: When you get cold what stops our body from just heating itself up like when we are sick?

Question

I know people can get fevers up to +100f/37c. So why can’t our body just flip a switch and turn on a fever essentially. I have plenty of “stored” energy so I don’t see how that would be a problem.

In: Biology

Answer 1

During WWII the Russians would give some chemical compound to soldiers during the winter months which makes their body burn hot to keep them warm.

I think bodybuilders still use it today to burn off that extra fat before a competition. Accounts of people who take it make it sound like it’s horrible; like Flu like symptoms.

Edit: I think it’s called Dinitrophenol