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"  A vast majority of the country is currently enjoying tolerating the second &amp;quot;polar vortex&amp;quot; of the season. As we all sit at our desks wistfully staring at pictures of sunsets and counting down the days until spring, along comes a reason to dislike the cold slightly less.  A new report in Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism found that exposing subjects to cooler indoor temperatures more closely matched to outdoor ones resulted in them shivering less and getting acclimated to the colder conditions. How can a lack of shivering lead to weight loss when it sounds so counterintuitive (shivering is moving, right? It certainly feels like you&amp;#039;re burning calories.)? Subjects who better adapted to the cold were found to have more brown fat, which burns energy\u2014rather than storing it\u2014and generates heat in the process. When brown fat starts working, it can actually eat away at white fat, a.k.a. the kind you don&amp;#039;t want padding your body. And when you stop shivering and get more comfortable in a chillier room, you can burn away up to 30 percent of your body&amp;#039;s energy, which means weight loss. Now, there&amp;#039;s no need to freeze, but try turning your thermostat a little lower\u2014even during the current polar vortex. In time, you may find your internal space heater (read: brown fat) kicking in. Who knew losing weight could be so good for your energy bill? [Via Time] Related 7 Winter Workouts That Will Actually Make You Want to Leave the House 16 Health Secrets Olympians Know 6 Faux-Fur Vests on Sale Right Now Follow @redbookmag on Twitter for the latest news and scoops. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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