Why aren’t we more energetic when it’s very hot outside? Shouldn’t we have more energy because we don’t have to waste it on heating our bodies up?
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We are constantly using energy to maintain the same exact body temp no matter if warming us up or cooling us off, but that’s not really the answer. Since our bodies are always kept the same temp inside, our metabolisms are the same (in regards to temp.) Other things can affect our metabolisms, but temp isn’t one of them (until we get into the hyper/hypothemia stages.)
Cold-blooded animals have higher metabolisms in warmer temps, but that’s because their internal body temps are changing instead of always being the same.
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