What burns off most calories? (serious question)

[Lisa21]

Is it
A; being very hot

or
B; being freezing cold??

 

[Night Train]

I would probably say neither as you would compensate for any calories used in either situation, not doing so reaults in heatstroke or hypothermia.

What are the hypothetical options you are considering in your question?

 

[Crackle]

Is this some kind of trick question

I'm going for being very hot in the cold.

 

[gaz]

in light of the above post.
I'll go for being very cold in the hot.

 

[MissTillyFlop]

I have a similar question - does burnt food have less calories in it?

 

[coffeejo]

What about snuggling up under a warm blanket in a cold room?

 

[vernon]

I suspect that the question might involve thermostat settings and if the house is colder than normal does one burn more calories than if the house is warmer than normal?

Here's a part answer:

Get Out in the Cold
You actually do burn more calories when it’s cold outside. According to Andrew J. Young, Ph.D., of the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine in Natick, Mass., “There are two factors that could cause energy expenditure to increase with falling outdoor temperature. First, if shivering is elicited by cold, then energy expenditure increases. However, different people have differing shivering-response sensitivity, and intensity of shivering will be influenced by magnitude of decrease in body (deep core and skin) temperature, which in turn is influenced by body size and fat content that vary widely among people, as well as clothing worn. So some folks don't shiver at all (well-dressed, lots of body fat), and a man in the cold is not always a cold man. The other reason energy expenditure might increase in cold weather is if you perform heavy physical labor (walk in deep snow, carry or wear heavy clothing).” Additionally, there is a likelihood that you could have a slight increase in calorie burn (about 3 to 7 percent) from your body re-warming itself from cold air touching your skin and warming the cold air that goes into your lungs, adds Wayne Askew, Ph.D., a professor of nutrition at the University of Utah.

 

[vernon]

I have a similar question - does burnt food have less calories in it?

Yes unless you have evolved a mechanism for metabolising the carbon in the burnt food.

 

[Chris-H]

I have a similar question - does burnt food have less calories in it?

If it does then i should be about 4 stone lighter due to the wife's cooking

 

[Crackle]

What about snuggling up under a warm blanket in a cold room?

It's a kind offer, I'm sure someone will take you up on it.

 

[vernon]

What about snuggling up under a warm blanket in a cold room?

Depends on who has the cold feet and who has the cold feet rested on them.

 

[Arch]

I'd assume you use calories when cold. When hot, you only lose liquid through sweating. So you can lose weight both ways, but the sweat will be replaced as soon as you drink. Calories lost through cold could be lost for good, if you don't eat more to compensate.

 

[BigonaBianchi]

Is it
A; being very hot

or
B; being freezing cold??

depends on if the question refers to ones self or ones partner I guess.

 

[Night Train]

depends on if the question refers to ones self or ones partner I guess.

Also depends on whether the question refers to oneself or one's environment.

 

[Lisa21]

Right, ok, let me clarify. Although in doing so I shall no doubt confuse things even more
Leading on from a conversation today, this is the query..
Where I work, indoors, it is freezing cold. Seriously cold.And after reading an article that drinking iced water can speed up weight loss as your body then uses more calories to keep warm I guess I should possibly weigh about 5 stone by now
But on the other hand, a different article says how saunas, sweat-suits()and the like can speed up weight loss as the body burns more calories when it it hot. So wtf do I do.......go to bed with my electric blanket turned up high whilst wearing an all in one rubber bodysuit () or go to work in a bikini in the middle of winter??