Could Being Cold Actually Be Good for You?

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Researchers are exploring the health benefits of literally chilling out. After the brown fat discoveries in 2009, Joris Hoeks, a diabetes researcher at Maastricht University in the Netherlands, was curious about its role in controlling blood sugar.

Period3 Jan 2022

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  • TitleCould Being Cold Actually Be Good for You?
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletWIRED
    Media typeOnline
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    Date3/01/22
    DescriptionResearchers are exploring the health benefits of literally chilling out. After the brown fat discoveries in 2009, Joris Hoeks, a diabetes researcher at Maastricht University in the Netherlands, was curious about ...
    Producer/AuthorMax Levy
    URLhttps://www.wired.com/story/could-being-cold-actually-be-good-for-you/
    PersonsJoris Hoeks
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Keywords

  • Haman and Hoeks’ hunches
  • Haman notes
  • Hoeks’ team
  • Muscle cells change
  • blood
  • body
  • body process
  • body responds
  • brown fat
  • change in insulin response