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If you don’t quite live in a place that gets severe winters, you might just try to tough it out on the rare occasion your city gets cold. You don’t feel like investing in an insulated coat when it’s only chilly two weeks out of the year. You certainly don’t see a point in installing a thermostat (you just use your little space heaters when things get dire). And you might even walk your dog in flip flops during light rain (sound familiar?) But you should take the cold seriously, even if it’s mostly temperate in your area. When you feel cold, that’s your body telling you something is wrong, and once your body starts communicating physical discomfort to you, it starts to do a lot of other things if you don’t listen. Here is what happens to your body when it’s cold.
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You need to pee
When your skin tells your brain that it’s cold outside, your brain restricts your blood vessels so you don’t lose heat through your skin. But that restriction can cause some fluid retention, which is why you need to urinate so much when it’s cold.
