Winter is about to end in most parts of India, but have you ever wondered why women feel the cold weather more than men?
Why Women Feel More Cold Than Men: The temperature that is comfortable for some of us may be too cold for others. People's perception of heat varies, and their gender plays an important role. Many fights over thermostats in homes and offices prove that women feel cold more quickly than men.
Muscle mass is the main reason.
Dr. Ralf Brandes, professor of physiology at Goethe University of Frankfurt and board member of the German Physiological Society, says, “They generally have less muscle mass and therefore a lower metabolic rate, and they produce less heat.”
Increased metabolic rate
Having more muscle mass increases your metabolic rate, even at rest, which means you burn food faster to fuel your body, a process that warms your body, and skeletal contractions, whether voluntary or involuntary through shivering, are a primary source of heat production.
Dr. Rüdiger Köhling, director of the Oscar Langendorff Institut für Physiologie at Rostock University Medical Center in Germany, says that the reason men generally have more muscle mass probably lies in evolutionary history, while prehistoric men hunted, roamed and produced heat. Women and children often stayed in their homes.
Women's skin cools faster.
"Although women are better at centralizing heat," said Dr. Ralph Brandes, MD, "they direct more heat-carrying blood to their body's core in response to cold. "Meanwhile, blood circulation to extremities such as the hands, feet, nose and lips is restricted."
This gives priority to women's vital organs, including the reproductive organs. "But this also means that women's skin cools down more quickly," explains Kohling, which can be seen for example in blue lips and pale, white hands.
Why do the elderly feel more cold?
Brandes explains that it is said that older people also feel cold more easily, although studies show that younger people feel cold more because the nerve cells in their skin work better.
However, older people exercise less, lose muscle mass and have a lower metabolic rate. So their bodies produce less heat and get cold more quickly than younger people. Sadly, "a declining metabolic rate is a part of aging," says Brandes. The solution is to raise the thermostat in winter and dress warmer when going outside.
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