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As we all understand, healthy body temperature is a good sign. I think we would agree that when our body temperature and limb temperature is good, we generally feel very good. I also think many of us arrive here because we have body temperature issues, whether some of us are aware of it or not at the time of discovering Ray Peat and some of his ideas. This could be a symptom of a number of things, including suppressed thyroid function.
In light of that, what are some practical ways you have raised your core or limb body temperature?
I'll list a few that I'm aware of:
I'm looking for practical options so when I'm cold and I can't hop in the shower, I can find some way to raise up the temperature of my liver or body or limbs.
I think body temperature is extremely important and not enough practical attention is afforded to it.
Just for example: I've heard of diabetics who have issues with cold to the point that they have to amputate limbs, which to me, in this modern age of science and technology, seems extremely silly and backwards that we can't figure out how to encourage the body to roast up in these extreme cases with a simple idea like, "Drink hot juice" or something similar. If more is discussed, I think silly stuff like this could be avoided entirely for the sake of ourselves, our family and friends, too.
Granted, the situation may be more complex, such as in the case of diabetics having insulin resistance which is a hormone which controls body temperature, but I think encouraging this exchange of ideas is a step in the right direction towards us figuring out this vitally important area of health and solve its setbacks.
Thanks in advance.
Happy heating up.
In light of that, what are some practical ways you have raised your core or limb body temperature?
I'll list a few that I'm aware of:
- Hot showers (7+ minutes)
Pretty simple. At least 7 minutes in a hot shower is enough to raise the core body temp up to 98.6 F (37 C) and also raises the temperature of limbs as well (hands, feet, ankles, legs, toes, fingers, etc.). Alternatives include, saunas, steam rooms, or hot tubs.
- Red Light bathing
Sitting or bathing under a red light or Infrared lamp. Think of baby chicks that just hatched which need to be warm or food being warmed under a lamp at a restaurant. Same idea. Length of time varies based on how much time you have and your goals. I enjoy this method a lot, but it's somewhat impractical to hit every area of the body in one stance and therefore takes quite a while to get the whole body going. If you have some suggestions, please suggest them.
- Sun bathing
Bathing in the sun. Sometimes, based on season and location, not available to everyone.
- Exercise
Does this even raise core temperature? I'm not sure; I've never recorded my temperature before, during, and after exercise, but I do know that after exercise, I do generally feel warmer. I'm not sure if this just increasing blood flow to the limbs and increased perceived temperature or actually raising core and limb temperature.
- Foods such as coconut oil, cheese, milk
You may have different responses depending on the circumstances, but in general these foods can help to raise core temperatures. Sometimes they will have a positive impact on limb temperature, too. Peat talks about how Calcium (in dairy products) can help regulate body temperature and Coconut Oil has a specific type of fat this is quickly metabolized into energy, thus boosting metabolism quickly.
- Drinking Hot Liquids
I'm not sure if this works, but based on this article I found (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2079070/pdf/brmedj03617-0032.pdf) doctors were able to lower a child's temperature from 104 F down to normal by introducing a balloon into this stomach with water at a specific temperature and reasoned the opposite is also possible (introducing a balloon with hot liquid to raise core temperature). The practical alternative to this clinical method would be, in my opinion, consuming hot liquids--hot milk, hot tea, hot coffee, hot juice.
I won't copy the whole article (it's brief, so give it a read to get all of the details if you'd like), but here is the discussion and summary sections discussing the advantages of raising from the inside to out rather than from the outside to in (such as in a hot shower), such as heating up the liver and how that will better suit the body once to heat up the rest of it:
"Discussion
In experimental work on hypothermia, difficulties arise during the rewarming stage after a marked lowering of the body temperature has been produced. As has been learnt in treating men exposed to severe cold, warming by external application of heat to the body surface may have serious disadvantages. The warmed peripheral tissues may increase their metabolic demands before the blood supply is adequate. Moreover, if the capillary bed of the skin opens before the general circulation has improved, there will be a fall in blood pressure. Rewarming by the intragastric route avoids these troubles. Furthermore, the skin circulation of the hypothermic animal, including man, is so reduced that little heat may be conveyed from the warmed skin. By internal warming, heat is applied to the vascular gastric mucosa and 40 to the great vessels close to the 40 stomach; their circulation is never stagnant. This method has further theoretical advantages which may 3% prove to be important. It seemed I,- | to one of us (H. H. K.) that if the liver could be warmed first, then the heat would also be gained from the various metabolic activities of this important organ. Furthermore, an "active " liver would be better able meet the increasing metabolic demands of the body during warming."
"Summary
A method of raising and lowering the body temperature in animals and man by the introduction of changes of water into an intragastric bag is described. It has possible applications in the treatment of excessively high and low body temperatures and also in the management of hypothermia in operative surgery."
Optimal Hot Beverage temperature: Based on this study (Calculating the optimum temperature for serving hot beverages. - PubMed - NCBI) the optimal temperature for a hot beverage was calculated to be 136 degrees F (57.8 degrees C), so if you have something like a kettle with a thermometer, that might be a good place to start.
I won't copy the whole article (it's brief, so give it a read to get all of the details if you'd like), but here is the discussion and summary sections discussing the advantages of raising from the inside to out rather than from the outside to in (such as in a hot shower), such as heating up the liver and how that will better suit the body once to heat up the rest of it:
"Discussion
In experimental work on hypothermia, difficulties arise during the rewarming stage after a marked lowering of the body temperature has been produced. As has been learnt in treating men exposed to severe cold, warming by external application of heat to the body surface may have serious disadvantages. The warmed peripheral tissues may increase their metabolic demands before the blood supply is adequate. Moreover, if the capillary bed of the skin opens before the general circulation has improved, there will be a fall in blood pressure. Rewarming by the intragastric route avoids these troubles. Furthermore, the skin circulation of the hypothermic animal, including man, is so reduced that little heat may be conveyed from the warmed skin. By internal warming, heat is applied to the vascular gastric mucosa and 40 to the great vessels close to the 40 stomach; their circulation is never stagnant. This method has further theoretical advantages which may 3% prove to be important. It seemed I,- | to one of us (H. H. K.) that if the liver could be warmed first, then the heat would also be gained from the various metabolic activities of this important organ. Furthermore, an "active " liver would be better able meet the increasing metabolic demands of the body during warming."
"Summary
A method of raising and lowering the body temperature in animals and man by the introduction of changes of water into an intragastric bag is described. It has possible applications in the treatment of excessively high and low body temperatures and also in the management of hypothermia in operative surgery."
Optimal Hot Beverage temperature: Based on this study (Calculating the optimum temperature for serving hot beverages. - PubMed - NCBI) the optimal temperature for a hot beverage was calculated to be 136 degrees F (57.8 degrees C), so if you have something like a kettle with a thermometer, that might be a good place to start.
- Do you know of any other practical methods to raise body or limb temperature?
- Do you think there is something to this hot liquids idea?
I'm looking for practical options so when I'm cold and I can't hop in the shower, I can find some way to raise up the temperature of my liver or body or limbs.
I think body temperature is extremely important and not enough practical attention is afforded to it.
Just for example: I've heard of diabetics who have issues with cold to the point that they have to amputate limbs, which to me, in this modern age of science and technology, seems extremely silly and backwards that we can't figure out how to encourage the body to roast up in these extreme cases with a simple idea like, "Drink hot juice" or something similar. If more is discussed, I think silly stuff like this could be avoided entirely for the sake of ourselves, our family and friends, too.
Granted, the situation may be more complex, such as in the case of diabetics having insulin resistance which is a hormone which controls body temperature, but I think encouraging this exchange of ideas is a step in the right direction towards us figuring out this vitally important area of health and solve its setbacks.
Thanks in advance.
Happy heating up.
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