Did you know that the human body is more sensitive to cold than to warmth?
That's because cold can more quickly damage vital organs, says Diane Ackerman in her book A Natural History of the Senses.
Most of the body's cold receptors are closer to the skin's surface and are in the face, especially on the tip of the nose, the eyelids, lips and forehead, Ackerman says. The body has fewer receptors for warmth and, except for the tip of the tongue, those nerve endings lie deeper under the skin than their cold counterparts.
In fact, your skin must be warmed by three or four degrees before you truly feel warm, but a drop of only one or two degrees will make you feel cold.
- Shamelessly stolen from iWon's Health Tip.
Which is a good reason to move away from where its cold more than half the time. One of my analysts has, as a part of his bio: ... calls Calgary, AB home: blue skies, northern lights and a healthy six months of frozen tundra a year. Which is about five months and three weeks too long in my book.
Its late March here now and I had to wear a sweatshirt when I went out to ride my bike at lunch. Last week we were having a nice heat spell that was awesome with temps in the 80's!
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