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body heat

[bod-ee heet] / ˈbɒd i ˌhit /




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Another 2026 study in Cell Metabolism identified a protein called Mimecan that helps skeletal muscles communicate with the hypothalamus and brown fat, a specialized tissue involved in generating body heat.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

Heat stress -- the name given to the hazardous build-up of body heat caused by soaring temperatures, humidity and other factors -- is one of the most common ways that weather kills people.

From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026

Every hour or so during cross-country ski exercises, when the team took five minute-breaks, they layered-up with puffer jackets to trap the body heat generated from skiing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026

When it is not possible to keep rooms heated to 18C, he recommends wearing gloves, warm socks and a woolly hat, eating a higher carbohydrate diet and generating more body heat by moving around.

From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2025

I run fifty paces and ride fifty and run fifty and ride fifty the whole night and the running brings my body heat back up.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen


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