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Science of ice baths, brown fat and metabolism | Susanna Soeberg, PhD

The Proof with Simon Hill

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Women Have More Brown Fat Than Men

Women actually have more brown fat than men and this has puzzled me for a while. Because they have more muscle mass they also have a higher capacity or higher ability to increase their heat from muscles women also have smaller hearts compared to men meaning they have a harder time getting blood circulation  to the fingers and to the toes and to the ears. Women's temperature regulating system means that we would probably need more brown fat to keep us in warm because our muscle mass is not corresponding to the men which means then I've looked into this as well.

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