Setting the heat too high can make you obese. The explanation is simple. When the thermometer shows a temperature of 25ºC to 30ºC, our body does not need to consume energy .
But when it drops to 17 ° C, the body tends to produce brown adipose tissue , a good fat that burns energy and glucose and produces the heat necessary to maintain body heat, as revealed in a study by the Maastricht University Medical Center, in Holland.
Apparently, when the cold rages, the human body starts a whole series of processes to counteract it . This can cost up to 30% of the body's energy budget. And, the more fat we dedicate to it, the less likely we are to suffer from diabetes, overweight or obesity.
In sum, to maintain the line, in addition to eating properly and exercising, scientists recommend getting used to spending more time in a moderately low ambient temperature . So much so that endocrinologist Paul Lee and his colleagues at the National Institutes of Health in the United States have come to the conclusion that it would be enough to lower the central heating of air-conditioned buildings a few degrees during winter nights to stop the global obesity epidemic.
