The dark cold days are approaching, which means that it is getting colder indoors. With the enormous gas prices, many people choose to turn their thermostat down a degree, or even turn it off completely. Can you withstand a cold house? Do you leave the heating off? Or would you rather pay the top prize than chatter your teeth?
Can we get used to cold living rooms if we want to leave the heating off? Sander Boon is a breathing and cold coach at Bridge2Cross, he says that people can get used to the cold, reports RTL News: “Your body can do a lot more than you think,” he says. “In the past, heat was a luxury. We have become quite lazy. In the summer we want air conditioning, fans, and in the winter we set the thermostat a few degrees higher. Our body used to adapt to the circumstances, now we adapt the circumstances to our bodies.”
Train
Those who prefer not to touch the thermostat for the time being can train themselves, explains Bart Scholtissen, who lets students deal with the cold according to the well-known Wim Hof method. “We can get used to cold houses if we expose ourselves to cold,” he says. By exposing your body to the cold, taking a cold shower, going outside barefoot or going out without a coat, you create brown fat.
“That’s the only good fat we have,” emphasizes Boon, “and brown fat allows us to quickly create energy to warm up our body again.” In that case, according to Scholtissen, it is a matter of persevering until the winter, and there is a good chance that the thermostat does not need to be much higher than you would think. “Of course it depends on the person how quickly you get used to the cold and how well you can handle it, but training with it will help everyone.”
What do you think?
Do you turn the thermostat down? Can you handle the cold well? Or are you a cold-blooded person and are you willing to pay more money and keep it nice and warm?