Which is precisely the point. The science may say that only 10% (still a large amount) is lost through the head but we also get a psychological benefit from wearing something warm on our heads. It's good enough for me.
Losing heat through your head - a myth ?
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Which is precisely the point. The science may say that only 10% (still a large amount) is lost through the head but we also get a psychological benefit from wearing something warm on our heads. It's good enough for me.
It might be technically right that you don't usually lose 50% of your body heat from your head but its also technically right that most people don't walk about stark bollock naked either.
Because everyone wears clothes that makes the rest of their body more insulated and means the main other part of the body that people don't always cover is the head and the hands, you can't put your head in your pockets can you.
Which still leaves the idea that in order to keep warm you are better off wearing a hat which isn't rocket science and if you are working outside usually the mest method of controlling your heat is to wear a hat, if you are getting too hot its usually the first item of clothing you remove as it allows a lot of heat to dissipate.
The Daily Mail isn't exactly my main source of scientific journalism* admittedly and I would question their interpretation of the facts slightly
*When I have read The Daily Mail on the odd occasion I wasn't sure if I should be knee jerking or goose stepping
Because everyone wears clothes that makes the rest of their body more insulated and means the main other part of the body that people don't always cover is the head and the hands, you can't put your head in your pockets can you.
Which still leaves the idea that in order to keep warm you are better off wearing a hat which isn't rocket science and if you are working outside usually the mest method of controlling your heat is to wear a hat, if you are getting too hot its usually the first item of clothing you remove as it allows a lot of heat to dissipate.
The Daily Mail isn't exactly my main source of scientific journalism* admittedly and I would question their interpretation of the facts slightly
*When I have read The Daily Mail on the odd occasion I wasn't sure if I should be knee jerking or goose stepping
I’m sure that this has been pointed out, if your hands/leg/feet are cold, the blood vessels close to prevent further heat loss, vascular constriction, this is the way the body works to prevent heat loss. It slows down the rate at which you chill, the blood vessels in your head, don’t closes down, so heat loss keeps on happening until there is no heat left. (Death)
If it is cold enough to need gloves, it’s more important to wear a hat.
Take for example that you are dressed for the weather but:-
Wearing gloves and no hat, means you are actually increasing the amount of surface area that your body is trying to heat. (Both your hands and your head) so you will get colder slightly quicker
Wearing a hat and no gloves decreases the amount of surface area the body is trying to heat, as the hat helps retain body heat, and the blood vessels in your hands will constrict naturally to prevent heat loss.
Wearing a hat and gloves is the best option, providing you do not over heat and start sweating.
JMHO
If it is cold enough to need gloves, it’s more important to wear a hat.
Take for example that you are dressed for the weather but:-
Wearing gloves and no hat, means you are actually increasing the amount of surface area that your body is trying to heat. (Both your hands and your head) so you will get colder slightly quicker
Wearing a hat and no gloves decreases the amount of surface area the body is trying to heat, as the hat helps retain body heat, and the blood vessels in your hands will constrict naturally to prevent heat loss.
Wearing a hat and gloves is the best option, providing you do not over heat and start sweating.
JMHO
This has to be the best answer yet and one I think even Daily Mail readers will understand
So the basic jist is, The daily Mail chats shiite
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Thanks God for that...
If you wear nothing, your body heat will drain from everywhere.
Clothes are like the water jacket on a Kelly Kettle: all the heat goes off the top.....
:sulkoff:Thanks God for that...
If you wear nothing, your body heat will drain from everywhere.
Clothes are like the water jacket on a Kelly Kettle: all the heat goes off the top.....
Explains the stove-pipe hat that does
Frankly my dears, I don't give a damn.
My hat keeps me warm and when I get hot, it's easier to regulate my temperature by taking the hat off.
My hat keeps me warm and when I get hot, it's easier to regulate my temperature by taking the hat off.
I remember years ago in the scouts we went on a weekend trip some where. One of the leaders on that ocassion was an ambulance man, and he gave us some tips about this, what he called the rule of 9's, 9% heat loss from your head, 9% from either hand and foot, 9% each leg and arm, 18% from your torso??-cant remeber the exact proportions, but I do remember 9% from your head.
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