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Does shivering cause you to lose more calories than normal?
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Yes.: Shivering most often is in reaction to exposure to cold external temperatures. The shivering is a reflection of twitching muscles, whose function is to generate heat via increasing their metabolism. Calories are a measurement of heat, though common usage of the term refers to the energy/potential heat content of food substances. Metabolism involves in effect a slow 'burning' of the food.
Answered 8/29/2013
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