The cold can make you skinner

Question

According to this claim, the cold makes you skinner because it burns "brown fats" in our body as we generate heat.

Comments

This is misleading because the article states that there are benefits to exercising outdoors during colder temperatures because the cold helps to activate different types of fat in the body which can help burn calories. However, the article never states that the temperature can make people skinnier.

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By looking at the article title, you could think that the cold makes you skinner, but the article does not back up that claim. Wokring out in the cold may help you burn fats , but that doesn't mean the cold makes you skinner.

Answer 1

This article is not entirely false but is misleading as the cold can not simply make you skinnier. It is true that cold temperatures activate brown fat which does break down fat molecules within the body

Answer 2

The claim that the cold is able to make someone skinnier is misleading. there are circumstances where things like cold exposure therapy and working out in the cold are able to help people burn calories and brown fat. However, the cold itself is not doing all of that work. there are also risks to people believing this claim like frostbite or hypothermia if someone took it the wrong way without prior research or consulting a professional.

https://www.uhhospitals.org/blog/articles/2023/02/is-exercising-in-cold-weather-a-better-workout

https://sbpdiscovery.org/does-cold-weather-promote-weight-loss/#:~:text=Theoretically%2C%20yes%2C%20but%20realistically%2C,something%20like%2040%20degrees%20Fahrenheit.

Answer 3

Claim: The cold makes you skinnier

Throughout this article I had a preconceived notion that there was no way the cold actually makes you skinnier. This seemed like a false claim until I clicked on the sources linked throughout the article. It included scientific evidence in order to back up its claim and not deter from the main goal of influencing the reader. A source from a professor at Stanford university argues that the cold does have a relatively large impact of your weight but can also be misleding. https://sbpdiscovery.org/does-cold-weather-promote-weight-loss/#:~:text=Theoretically%2C%20yes%2C%20but%20realistically%2C,something%20like%2040%20degrees%20Fahrenheit. I agree that this claim could be true, although I also think it is somewhat opinion based.