Do you feel cold all the time? This might be the reason why

Is everyone in the office taking off their jackets while you are shivering under layers of scarves?
If so, you’re far from alone.
If you feel like you are always shivering or if your hands and feet are constantly like ice, it may be time to investigate the possible causes.


Holly Phillips, MD, who is a medical contributor for CBS2 News and author of The Exhaustion Breakthrough told Time.com that it is common for women to report feeling cold.

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Advice: You should go for a walk to warm up rather than shiver on the sofa

You’re not exercising enough

It might be the last thing you feel like, but avoiding exercise because you’re cold actually makes you feel worse.
In a University of Georgia study, sedentary but otherwise healthy adults who began exercising lightly three days a week for just 20 minutes reported feeling less fatigued and more energised after six weeks.

This is because regular exercise makes your heart and lungs work more efficiently, delivering oxygen and vital nutrients around the body.
Reboot your energy: Next time you’re tempted to flop on the sofa, force yourself up for a brisk 10-minute walk – you’ll feel more alert for it.

You're too thin

Low body weight can make person a person chilly.
When you are underweight, you can lack an adequate amount of body fat which would insulate you from the cold.
If you aren't eating much food, then your metabolism may struggle to create enough heat.
Consider eating a varied and healthy diet containing whole, healthy foods that have protein, fat and carbohydrates.

Wakeful: Your phone may be stopping you sleeping well

You don’t sleep as well as you think

Recent research shows many of us survive on so-called ‘junk sleep’ – the kind when we wake up frequently throughout the night.
It doesn’t replenish our energy levels as well as long stretches of continuous sleep.
This could cause a person to feel cold because their body is tired.

Junk sleep can be caused by stress, but also by over-stimulating the brain too close to bedtime.
For example, by checking emails or using tablets and smartphones that emit a blue light found to disrupt sleep by tricking the brain into producing ‘wake-up’ hormones right when you need to wind down.

Reboot your energy: To avoid junk sleep and feel warmer, you need to develop good sleep hygiene – which means going to bed at a set time, banning screens for an hour beforehand and developing a wind-down routine that prepares your body for sleep, such as a warm bath, followed by a milky drink and half-an-hour reading something easy-going.