- This topic has 17 replies, 8 voices, and was last updated 6 years, 11 months ago by .
-
Posts
-
Does room temperature food feel cold when you eat it because it’s cooler than the inside of your mouth, which is usually somewhere around 98.5 degrees?
And if it does feel cold because it’s cooler than our mouths, how come we cannot just breathe on our food to heat it?
Thank you in advance 🙂
Sincerely,
Someone eating room temperature food, wishing it was warmAre you a hot-head, cool headed or cold blooded?
“Does room temperature food feel cold when you eat it because it’s cooler than the inside of your mouth, which is usually somewhere around 98.5 degrees?”
No it feels cold because it cooler than you usually eat it. For example soup (eaten at ~140 degrees) feels cold at 100 degrees though that is well above room temperature. and melted ice cream that has been sitting and is at room temperature out does not feel cold
Why do we feel hot when it’s 90 degrees outside if our body temperature is higher than 90 degrees?
It’s not really deep. It’s a science question with a logical answer.
Why do we feel hot when it’s 90 degrees outside if our body temperature is higher than 90 degrees?
Because our bodies are having a hard time getting rid of their excess heat since the surrounding temperature is so close to its own.
Now answer this: why does a fan make us feel cooler if it’s the same temperature air circulating?
Lightbrite,
Does room temperature food feel cold when you eat it because it’s cooler than the inside of your mouth, which is usually somewhere around 98.5 degrees?
Room temperature is certainly colder than the inside of your mouth, but I think our conceptions of “hot” and “cold” food are driven more by expectation. Consider room temperature water – most people don’t consider that to be “cold” when drinking it.
And if it does feel cold because it’s cooler than our mouths, how come we cannot just breathe on our food to heat it?
You can warm cold food by breathing on it, just like you can warm your hands in the winter by breathing on them.
DaasYochid,
Now answer this: why does a fan make us feel cooler if it’s the same temperature air circulating?
1. Evaporation is a cooling process (changing water from liquid to vapor takes heat energy), so our sweat is designed to help cool us off. Moving the air over the sweat increases the rate of evaporation.
2. The moving air generates forced convection that transfers heat away from our bodies.Interesting. I had heard the second reason, but not the first.
So if the temperature in the room were precisely the same as your body temperature, there would still be a cooling effect?
DaasYochid,
So if the temperature in the room were precisely the same as your body temperature, there would still be a cooling effect?
Yes due to the evaporation. And if the air was that hot and also saturated, the only question would be whether the heat stroke or superstorm gets you first.
Someone once told me that while 90-100 degrees is uncomfortable, if the temperature is raised, e.g. to 120 degrees, it becomes more comfortable. So instead of using A/C or fans, turn on the heat.
I’ve never tested this theory.
What?
Meno, it is a pretty deep question, because if your question only braised the surface, then ascertaining that the body is higher than 90-degrees internally wouldn’t fly with scientists.
Probing deeper, to collect evidence of the internal human temperature, would then provide the material needed to make an effective and sound argument.
What?
sometimes i wonder if joseph is a fan of rav miller or an oponent of rav miller
“When you eat cold protein, your body heats up.
When you eat ginger, your body heats up.”
Also guacamole
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.