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Originally Posted by Rapax
The body heats itself through biochemical activities called metabolism.
Non active muscles add ca. 20% to body temperature. If you are getting active with muscles work e.g. sport than muscles work produces heat up to 2KW. That`s the reason why you start sweating when you do a hard workout.
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Yes, I'm pretty familiar with metabolism. A biochemistry degree + seven years in a research lab gave me a reasonable grounding in the theory, and running (another) ultramarathon last weekend made me very aware of how it works in practice.
My comment about men and women was more one about how the brochure / web site (or wherever the quote came from) seemingly cherry picks the information that shows their product in its best light. I wouldn't be surprised if the next version shoves a pig inside the bag and uses whatever temperature it feels comfortable at in their advertising: "a great night's sleep at -40C say our test porkers; and it protects down to liquid nitrogen temperatures so it should easily be good enough for any nuclear winter our politicians generate while trying to fix global warming. Buy now - 20% off stock clearance offer."
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