Why women feel cold faster than men

If you have a long relationship, then some things matter a little less to you, like going to bed with ski socks on.

I am team electric blanket in bed, my husband gets it already feels Spanish suffocating if he even looks at it, let alone that he lies down next to me in my own greenhouse. Why do women prefer to turn their living room into a butterfly garden while men are satisfied with a half-thin sweater even in the depths of the ice age? It has been proven: according to professors, women really do feel cold more often than men.

Research shows that women are quicker to turn on the heating. As soon as it gets to 14.4 degrees outside, we turn it on. For men, that is on average at 13.4 degrees. Professor Wouter van Marken Lichtenbelt knows the details. And what turns out? We can do very little about it, as women. ‘Women produce less heat than men. They actually have a smaller furnace in their body. This is because women have relatively less lean mass than men. They have less muscle and more fat tissue.‘ So it is simply harder for us women to stay at the right body temperature of 37 degrees, you know. I suddenly feel cold while writing this.

And those ski socks sound funny, but they really aren't such a bad idea. Wouter: ‘If the body struggles to maintain temperature, the blood vessels in your arms, feet, hands, and legs will narrow first. Then your hands and feet become cold, and that affects your comfort. You don't feel good.’ Ha. See? I can't do anything about that snapping. It's due to the season, you could say, darling. And because of those icy hands.

86 days left and then it's spring again. Let's hope for a very warm winter until then.