how long you stay out in the cold, and how cold it is. Though I suppose the specific heats of your bodily substances besides water would be of great importance in figuring it out exactly...
So first off, I'd have to know the average specific heat of the organic compounds in your body, then find the average specific heat of your body as a whole. After I've got the average specific heat of the human body, I'd need to know exactly how much heat cold air would "steal" form the body per a specific temperature.
Could anyone help me out a bit here? I'm somewhat brain-boggled right now, and can't really think of how this would work out...
So first off, I'd have to know the average specific heat of the organic compounds in your body, then find the average specific heat of your body as a whole. After I've got the average specific heat of the human body, I'd need to know exactly how much heat cold air would "steal" form the body per a specific temperature.
Could anyone help me out a bit here? I'm somewhat brain-boggled right now, and can't really think of how this would work out...