Author Favors 'Thermal Dieting,' Which Uses Cold Temps to Boost Metabolism
"The body wants to maintain a balance, a homeostasis of 98.6 degrees," said author Tim Ferriss, who promotes this type of "thermal dieting." "If you make it cold, the body will do everything it can to get back to 98.6. And it has to burn calories to do that -- heat equals calories."
Ferriss, the best-selling author behind "The 4-Hour Workweek" and the just-released "The 4-Hour Body," is known for his lessons on how to manipulate the body to your advantage.
Using winter to lose that winter weight is just one example. He said people can burn up to 50 percent more calories by exposing themselves to below-freezing temperatures, which causes the body to work overtime.
"There's actually a type of fat called brown adipose tissue -- BAT," he said. "Cold can trigger this BAT. It actually produces heat, and you burn fat tissue."
Ferriss' advice is backed by science.
Ferriss' advice is backed by science.
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