Cold hands & feet – discuss causes & remedies
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I don't have cold hands and feet all the time but often enough for it to bother me. Sometimes I'll get it even at times when I "shouldn't" such as after eating.
Curious about how other people address this.
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I get that sometimes when it’s negative degrees outside. Usually a glass of warm milk with sugar or a coffee with sugar and milk fixes it for me.
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@pilky From the limited things I have tried, the only consistent way is to eat a highly digestible diet.
That is tough when trying to find digestible stuff to make your diet. Coconut oil is very thermogenic. Gooning too.
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@pilky If you're in a colder climate, eating on an empty stomach/ breaking fast and sedentary after eating, your body is going to direct blood away from your extrematies to your digestive system - that's an appropriate response to economise on energy. Initally, after eating a big meal, it's going to cost energy to digest it before you can use the nutrients. Smaller, more frequent meals help.
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Try some starch with saturated fat. Bread and butter. Rice and beef. The combination of the two create high internal temperature.
Suppressing SCD1 is key, which is achieved through the aforementioned synergy.
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@pilky its usually adrenaline driven
Ive found a warm gelatinous broth will warm up my whole body and I can feel the warmth propagating to the very tips of my toes and fingers
as for soup, since Im lazy I'll usually just have a can of campbells beef and vegetable and add 2 tbsp of gelatin
or if I just want a warm beverage I'll heat up a mug of water with 2 tbsp of gelatin and a lot of honey, possibly some lemon -
I've heard ppl say that B-vitamins make their feet warm, overall good circulation w/ high metabolism
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@skylark That makes a lot of sense. I'm in Sweden so yeah, it's pretty cold now in winter.
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This could mean anemia. Low copper was the culprit for me, which I fixed by eating an ounce of liver every day.
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@pilky it's caused by adrenaline. Either from a gut disorder or from hypothyroidism. Hypothyroidism can cause gut problems too though.
What is your pulse and temperature?
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@pilky Could be a million things. You'll most likely find a common thread that could be just another symptom (but it's the main enabler) in your nervous system regulation. Dysregulated nervous system can cause hypersensitivity to nerves that will in turn cause for the typical reflex of redirecting blood flow away from the limbs and to the major organs.
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For me, I find that quick and simple warm showers seem to do the trick during bouts of cold hands/feet from stress. Of course this won't address the larger issue but it can work as a way to signal the body to shift to glucose metabolism according to Peat.
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@paradox how to fat with starch increase temps ? the fat not reduce glucose utilization ? i am very curios
*my english is bad
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@pilky a jacket, socks, and hat.
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Unironically nofap. PMO places unnecessary strain on your circulatory system and deregulates bloodstream prioritization, resulting in weaker arteries/capillaries etc in your extremities.
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@NoFapPeating you have low testosterone
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@Himmler said in Cold hands & feet – discuss causes & remedies:
@NoFapPeating you have low testosterone
Tested last month at 960. Take your hand off your dick before replying next time
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@NoFapPeating I can’t I’m on a 6 hour edging streak rn (right now)
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Been experiencing the same thing for years. My fingertips will almost always be cool, even when it's piping hot outside. Have some other symptoms that track w/ hypothyroidism, so after some research and attempts at less invasive measures to correct, I'm giving desiccated cow thyroid a try. Been taking 1grain/day in the evening for a few days now. Too early to know for sure whether it's doing anything for me I think, but I do feel a bit warmer in the few hours after taking it.
Measured waking body temps a few times, 97-97.8F, pulse around 50-60bpm. Do reply if you find anything that helps as well.
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@pilky Check your thyroid hormone levels. Morning and evening cortisol too...
Do you know what is your body temperature when you wake up? Should be about 36,5 C or 97.8 F
And after breakfast, it should rise to about 37 C or 98.6 F
And pulse rate between 75-85 beats per minute (BPM).https://www.functionalps.com/blog/2012/11/19/temperature-and-pulse-basics-monthly-log/
