I work at Amazon in the foods department, and just about every other day I get sent to the chiller for a few hours. Lately, I’ve noticed that the protective gear isn’t helping anymore, and I’m starting to feel super cold even in room temperature. (I don’t think it’s because of winter, it doesn’t really get cold in this area.)
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Lets say you set your thermostat to 70 degrees Fahrenheit. It’ll heat your home if it is 60 degrees until it reaches 70 degrees. If it is 50 degrees it won’t just heat your home until it is 60 degrees and then stop, it’ll keep heating your home until it is 70 degrees.
Your body is the same way. It aims to heat you to roughly 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit through methods like restricting blood flow to the outer limbs where body heat is lost quicker, burning more energy, and shivering to generate heat. It is possible to get so cold that your body has difficulty maintaining heat, but this ends quickly after leaving the cold environment. It won’t carry over long into a room temperature setting.
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