Tips against cold feet
Women live with them, even if they are annoyed about it. They come and go, and often they stay longer than one likes: cold feet. Why this affects the cold feet especially women and how you the cold in their place, I have put you here.
One reason why men and women tick differently in the cold is because of the muscles. When working, muscles consume 30 percent of their energy, the rest flows into body heat. Now, the muscle content in men is 40 percent of their total weight, women fall out with a share of 23 percent from the comfort zone? they have less body heat available. But not only the supplied heat is crucial. Women release more heat to the outside because their surface is larger than that of men. To introduce you to this please do not take the big, muscle-bound man and next to a smaller, petite woman, but two people of the same size.
In cold weather, the organs are protected
When it's cold, the body reverses. First of all, it is important to keep the brain and organs warm and protective. Arms and legs, eyes and nose are less perfused, the blood vessels in the foot constrict. In the toes, the temperature can even drop to 8 ° C.
What to do on cold feet?
Warm socks and good shoes are often not enough. I've found that the socks have to sit loose, even when I pull them over each other, and that I forego a tight waistband at the top. In the winter shoes, I take now a size larger, so they do not press with thick socks on the vessels and leave room, so that the blood can circulate. Those who struggle with sweaty feet or have to master a long office, production, market or sales routine can change wet socks during the break, because wetness cools down the feet pretty much.
Hot drinks and food in the luggage
Arriving at the store with cold feet and teetering all day makes you sick. From the inside you can warm spicy teas, but you can also prepare a ginger water. To do this you cut a part of the root into small pieces and put hot water on it. If this is too one-sided for you, you can boil 250 ml of milk, 100 ml of water and ginger pieces and add cardamom, turmeric, pepper and cinnamon. Spicy soups or stews with chilli, pepper and ginger also keep the inside warm. In the trade, there are thermal containers especially for soups and foods that are wider than thermos flasks. When buying, pay attention to how long the insulation time and how robust the part is, here I think there are big differences.
So you can stimulate the blood circulation
The tip with the toe gymnastics you have expected. If you sit a lot and have cold feet, it usually wobbles and circles with your toes automatically to promote blood circulation. A foot massage, for example with a hedgehog ball, is also stimulating. Effective I find foot creams that contain circulation-enhancing agents. Here you will again come across ginger, cinnamon and cardamom. It tingles a bit shortly after applying the cream, then it gets warm. A hot water bottle also helps with icy feet, but I think it takes time for the circulation to get into gear. I prefer then a foot bath with subsequent dry scrubbing, because the vessels are widened faster. The foot bath should not immediately rise to 40 ° C, but the water is gradually heated by pouring.
So you can prevent cold feet
Preventing cold feet requires a healthy lifestyle. This requires sufficient drinking, as the blood then circulates better and not thickened. Alcohol is therefore not considered a drink of choice, on the contrary. If you put a lot of vitamin B on the menu, which is found in the green vegetables and moves you a lot or likes to go to the sauna, then you promote your circulation permanently. Can not you do it with nutrition and sports? but would you rather sit in the armchair with chips and beer? with an electric foot warmer you can not only warm your cold feet, there are also models with massage function.
